Vice President, Strategic Project Management

Position Overview

The Vice President of Strategic Project Management leads the organization’s high-level strategic project portfolio, spearheading the timely and quality execution of critical initiatives spanning digital transformation, organizational change, global expansion, product innovation, and operational improvements. This executive collaborates closely with senior leadership to convert strategic ambitions into effective project action plans, build project governance frameworks, foster interdepartmental cooperation, and drive long-term corporate growth and value creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy a comprehensive enterprise-wide project governance framework to oversee strategic initiatives.
• Lead the planning, implementation, tracking, and successful delivery of cross-functional and company-wide strategic projects.
• Ensure alignment of all strategic projects with the organization’s overarching long-term development goals.
• Oversee the enterprise project portfolio, managing resource distribution to maximize return on investment.
• Set and enforce project management standards, methodologies, processes, and best practices through the Project Management Office (PMO).
• Define timelines, budgets, resource plans, and risk management strategies for projects.
• Monitor project progress against established milestones, proactively resolving risks, bottlenecks, and cross-team disputes as they arise.
• Collaborate with the CEO and senior leadership to develop corporate strategic plans and lead initiatives related to digital transformation, process optimization, and organizational change.
• Support efforts in post-merger integration and international business expansion projects.
• Coordinate across departments including R&D, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, and IT to improve organizational synergy through effective communication channels.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for project teams.
• Implement enterprise-level risk assessment processes and develop contingency plans ensuring regulatory and corporate policy compliance.
• Manage project financials including cost containment, budgeting, and resource efficiency.
• Analyze project ROI and business value justification.
• Establish and monitor performance indicators, regularly updating the Board of Directors and senior executives on project status and outcomes.
• Enhance project management techniques continuously by leveraging data analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, with preference for Business Management, Engineering Management, Project Management, IT, Finance, or related disciplines.
• MBA or relevant Master’s degree considered a plus.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in project management and over 5 years in senior managerial roles.
• Demonstrated experience managing strategic projects in large multinational corporations or rapidly growing companies.
• Prior experience establishing or leading a PMO is advantageous.
• Experience managing global projects highly regarded.

Core Competencies & Metrics

• Strategic planning and execution across portfolios.
• Digital transformation leadership and change management expertise.
• Risk mitigation and operational excellence focus.
• Budgeting and resource management capabilities.
• Cross-functional leadership and global project coordination.
• Business analytics and data-driven decision making.
• Strong negotiation, organizational influence, and communication skills at the executive level.

Key Performance Indicators

• On-time delivery rate of strategic projects.
• Project budget adherence and cost control.
• Return on investment of projects.
• Achievement of strategic objectives.
• Reduction of project risks.
• Efficiency of cross-departmental collaboration.
• Improvement of PMO maturity.
• Customer satisfaction with projects.
• Resource utilization efficiency.
• Operational efficiency gains.
• Success rate of digital transformation and organizational change initiatives.