VP of Project Management Office - (Leawood, KS)

Position description: We are searching for a Vice President, PMO in our Company. The VP, PMO is a key member of the Ascend Technology organization and will report directly to the Ascend CTO. The VP, PMO is responsible for the successful delivery of demand management, portfolio management, project management, and governance of Ascends technology and product roadmap delivery. This represents a portfolio that is more than $50M in capital annually across Ascend. The successful applicant would function as the strategic PMO leader, focusing operationally on ensuring that stakeholders prioritize demand, that product development teams allocate capacity to align to budget, and that appropriate portfolio metrics are provided. The PMO organization also provides oversight for the overall IT organization and should create and maintain transparent metrics that represent IT service delivery.