IT Senior Manager - PMO

Overview

Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions, owning and operating the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Mobility and its affiliates offer extensive car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales, as well as travel management and other transportation services, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers.  

Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility together with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management manages a diverse fleet of 2.4 million vehicles and accounted for nearly $39 billion in revenue through a network of more than 9,500 fully-staffed neighborhood and airport rental locations in more than 90 countries and territories. 

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, which includes the ability to work from home, while also requiring to be in person as needed at our Lakeside and/or Clayton Corporate HQ campus locations in St. Louis, Missouri.

Responsibilities

Technology powers nearly every facet of how we do business. That’s why understanding, evaluating and prioritizing key tech efforts in flight is critical to advancing any tech and business strategy. The Portfolio Management Office is evolving, and we are looking for strong leadership to drive the transformation in becoming trusted partners that bring visibility and alignment across our portfolios that drive outcomes and align to our strategic priorities.  

The Portfolio Management Office has an exciting IT Senior Manager opportunity supporting our Portfolio Management Operations. The role will be responsible for leading various levels of project management and analyst professionals across the organization, to include career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and conducting performance and salary reviews. Here, you will be instrumental in helping to establish the foundational processes we seek to leverage in driving greater consistency, quality and developing a strong financial acumen in our project and program management practice.  

Qualities that will be pertinent to the success of the individual in this role are:  

• Transformational & Inspirational Leadership – Lead and support the evolution and maturity of the PMO practices to bring our vision to fruition, recognizing when adjustments need to be made along the journey.  Ensure roles and responsibilities, standards, and processes and in alignment with the PMO’s organizational expectations and encourage employee growth and leadership development. Foster a culture of collaboration, execution, and ownership with an outcome driven mindset.   

• Relationship Management & Partnering – Partner closely with sponsors, stakeholders and the PMO team to align, collaborate, and continuously improve. Build and maintain ongoing trusted relationships through proactive communication and feedback. Navigate the IT organizational structure to gain insight and a better understanding of area needs and challenges.  

• Financial Management – Proven ability to lead budgeting and forecasting activities with strong financial acumen, ensuring accuracy, analyzing trends, and delivering data-driven insights to mitigate risk and optimize resource allocation in alignment with organizational goals. 

• Process Improvement – Evolve processes that foster visibility and strategic alignment, incorporate governance and reporting to ensure our portfolio execution drives value realization.  

• Change Management & Resilience - Promote an environment that advocates for and supports change. Lead in the presence of ambiguity and support teams in understanding the context and drivers behind changes, such as new processes, standardization, priorities, and new roles and responsibilities.  

• Communication, Persuading & Influencing – As the front facing department to the organization, the ability to influence through clear communication is essential. Sharing information, listening to feedback, validating and negotiating expectations, partnering and providing context will be a key responsibility.  

Skills and Abilities 

• Experience as a change agent and leading teams through organizational change  

• Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills  

• Strong ability to collaborate and partner across the organization, establishing and maintaining solid working relationships with peers, vendors, senior management, portfolio managers, and other department leaders  

• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies and tracking tools to include MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint   

• Strong project financial management knowledge  

• Proven success in working and communicating effectively within cross-functional teams 

• Experience developing and delivering presentations, training sessions and demos 

• Ability to establish team objectives and work approach; delegates assignments to manager(s) and/or individual contributors; reviews results to determine success of operation  

• Ability to lead by example and set high standards for performance; follows through on performance requirements  

• Strong ability to effectively manage and help resolve problems and conflicts as they arise  

• Strong business acumen, demonstrating intellectual curiosity and ability to come up to speed on business/technology area or function supported 

• Experience onboarding and managing contracted resources   

• Must have a professional attitude, a strong desire and ability to take ownership, the ability to provide high quality customer service, and a willingness to expend additional effort when necessary or required  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
• Must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours.
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
• 8+ years of relevant experience (program / project management, governance and decision-making, business case development, budget and resource management and portfolio management) in an IT environment   
• 6+ years of experience in people leadership, to include career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and conducting performance and salary reviews; Proven ability to grow and develop direct reports 

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
• Ability to work in multiple project management methodologies including: Agile, Waterfall, Iterative and Hybrid