The Adecco Group-Head of PMO Strategy & Governance

• The Head of PMO Strategy & Governance is part of the Market/CoE/GBU CDIO Leadership team and is in charge of all enabling processes & functions within IT & Digital organization
• Will drive the design, definition and communication of a common Vision and Strategy across GBU’s, Markets and Functions.
• Will design, implement & manage the required processes, frameworks & tools to support Portfolio, Program, Vendors, Performance and Change management.
• Will drive a culture of delivery and operational excellence and strive for efficiency, effectiveness & transparent communication across ITD and the Group.

Main tasks & responsibilities

• Ensure Vision, setting long-term goals, determining strategic priorities.
• Ensure respect of the principles and strategic direction within ITD and ITD business stakeholders.
• Stay in-tune with market trends & identify opportunities to drive growth & innovation.
• Establish governance structures to ensure IT investments are aligned with business goals.
• Monitor the financial performances of ITD change & run, in collaboration with ITD finance.
• Work with the respective ITD Lead owners to ensure continuous management of run costs and with Finance to address the mission on increase budget transparency.
• Ensure selection & prioritization of ITD initiatives, in line with the strategic objectives.
• Determine and maintain the portfolio governance and decision making.
• Work with the ITD Functions, Business stakeholders and geographies to create and maintain a ITD Change Roadmap.
• Enforce establishment of success measures by Program.
• Provide regular updates on Portfolio performance and conduct quarterly reviews with the EC.
• Define and maintain the Project management framework for ITD Initiatives, including AI, in collaboration with the integrated processes (Finance, Architecture, Procurement, Responsible AI, Security, Legal).
• Define the project governance and decision-making processes for ITD Initiatives, including AI.
• Support implementation and sharing of Project management best practices and learning journeys (e.g. certifications).
• Identify and implement remediation measures to address mis-performance.
• Define & maintain the criteria to determine the Strategic Vendors.
• Establish a Strategic Vendor management framework.
• Entertain the appropriate relationship & governance with the Strategic vendors with the LT Sponsors and Procurement.
• Conduct strategic development discussions with Partners to continuously improve & expand the collaboration.
• Review operational performance of Partners together with the LT Sponsors and ensure remediation actions are implemented when appropriate.
• Define and monitor performance indicators to measure the progress on the execution of the ITD Strategy.
• Measure progress and effectiveness of ITD Strategy execution and program execution, incl consequence management.
• Ensure appropriate capabilities are in place to deliver on the Strategy and on ITD objectives – address any gaps.
• Consolidate operational, deliver, financial, people, Security & innovation performance metrics & develop & maintain a Performance scorecard.
• Determine strategies to effectively accompany the organization along the transformation in ITD & people adopting the change, incl local ITD teams in the markets.
• Communicate the ITD Vision & Strategy to the organization.
• Engage with business leaders to ensure continuous alignment between business needs and the ITD strategy.
• Drive continuous improvements across GBU’s, Markets & Functions ITD teams.
• Establish best practice sharing approach across capabilities in ITD.

Work Experience:

• At least 10 cumulative years of experience within Governance, Performance, Business services, Change management and Business & IT transformation.
• Master best practices in Performance & Change management.
• Experience as Business leader and able to grasp business priorities and strategies.
• Experience as advisor for leaders and executives and/or as a team leader for specialists.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and inter-personal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, including executive management.
• Proven capability of managing multiple priorities effectively and performing under tight deadlines.
• Experience successfully working with distributed teams.

Education:

• Master’s degree with focus on Engineering, Business Management and or IT.

Travel Requirement: Regular (20-50%)

Any additional language is a plus

Skills

• Strong appetite to contribute in building a successful organization in a demanding context
• Reliable team player with multi-cultural environment
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Can handle comfortably ambiguity and can work in a matrix organization
• Excellent communication and influential skills
• Exceptional business acumen
• Ability to see the big picture, as well as dig into details and data
• Ability to build pro-active, co-operative working relationships with peers and stakeholders
• Curiosity and proactivity
• High-energy and a passionate advocate for delivering value.
• Strong prioritization, risk identification, and issue problem solving skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Strong sense of responsibility for the timely completion of tasks, as well as the responsibility to ensure a shared understanding of shared tasks.

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That’s why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident, and insightful.

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset -that’s what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That’s what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while the sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together.

Make an impact where it matters most.

Adecco Group North America, through an impressive portfolio of staffing industry leading brands including Adecco General Staffing, Entegee, Lee Hecht Harrison Professional Recruitment, Modis, and Pontoon is the world’s leading provider of Human Resources solutions.

We are the workforce experts delivering staffing and career service solutions to organizations and individuals across all industries. Collectively we harness the power of some of the greatest talent in the world. That talent and expertise allows us to do business globally and act locally with deep knowledge in niche areas.

Every day, we have more than 100,000 associates on assignment, 30,000 colleagues working internally to support more than 10,000 clients in the United States and Canada. Ensuring our business units are prepared to deliver outstanding service to our associates and clients, the Adecco Group North America team provides a strong infrastructure through our corporate and shared services teams.

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

Posting date: 07-27-2025