About Blackbaud:

Leading uniquely at the intersection point of technology and social good, Blackbaud provides software, services, expertise, and data intelligence that empowers and connects people to advance the social good movement. We serve the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, foundation, corporations, education institutions, and the individual change agents who support them. We work with over 40,000 organizations, helping them realize their goals, fund their missions, manage their operations, and develop long-lasting supporter relationships.  Our customers are passionate about making the world a better place, and we’re inspired by the opportunity to help them.

As a Director in our Research, Delivery & Operations Project Management Office, you’ll work with a passionate team responsible for optimally managing a vast and diverse portfolio of projects.  You’ll cultivate a high performing team and guide them in leading strategic and complex programs across multiple project teams and/or departments.  And, you’ll advance our project management discipline and operational effectiveness by evolving our processes.

Full Description:

As a Director in our Research, Delivery & Operations Project Management Office, you’ll work with a passionate team responsible for optimally managing a vast and diverse portfolio of projects.  You’ll cultivate a high performing team and guide them in leading strategic and complex programs across multiple project teams and/or departments.  And, you’ll advance our project management discipline and operational effectiveness by evolving our processes.

The Job: You will leverage your portfolio, program and process management experience and savvy to effectively manage assigned portfolios and ensure predictable and efficient delivery of program & project commitments.  We are looking for a leader with a proven track record of successfully managing geographically disbursed teams and a demonstrated ability to develop and grow leaders.  You’ll need to be innovative and adaptable and be able to lean into the details while keeping the big picture in sight.  Whatever the challenge, you’ll always be looking for ways we can do things better.

Key Roles/Responsibilities:

• Cultivate a diverse, high-performing team that develops, recognizes and retains the best people.
• Develop and lead the vision and strategies to evolve our PMO discipline by advancing our portfolio and project management standards and governance leveraging agile continuous planning models, PMI principles and other industry standards and best practices.
• Ensure effective portfolio management of assigned portfolios including decision management and alignment, change management, dependency management and end-to-end roadmap alignment
• Lead portfolio programs and teams in strategic planning and in predictably and efficiently delivering on our program & project commitments resulting in reliable outcomes.
• Drive and promote effective process management; identify and pursue opportunities to further operational excellence by increasing efficiency and reducing risk, complexity, waste and cost.
• Foster a culture that leverages metrics to make informed decisions and guide change.
• Guide business readiness engaging diverse stakeholders and teams across Blackbaud in effective collaboration from planning to launch.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience
• A minimum of 10 years people and program management experience required
• Practical experience with lean and agile methodologies is required
• Experience working with large and geographically distributed teams required

Why you’ll want to come work here: 

• Competitive salary (commission/bonus based on type of role), 4 weeks paid time off, great benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA), 401K match
• Gift matching, volunteer for vacation program, and endless community involvement opportunities
• Named to Forbes’ Fast Tech 25 and Fortune’s Change the World List; we are growing and offer incredible opportunity for advancement
• Tremendous company culture and office perks as well as a new cutting-edge new headquarters completed in 2018

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.