Director of Program Management
Apply NowCompany: K Hovnanian Homes
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
K. Hovnanian is celebrating over 65 years of quality and leadership in the home building and community development industry. Do you want to play a large role in those every day decisions that help build dream homes? It's the homes where people will raise their child, form their most important memories, plot the course for their future, spend quality time with their grandchildren or enjoy quiet times reflecting on a life full of accomplishments. Over 300,000 families have put their dreams in our hands, and you can as well.
The PMO Director will operate at the intersection of Strategy, Operations, Program Management, and Change Management, managing a small but mighty team responsible for advancing key projects and providing strategic and operational leadership and support across the organization.
Our dream candidate is a creative thinker with a keen ability to lead change as well as convene, listen to and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Additionally, our dream candidate has experience with leading strategic planning and implementing programs that result in measurable outcomes.
This is an ideal role for someone who is action oriented and who is excited about leading an organization through a major transformation, including establishing new ways of working, driving planning and prioritization, and advancing key programs for the organization. This role also requires an interest in working with stakeholders across all facets of homebuilding operations and an ability to learn various aspects of the homebuilding process quickly.
Responsibilities and Expectations
- Manage the Project Management Office by leading initiatives, guiding and developing the team and championing project management best practices, guidelines, and standards.
- Partner with VP, Program Management to drive the company's strategic planning process by working effectively with Executive leaders and others to identify outcomes, priorities and track and communicate progress across the organization.
- Partner with senior leaders to create clear project plans, timelines, and milestone roadmaps highlighting dependencies, gaps, potential risks, and hidden opportunities.
- Ask the right questions: Are we being thoughtful in our scoping and planning? Are people engaged and clear on expectations? Do we have the right talent and skill sets?
- Mentor, motivate, and lead project team leaders to ensure they take action and accountability for their assigned projects and workloads.
- Identify project management tools and technology to implement across the business while optimizing existing tools for wider adoption and efficacy.
- Build and maintain cross-functional stakeholder relationships to influence effective project ideation, implementation, and execution.
Minimum Qualifications Requirement
- 10 years extensive leadership and enterprise project management experience including setting up and/or leading a Program Management Team.
- Exceptional people management and team development skills - you appreciate (and enjoy) what it takes to guide, direct, develop, and grow the talented, high potential people who will report to you.
- Comfort, confidence, and skill successfully facilitating multiple projects simultaneously as the primary project manager, delivering on time/budget while also ensuring the team meets their milestones and goals.
- Excellent planning, organization, analytical, and time management skills - you are thorough, accurate, and pay attention to the details.
- Rigor establishing simple but effective project management best practices and tools that have a significant impact on the organization.
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills with the ability to communicate the story of the work clearly and consistently across all levels of the organization - you are aware of who your audience is and how to bring them along on the journey with you.
- High emotional intelligence and interpersonal savvy - demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across the business and at all levels of the organization, including experience partnering directly with senior leaders.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other comparable certification is required.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Master of Business Administration or comparable degree (i.e. Industrial Engineering, Organizational Development, Operations, etc.)
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Proficient with Asana, Microsoft Suite, Miro
- Background in management consulting
- Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, business development, product development, project management
- Curiosity, creativity, and collaboration are your superpowers
K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC, a subsidiary of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a well-respected publicly traded company, is committed to providing an environment and programs that help our associates flourish. You can look forward to professional support, an annual salary of $200,000 - $225,00 plus bonus potential and extensive benefits-including medical/dental/vision coverage, discounts on mortgages and home appliances, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. To learn more about us, visit www.khov.com/careers.
Note to Search Firms
K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any associate at K. Hovnanian via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of K. Hovnanian. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by K. Hovnanian as a result of the referral or through other means.
The PMO Director will operate at the intersection of Strategy, Operations, Program Management, and Change Management, managing a small but mighty team responsible for advancing key projects and providing strategic and operational leadership and support across the organization.
Our dream candidate is a creative thinker with a keen ability to lead change as well as convene, listen to and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Additionally, our dream candidate has experience with leading strategic planning and implementing programs that result in measurable outcomes.
This is an ideal role for someone who is action oriented and who is excited about leading an organization through a major transformation, including establishing new ways of working, driving planning and prioritization, and advancing key programs for the organization. This role also requires an interest in working with stakeholders across all facets of homebuilding operations and an ability to learn various aspects of the homebuilding process quickly.
Responsibilities and Expectations
- Manage the Project Management Office by leading initiatives, guiding and developing the team and championing project management best practices, guidelines, and standards.
- Partner with VP, Program Management to drive the company's strategic planning process by working effectively with Executive leaders and others to identify outcomes, priorities and track and communicate progress across the organization.
- Partner with senior leaders to create clear project plans, timelines, and milestone roadmaps highlighting dependencies, gaps, potential risks, and hidden opportunities.
- Ask the right questions: Are we being thoughtful in our scoping and planning? Are people engaged and clear on expectations? Do we have the right talent and skill sets?
- Mentor, motivate, and lead project team leaders to ensure they take action and accountability for their assigned projects and workloads.
- Identify project management tools and technology to implement across the business while optimizing existing tools for wider adoption and efficacy.
- Build and maintain cross-functional stakeholder relationships to influence effective project ideation, implementation, and execution.
Minimum Qualifications Requirement
- 10 years extensive leadership and enterprise project management experience including setting up and/or leading a Program Management Team.
- Exceptional people management and team development skills - you appreciate (and enjoy) what it takes to guide, direct, develop, and grow the talented, high potential people who will report to you.
- Comfort, confidence, and skill successfully facilitating multiple projects simultaneously as the primary project manager, delivering on time/budget while also ensuring the team meets their milestones and goals.
- Excellent planning, organization, analytical, and time management skills - you are thorough, accurate, and pay attention to the details.
- Rigor establishing simple but effective project management best practices and tools that have a significant impact on the organization.
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills with the ability to communicate the story of the work clearly and consistently across all levels of the organization - you are aware of who your audience is and how to bring them along on the journey with you.
- High emotional intelligence and interpersonal savvy - demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across the business and at all levels of the organization, including experience partnering directly with senior leaders.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other comparable certification is required.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Master of Business Administration or comparable degree (i.e. Industrial Engineering, Organizational Development, Operations, etc.)
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Proficient with Asana, Microsoft Suite, Miro
- Background in management consulting
- Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, business development, product development, project management
- Curiosity, creativity, and collaboration are your superpowers
K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC, a subsidiary of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a well-respected publicly traded company, is committed to providing an environment and programs that help our associates flourish. You can look forward to professional support, an annual salary of $200,000 - $225,00 plus bonus potential and extensive benefits-including medical/dental/vision coverage, discounts on mortgages and home appliances, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. To learn more about us, visit www.khov.com/careers.
Note to Search Firms
K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any associate at K. Hovnanian via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of K. Hovnanian. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by K. Hovnanian as a result of the referral or through other means.