EPMO Lead (Enterprise Program Management Office Lead)

Project overview

Position: EPMO Lead (Enterprise Program Management Office Lead)

Requirements

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience

12+ years of progressive program and project management experience

4+ years in a PMO leadership, PMO manager, or program governance role

Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-workstream enterprise transformation programs

Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Experience with portfolio and project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Planview, or equivalent)

PMP certification required

Preferred Qualifications

MBA or advanced degree

Experience in energy, midstream, or industrial sector

Familiarity with enterprise platform implementations (Workday, SAP, Salesforce, or equivalent)

Agile or SAFe certification

Experience contributing to or building a PMO during organizational transformation or M&A

Key Competencies

Strategic thinking with execution follow-through

Executive presence and communication

Organizational influence across business and technology

Risk identification and escalation management

Team leadership and talent development

KEY NOTES:

Enterprise PMO Lead

I am not seeking a traditional project manager or PMO administrator. I need a leader who can establish and mature an enterprise program management capability while preserving business ownership and applying governance in proportion to initiative complexity, risk, and enterprise impact.

Immediate Need

Establish a clear initial mandate, intake approach, and boundaries for the Enterprise PMO.

Build reliable portfolio visibility across qualifying enterprise initiatives.

Create practical governance, stage gates, decision rights, and executive operating routines.

Improve prioritization, investment decision support, and leadership transparency.

Set standards for program planning, status, risks, dependencies, benefits, and escalation.

Provide selective execution support where complexity, risk, or enterprise importance warrants it.

Partner with business sponsors, the Enterprise Business Architect, Enterprise Data Team, Business Enablement, and IT PMO.

Develop and coach program management talent while scaling the capability responsibly.

How the Candidate Should Think

Preferred approach: Business Strategy -> Portfolio -> Program -> Project

Less aligned: Project Schedule -> Status Report -> Task Completion

What Strong Performance Looks Like

Builds structure where structure does not yet exist.

Keeps governance practical, useful, and tied to decisions.

Creates an executive view that leaders trust and use.

Operates credibly with senior executives and across organizational boundaries.

Personally drives the initial setup while developing a sustainable team and operating model.

Connects portfolio governance to measurable execution and business outcomes.

Balances strategic leadership with a roll-up-your-sleeves operating style.

Job Facts: Contract Independent | Contract W2 | 12 Months | On-site | Depends on Experience

Skills: EPMO Lead (Enterprise Program Management Office Lead), PMP certification required, Smartsheet, MS Project, Planview, Agile or SAFe certification, Workday, SAP, Salesforce

Reference: Dice Id: 91009863 | Position Id: 9125074

Project details

Downtown, Dallas, (Fully Onsite) Duration: 6 months contract to hire

Summary

The Enterprise PMO Lead is responsible for establishing, leading, and maturing the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) at Energy Transfer. This role owns the governance framework, delivery standards, portfolio visibility, and program execution discipline across the enterprise transformation portfolio. The EPMO Lead partners with senior business and technology leaders to ensure strategic initiatives are planned, tracked, and delivered with rigor and accountability.

This is a build-and-run leadership role the EPMO Lead will stand up the EPMO function, define its operating model, staff its delivery team, and lead execution from day one.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities EPMO Strategy & Operating Model

Design and implement the EPMO operating model including governance structure, delivery methodology, intake processes, and reporting cadence

Define portfolio management standards across project prioritization, resourcing, and status reporting

Build and continuously improve a center of excellence for project and program management across ET's Transformation portfolio

Drive adoption of consistent PM practices across business units and functional teams

Portfolio Governance & Executive Reporting

Own the enterprise program portfolio dashboard and executive-level reporting cadence

Provide portfolio-level status, risk, and financial reporting to senior leadership

Facilitate steering committee meetings, stage-gate reviews, and cross-program dependency management

Maintain visibility into resource allocation and capacity across the active portfolio

Program Delivery Leadership

Lead and mentor the EPMO delivery team including project managers and coordinators

Serve as the escalation point for cross-program risks, blockers, and key decisions

Partner with partner business organizations, such as Finance, HR, Legal, IT, and Operations to enable successful program delivery

Drive lessons-learned processes and continuous improvement across the delivery lifecycle

Organizational Capability Building

Define PM career paths and capability standards within the EPO

Develop onboarding and training pathways for project practitioners across the enterprise

Champion appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile, hybrid, waterfall) based on program context

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 12 Months
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Dallas, TX, US, US