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Resumes
August 13, 2026
Resume Example
Real-world PMO manager resume examples for enterprise project management office leaders and PMO consultants, with the delivery rate, governance, and portfolio metrics that executives and clients look for.
Nadia Bishara
(312) 555-0129 ◇ Chicago, IL
nadia.bishara@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/nadia-bishara ◇ nadiabishara.com
Objective
PMO manager with 11 years in project and portfolio management, currently leading the enterprise project management office for a $2.1B insurance company with a portfolio of 85 active projects worth $140M a year. Raised on-time, on-budget delivery from 54% to 83% of projects over 3 years, cut portfolio reporting effort 60% through a single planning platform, and built the governance that redirected $18M from low-value projects to strategic priorities. Leads a PMO team of 14 and a community of 60 project managers. Runs a PMO that projects want to work with, because it removes obstacles faster than it adds paperwork.
Education
M.B.A. in Management, Lakefront Crown University 2016 – 2018
Part-time programme completed while working. Coursework in Strategy, Corporate Finance, Organisational Change, and Operations Management.
B.S. in Business Administration, Project Management Professional, and Portfolio Management Professional, Wabash Line University and Project Management Institute 2010 – 2014, PMP 2016, PfMP 2021
Also holds a Scaled Agile Framework programme consultant certification earned in 2020 and completed a change management certification in 2019.
Skills
PMO Leadership
Enterprise PMO design and operation, portfolio governance and prioritisation, stage gate and investment review, portfolio reporting and executive dashboards, benefits tracking and realisation, resource capacity planning, PMO maturity assessment
Delivery Methods
Predictive, agile, and hybrid delivery frameworks, methodology and template design, project health assessment and recovery, risk and issue escalation, vendor and contract governance, quality assurance reviews
People and Change
PMO team leadership, project manager community and career framework, coaching and training, executive stakeholder management, organisational change management, tool selection and implementation
Tools & Platforms
Planview, Jira and Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Power BI, Excel with advanced modelling, Confluence, Microsoft Teams
Experience
PMO Manager, Enterprise Project Management Office 03/2021 – Present
Lakefront Crown Insurance Chicago, IL
- Lead the enterprise PMO for a $2.1B insurance company with a portfolio of 85 active projects worth $140M a year, managing a PMO team of 14 and a community of 60 project managers.
- Raised on-time, on-budget delivery from 54% to 83% of projects over 3 years through a health assessment standard, a recovery playbook applied to 22 projects, and a hybrid delivery framework.
- Built portfolio governance with a quarterly investment review that redirected $18M from low-value projects to strategic priorities, and cut portfolio reporting effort 60% by consolidating 5 tools into Planview.
Senior Project Manager and PMO Lead 06/2016 – 02/2021
Wabash Line Financial Services Chicago, IL
- Led a technology PMO of 6 supporting 40 projects worth $50M a year over 4.75 years, after 2 years managing projects directly.
- Delivered a $22M core system replacement programme on schedule as programme manager, with 0 critical defects at go-live for 900 users.
- Introduced agile delivery to 12 teams with a 3-month coaching programme that cut average feature cycle time 35%.
Project Coordinator and Project Manager 07/2014 – 05/2016
Wabash Line Financial Services Chicago, IL
- Coordinated 8 projects for a technology portfolio, then managed 4 projects worth $3M with all 4 delivered within 5% of budget.
- Built the portfolio status reporting template adopted across 40 projects that cut report preparation from 2 days to 3 hours.
- Promoted to senior project manager after 23 months based on the reporting template and project delivery.
Projects
Portfolio Governance and Investment Review. Designed a governance model with a scoring framework on 6 criteria, a quarterly investment review with 8 executives, stage gates for projects over $500K, and a benefits register for 85 projects, which redirected $18M from low-value projects to strategic priorities, cut projects cancelled after significant spend from 9 a year to 2, and raised tracked benefits realisation to 78% of business cases.
Project Health and Recovery Programme. Built a 15-indicator project health assessment run monthly on 85 projects, a recovery playbook with a 30-day turnaround plan, and a PMO recovery team of 3, applied to 22 troubled projects over 3 years, which returned 18 of 22 to green status within 60 days and contributed to raising on-time, on-budget delivery from 54% to 83%.
Portfolio Platform Consolidation. Led the consolidation of 5 planning and reporting tools into Planview over 10 months with a data migration of 85 projects and 400 resources, 12 standard reports and 3 executive dashboards, and training for 60 project managers, which cut portfolio reporting effort 60%, gave executives a same-day view of portfolio status, and cut resource conflict escalations 45%.
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Board member of a project management institute chapter since 2022, chairing the professional development committee.
- Speaker at 4 PMO and portfolio management conferences on governance and project recovery.
- Volunteer project manager for a housing nonprofit, delivering 2 facility projects worth $600K since 2023.
Leadership
- Lead a PMO team of 14 with hiring, reviews, and development, with 4 promotions in 3 years, and a community of 60 project managers through a career framework and monthly forum.
- Chair the quarterly portfolio investment review with 8 executives and present portfolio status to the chief operating officer monthly.
- Trained 60 project managers on the hybrid delivery framework and 20 executives on portfolio governance.
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