Information Technology Div Director (PMO)

Information Technology Div Director (PMO)

Salary

$134,474.96 - $178,179.32 Annually

Location

700 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX

Job Type

Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

27-10937

Department

Information Technology

Opening Date

10/09/2026

Closing Date

11/15/2026 11:59 PM Central

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Job Summary

Travis County Technology & Operations is seeking an Information Technology Div Director (PMO) to join the Information Technology Division.

The Division Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) provides executive leadership and strategic direction for all PMO functions within Travis County Information Technology. This role ensures that technology initiatives, project delivery methodologies, and governance processes are fully aligned with countywide business strategies. The Director oversees project portfolio management, technology planning, and enterprise standards that support multiple internal customers across the organization. This position is responsible for establishing PMO policies, ensuring effective resource allocation, optimizing project outcomes, and approving, planning, and budgeting for all PMO-related assets within the division.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is a senior-level leadership role within the Information Technology job family. The Division Director provides executive oversight of the Travis County Information Technology PMO and serves as a key advisor to top Information Technology leadership. The role is accountable for developing, planning, and administering enterprise project management strategies and technology deployment frameworks that meet organizational needs. Work is performed through subordinate managers and professional staff. The position may require a flexible schedule to meet operational and strategic project demands.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership for all PMO operations, ensuring consistent delivery of technology projects and successful integration of new methods, tools, and technologies with existing systems.
• Leads and coordinates strategic planning, project governance, resource management, and operational oversight in compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, organizational policies, and enterprise objectives.
• Oversees division staff through subordinate managers, including recruitment, development, training, performance management, conflict resolution, and disciplinary actions. Promotes continuous learning, innovation, and performance improvement across the PMO.
• Develops, recommends, and directs implementation of long-term strategic plans to enhance project delivery effectiveness, improve service efficiency, and support business transformation goals across the enterprise.
• Aligns and calibrates technology deployment strategies with business objectives, ensuring the PMO provides clear value, predictable outcomes, and measurable improvements to county operations.
• Directs the implementation of enterprise technologies and platforms that enable business objectives, enhance stakeholder engagement, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Establishes, maintains, and enforces enterprise project management standards, methodologies, and processes, including governance frameworks, risk management, and quality assurance.
• Assists in preparing and administering the annual departmental budget and exercises fiscal oversight to ensure expenditures align with goals, priorities, and available funding.
• Approves, plans, and budgets for all assets within the PMO's area of responsibility, including tools, systems, and project resources.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a directly related field AND ten (10) years of increasingly relevant responsible experience, including five (5) years of mid- to senior level supervisory or management experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:

Valid Texas Drivers License.

Preferred:

Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a directly related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Management and supervisory principles, practices and techniques.
• Policies, practices, procedures and terminology of assigned function.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Information technology hardware, software and peripherals as related to assigned function.
• Communications and networking, network and systems security.
• Budget preparation and office management.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.
• May be required to develop knowledge of and adhere to federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information.

Skill in:

• Directing and managing staff, allocating resources and evaluating programs.
• Working with executive management and Elected/Appointed Officials.
• Leadership, collaboration and negotiation techniques, including contracts, agreements and proposals.
• Managing user expectations and satisfaction.
• Developing and evaluating Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Strategic planning, developing, monitoring and evaluating.
• Developing and monitoring programs and related budgets.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Both verbal and written communication, including presentations and communicating technical issues in non-technical language.

Ability to:

• Direct, motivate, train, develop and evaluate staff.
• Work independently and efficiently and as part of a team.
• Manage time well, perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
• Research, compile, analyze, interpret and prepare a variety of memorandums or reports.
• Work with both the big picture and the small details.
• Plan and direct the planning efforts of others.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies and providers, other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Work Environment & Other Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 35-40 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing, crawling, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive motion, and squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to exposure to variations in extreme heat, cold, mechanical, fume/odor, and dust/mites.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday-Friday.

Location: 700 Lavaca St, Austin TX.

Department: Information Technology

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

For updates or questions on this position, contact:

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

Benefits

Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.

FY2027 Travis County Benefit Guide

In this valuable Travis County Benefits Guide you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.

Credit Union

Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.

Deferred Compensation

Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.

Direct Deposit

Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.

Employee Assistance Program

Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.

Employee Organizations

Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.

Employee Health & Wellness Clinic

Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.

Holidays

An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.

Insurance

Employees may select from four plans: an Exclusive Physician Organization (EPO), Choice Plus Preferred Physician Organization (PPO), Consumer Choice or a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA). All four options include a Pharmacy Plan. Travis County's current policy is to pay 100% of the employee's health insurance premium for the Consumer Choice and HDHP. Employees will pay a premium for both the EPO and PPO. Other insurance benefits include $50,000 Basic Life and AD&D paid by the County.

The following benefits are employee paid:

• Dental
• Vision
• Supplemental Life, AD&D
• Dependent Life
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Long Term Care

New employees are covered on the first day of the month following 28 calendar days of employment.

Longevity

Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.

On the regular payday on or after the employees fourth and subsequent adjusted service dates, he or she receives a single payment for the previous year.

Parking

A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.

Personal Holidays

Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:

January - March

3 personal holidays

April - June

2 personal holidays

July - September

1 personal holiday

October - December

None

New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.

Retirement

Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.

Sick Leave

Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.

Parental Leave

Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.

Tuition Refund

Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.

Vacation

Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:

0 to 5 years

4.0 hours per pay period

6 to 10 years

4.5 hours per pay period

11 to 15 years

5.0 hours per pay period

16 to 20 years

5.5 hours per pay period

21 plus years

6.0 hours per pay period

Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.

Workers Compensation

The county provides all employees workers compensation coverage with benefits in accordance with state statute, if the employee sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.

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Do you have experience working on projects in a government environment?

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• No

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Do you have experience managing a portfolio of more than 50 projects?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have experience with governmental budgets?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have experience with governmental purchasing processes?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have experience with IT Security projects?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have a bachelor's degree (or higher)?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Travis County

Address 700 Lavaca Street

Austin, Texas, 78701

Website https://www.traviscountytx.gov/human-resources/jobs