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Job Description
Role Summary
The Manager, PMO Framework and Lifecycle Enablement is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving the project delivery practices that support consistent and effective execution across the IT PMO. This role manages the PMO Framework, Lifecycle Management (LCM) guidance, templates, and supporting materials to ensure they are clear, practical, and easy for project teams to use.
The position focuses on enabling project managers by providing well structured guidance that improves clarity of expectations, supports consistent delivery practices, and enhances the overall project experience. The role partners closely with project managers, business and sector teams, PMO Training, PM Readiness, and digital tooling teams to ensure PMO practices remain aligned, relevant, and easy to apply.
Framework and LCM Stewardship
• Maintain and improve the PMO Framework, LCM guidance, templates, and associated delivery materials
• Ensure all content is clear, usable, and aligned with the needs of project managers and delivery teams
• Maintain a well organized repository of PMO standards with clear structure and version control
• Update materials as delivery practices evolve across IT and the business
Practice Enablement
• Create and refine templates, job aids, checklists, and process guidance that support consistent delivery
• Serve as a resource for helping project managers understand LCM expectations and navigate delivery requirements
• Engage proactively with the PM community to clarify gate expectations, lifecycle checkpoints, and PMO practices
• Provide content expertise to PMO Training and PM Readiness teams who own training development and delivery
Continuous Improvement
• Improve the PMO Framework, LCM guidance, and templates based on feedback, lessons learned, internal reviews, and stakeholder input
• Identify opportunities to streamline and simplify PMO materials
• Ensure process and guidance updates reflect modern delivery practices and organizational needs
• Incorporate insights from digital tool enhancements, process changes, and PM community feedback
Cross Functional Partnership
• Collaborate with digital tooling teams to align PMO standards and LCM guidance with tool capabilities
• Partner with business and sector teams to ensure delivery guidance meets practical needs across diverse project environments
• Support training and communications teams by contributing accurate and up to date content
• Partner with audit and quality teams by ensuring LCM materials are clear and consistently applied, while audit execution is owned elsewhere
• Partner with the Agile Enablement Analyst to ensure Agile and Hybrid delivery guidance is aligned with Lifecycle Management expectations and integrated into PMO templates and materials.
Content Accessibility and Communication
• Maintain clear structure, organization, and accessibility across all PMO documentation
• Communicate updates to PMO standards in a timely and understandable way
• Ensure materials are easy to locate and consistently used across delivery teams
Why This Role Matters
You will play a central part in modernizing and simplifying how the PMO delivers work.
Your contributions will help project managers navigate expectations confidently, align processes with digital tools, and ensure our PMO scales effectively as we grow.
If you love improving practices, supporting PMs, and making project delivery easier and more intuitive, we want to talk to you.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
• 8 or more years of experience in project management, PMO operations, delivery methodology, or lifecycle and process work. Bachelors Required. Or, 10+ years with an AA degree.
• Strong knowledge of project lifecycle approaches including predictive and hybrid models
• Ability to create clear, accessible templates and guidance for project teams
• Experience improving delivery processes in a complex environment
• Familiarity with digital PPM tools such as ServiceNow SPM, MS Project, or Power BI
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to influence without formal authority and partner across diverse teams
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
• PMP or similar certifications
• Experience supporting project management capability programs or practice improvement initiatives
• Familiarity with digital PPM tools such as ServiceNow SPM, MS Project, or Power BI
• Experience in regulated, engineering focused, or defense related environments
• Experience developing project templates, process aids, and lifecycle content
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $108787 - $184937
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
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