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Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC · 3 days ago

Head of Project Management Office, Enterprise Technology

Jersey City, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$175K/yr - $190K/yr

10+ years exp

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is a leading global independent investment management company. They are seeking a Head of Project Management Office to build and run a data-driven PMO, overseeing portfolio management, financial operations, risk governance, and vendor operations across the Global Enterprise Technology Organization.

ConsultingFinancial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Operate demand intake and prioritization; maintain a single, ranked cross ‑ tower portfolio and run capacity and dependency management

Track and report project and program status, including timelines/schedule, scope, budget and forecast vs. actuals, risks and issues, assumptions, and dependencies; prepare Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)

Own GETO financial oversight: baseline, forecast, variance analysis, business cases, and benefits realization in partnership with Finance

Lead FinOps: showback/chargeback, tagging hygiene, rightsizing, commitment coverage, and unit cost metrics

Run risk and governance forums for GETO: Architecture Review Board and Risk Council; manage policy exceptions and audit readiness. Provide oversight of all GETO risks, compliance obligations, and audit issues

Oversee vendor and contract operations: vendor segmentation, QBRs, Service Level Agreements / Service Level Objectives, renewals calendar with 120 ‑ day “ no ‑ surprise ” lead time, and commercial benchmarks

Where possible build automated, trusted data pipelines across ServiceNow, Jira, ERP/GL, and cloud-cost tools for near real-time reporting with minimal manual reconciliation

Publish executive dashboards and clear narratives for decision ‑ making

Coach tower leads on outcome ‑ based roadmaps and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs); drive consistent definitions of status, risk, readiness, and value

Facilitate alignment across technology leadership and business executives on technology investment priorities, trade-offs, and value realization

Lead a small PMO team as a player-coach to deliver portfolio, financials, risk & governance, and vendor outcomes

Qualification

PMO/portfolio managementTechnology Business ManagementFinOps experienceServiceNow expertiseJira proficiencyERP/GL reportingCloud cost managementVendor segmentationQBR leadershipExecutive storytellingSystems thinkingStakeholder engagementPortfolio management certificationWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

10–15+ years across PMO/portfolio management, Technology Business Management (TBM) / FinOps, and governance in complex technology organizations; financial services or other regulated industries preferred

Proven FinOps experience with cloud unit economics and optimization levers; familiarity with TBM frameworks (e.g., Apptio or equivalent) is a plus

Hands ‑ on expertise with ServiceNow (PPM/ITSM), Jira, ERP/GL reporting, and cloud cost management tools

Strong commercial acumen (contracts and pricing), vendor segmentation, and QBR leadership

Executive storytelling, systems thinking, and sound judgment to simplify, sequence, and say “no” when needed

Strong written and verbal communication

Demonstrated experience with senior stakeholder engagement

Experience establishing a single, ranked portfolio across multiple technology towers (e.g., Infrastructure/Cloud, Workplace Technology, Information Security, Corporate Applications)

Demonstrated success improving forecast accuracy to ±3–5% and publishing trusted unit economics

Track record reducing avoidable run costs (e.g., cloud/infra waste, software shelfware)

Familiarity with audit and regulatory expectations relevant to investment management (e.g., SOX alignment, SEC-related controls)

Preferred

Portfolio Management Professional or other relevant Project Management Institute certifications would be a plus

Benefits

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus.

Competitive total compensation

Retirement plans

Competitive health and well-being plans

Company

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

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Our Vision We aspire to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility.

Founded in 1929

New Jersey, Saint Patrick, TTO

501-1000 employees

https://www.lordabbett.com/en.html

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