Votary Tech - PMO & Governance Manager - CEO Office

Role Purpose:

To institutionalize governance, decision discipline, and execution rigor across the organization, enabling the CEO to drive growth and strategy with confidence, clarity, and control.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and operate enterprise governance frameworks across Portfolios, Delivery, and Support functions

- Own CEO / EC review cadence (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly) with outcome-driven dashboards

- Ensure portfolio-level predictability on revenue, delivery, utilization, and risk

- Act as custodian of decision-rights, escalation models, and accountability tracking

- Identify cross-portfolio risks, dependencies, and systemic bottlenecks

- Drive compliance posture (ISO, SOC, internal controls) as an enabler, not a blocker

- Enforce leadership discipline through structured reviews and follow-through

- Prepare concise, forward-looking CEO briefs with risks, trade-offs, and decision asks

What This Role Owns:

- Governance cadence and quality

- Leadership accountability tracking

- Portfolio health visibility

- Enterprise risk and compliance posture

- Decision escalation integrity

What This Role Does NOT Own:

- Day-to-day delivery execution

- Sales closures or account ownership

- People management within delivery teams

- Operational firefighting

Key Stakeholders:

- CEO and Executive Committee

- Portfolio Heads (Automotive, IoT, Smart Devices, Compute)

- Service Delivery Leadership

- Finance, HR, TA, Business Operations

Success Metrics (12-18 months):

- Predictable revenue and delivery metrics across portfolios

- Reduction in unplanned escalations reaching CEO

- Improved review quality and leadership preparedness

- Compliance maturity without delivery slowdown

- Clear ownership and closure of cross-functional issues

Required Experience & Skills:

- 8+ years in Governance, Delivery Excellence, Program Management, or Enterprise Operations

- Strong experience working with CEO / CXO stakeholders

- Deep understanding of engineering services or technology organizations

- Proven ability to influence without authority

- Strong judgment, structured thinking, and executive communication skills

- Experience with ISO, SOC, internal audits, or enterprise governance preferred

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- Calm, firm, and objective under pressure

- Thinks institution-first, not function-first

- High integrity and low ego

- Comfortable saying 'no' and holding leaders accountable

- Balances rigor with pragmatism