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Our Company
We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.
Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.
Job description
The Team
The CIO Office serves as the central governance and execution function responsible for driving successful delivery of strategic technology initiatives across the enterprise.
Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Director, CIO Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for leading the planning, governance, execution, and reporting of the CIO organization's project portfolio. This role oversees multiple concurrent programs and projects spanning Enterprise Applications, Cloud & Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Digital Workplace, Compliance, and Technology Modernization initiatives.
The Director will act as a trusted partner to Technology Leadership, ensuring alignment across business and technology stakeholders while maintaining rigorous governance, financial oversight, risk management, and delivery excellence across the CIO portfolio.
This role requires an experienced leader with a proven ability to navigate complex organizations, manage executive stakeholders, drive accountability, and deliver large-scale enterprise initiatives within budget and timeline commitments.
The Role
Portfolio & Program Leadership
- Lead the end-to-end governance and delivery of strategic initiatives across the CIO organization.
- Manage a portfolio of large, complex, cross-functional technology programs and projects.
- Establish portfolio management processes, delivery standards, reporting frameworks, and governance mechanisms.
- Ensure projects are executed on time, within scope, within budget, and aligned to business objectives.
- Drive portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, dependency management, and execution planning.
Enterprise Project Delivery
Oversee and coordinate projects across key technology domains including:
Enterprise Platforms & Applications
- CRM Platforms
- HRMS Platforms
- ERP & Finance Systems
- Middleware & Integration Platforms
- Enterprise Collaboration Platforms
- Jira, ServiceNow & ITSM Solutions
- Enterprise Data Platforms
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Hyperscaler Cloud Programs (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Data Center Modernization
- Cloud Migration Initiatives
- Digital Workplace Programs
- Network Transformation
- Infrastructure Modernization
Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
- Enterprise AI Programs
- AI Agent Deployments
- Generative AI Initiatives
- AI Productivity Platforms
- Automation Programs
- AI Governance and Enablement Projects
Information & Cyber Security
- Cybersecurity Transformation Programs
- Identity & Access Management Initiatives
- Compliance Programs
- Security Technology Deployments
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Projects
- Security Certification and Audit Readiness Programs
Governance, Risk & Issue Management
- Establish project governance structures, steering committees, and executive review forums.
- Proactively identify program risks, dependencies, roadblocks, and mitigation plans.
- Drive resolution of cross-functional issues and escalations.
- Monitor project health, milestones, deliverables, and overall portfolio performance.
- Ensure adherence to established project management methodologies and governance standards.
Financial Management & Portfolio Controls
- Manage portfolio budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting across CIO programs.
- Track project spend, resource utilization, capital investments, and operating expenditures.
- Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to ensure financial discipline and investment transparency.
- Monitor budget versus actuals and support cost management initiatives.
- Provide regular financial reporting and projections to CIO leadership.
Executive Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with technology leaders, business stakeholders, finance, operations, HR, procurement, and external partners.
- Build strong relationships across a highly matrixed global organization.
- Facilitate alignment between project teams, leadership stakeholders, and business sponsors.
- Drive accountability and decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups.
Executive Communications & Reporting
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, reporting packages, presentations, and portfolio reviews.
- Deliver concise and actionable updates for CIO staff meetings, leadership reviews, and executive steering committees.
- Translate complex technology initiatives into clear business outcomes and executive insights.
- Maintain visibility into overall portfolio health, risks, and delivery performance.
Vendor & Partner Coordination
- Coordinate activities across internal teams and external technology partners.
- Monitor vendor commitments, deliverables, and project dependencies.
- Support contract governance, milestone tracking, and performance reporting.
Team Leadership
- Establish a high-performance culture focused on execution excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Develop PMO capabilities, methodologies, tools, and best practices.
- Drive consistency in project delivery across the CIO organization.
What You'll Bring
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Master's Degree or MBA preferred.
Experience
- 12+ years of experience managing enterprise-scale IT programs and portfolios.
- 5+ years of leadership experience in PMO, Program Management, Portfolio Management, or Technology Program Delivery.
- Proven track record of managing complex technology initiatives across:
- Enterprise Applications
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Information Security
- Digital Transformation Programs
- Experience working directly with CIOs, executive leadership teams, and senior business stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success managing large budgets, multiple workstreams, and cross-functional teams in global environments.
Preferred Certifications
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- PgMP (Program Management Professional)
- PMI-PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional)
- SAFe Agilist or Agile Certification
- ITIL Foundation or Managing Professional
Leadership Competencies
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong executive communication and presentation capabilities.
- Ability to navigate highly matrixed organizations.
- Outstanding organizational and program management skills.
- Strong financial acumen and budget management experience.
- Ability to drive execution across multiple concurrent priorities.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and outcomes-focused.
- Strong problem-solving and risk management capabilities.
Success Measures
The Director, CIO Portfolio Management Office will be measured on:
- Successful Delivery of CIO Portfolio Initiatives
- On-Time and On-Budget Project Execution
- Portfolio Financial Performance
- Executive Stakeholder Satisfaction
- Risk and Issue Resolution Effectiveness
- Governance and Reporting Quality
- Resource Utilization and Planning Effectiveness
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Portfolio Visibility and Decision Support
- Overall CIO Organization Delivery Excellence
About us
We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.
Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
Function
IT
Our Company
We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.
Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.
Job description
The Team
The CIO Office serves as the central governance and execution function responsible for driving successful delivery of strategic technology initiatives across the enterprise.
Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Director, CIO Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for leading the planning, governance, execution, and reporting of the CIO organization's project portfolio. This role oversees multiple concurrent programs and projects spanning Enterprise Applications, Cloud & Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Digital Workplace, Compliance, and Technology Modernization initiatives.
The Director will act as a trusted partner to Technology Leadership, ensuring alignment across business and technology stakeholders while maintaining rigorous governance, financial oversight, risk management, and delivery excellence across the CIO portfolio.
This role requires an experienced leader with a proven ability to navigate complex organizations, manage executive stakeholders, drive accountability, and deliver large-scale enterprise initiatives within budget and timeline commitments.
The Role
Portfolio & Program Leadership
- Lead the end-to-end governance and delivery of strategic initiatives across the CIO organization.
- Manage a portfolio of large, complex, cross-functional technology programs and projects.
- Establish portfolio management processes, delivery standards, reporting frameworks, and governance mechanisms.
- Ensure projects are executed on time, within scope, within budget, and aligned to business objectives.
- Drive portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, dependency management, and execution planning.
Enterprise Project Delivery
Oversee and coordinate projects across key technology domains including:
Enterprise Platforms & Applications
- CRM Platforms
- HRMS Platforms
- ERP & Finance Systems
- Middleware & Integration Platforms
- Enterprise Collaboration Platforms
- Jira, ServiceNow & ITSM Solutions
- Enterprise Data Platforms
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Hyperscaler Cloud Programs (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Data Center Modernization
- Cloud Migration Initiatives
- Digital Workplace Programs
- Network Transformation
- Infrastructure Modernization
Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
- Enterprise AI Programs
- AI Agent Deployments
- Generative AI Initiatives
- AI Productivity Platforms
- Automation Programs
- AI Governance and Enablement Projects
Information & Cyber Security
- Cybersecurity Transformation Programs
- Identity & Access Management Initiatives
- Compliance Programs
- Security Technology Deployments
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Projects
- Security Certification and Audit Readiness Programs
Governance, Risk & Issue Management
- Establish project governance structures, steering committees, and executive review forums.
- Proactively identify program risks, dependencies, roadblocks, and mitigation plans.
- Drive resolution of cross-functional issues and escalations.
- Monitor project health, milestones, deliverables, and overall portfolio performance.
- Ensure adherence to established project management methodologies and governance standards.
Financial Management & Portfolio Controls
- Manage portfolio budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting across CIO programs.
- Track project spend, resource utilization, capital investments, and operating expenditures.
- Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to ensure financial discipline and investment transparency.
- Monitor budget versus actuals and support cost management initiatives.
- Provide regular financial reporting and projections to CIO leadership.
Executive Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with technology leaders, business stakeholders, finance, operations, HR, procurement, and external partners.
- Build strong relationships across a highly matrixed global organization.
- Facilitate alignment between project teams, leadership stakeholders, and business sponsors.
- Drive accountability and decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups.
Executive Communications & Reporting
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, reporting packages, presentations, and portfolio reviews.
- Deliver concise and actionable updates for CIO staff meetings, leadership reviews, and executive steering committees.
- Translate complex technology initiatives into clear business outcomes and executive insights.
- Maintain visibility into overall portfolio health, risks, and delivery performance.
Vendor & Partner Coordination
- Coordinate activities across internal teams and external technology partners.
- Monitor vendor commitments, deliverables, and project dependencies.
- Support contract governance, milestone tracking, and performance reporting.
Team Leadership
- Establish a high-performance culture focused on execution excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Develop PMO capabilities, methodologies, tools, and best practices.
- Drive consistency in project delivery across the CIO organization.
What You'll Bring
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Master's Degree or MBA preferred.
Experience
- 12+ years of experience managing enterprise-scale IT programs and portfolios.
- 5+ years of leadership experience in PMO, Program Management, Portfolio Management, or Technology Program Delivery.
- Proven track record of managing complex technology initiatives across:
- Enterprise Applications
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Information Security
- Digital Transformation Programs
- Experience working directly with CIOs, executive leadership teams, and senior business stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success managing large budgets, multiple workstreams, and cross-functional teams in global environments.
Preferred Certifications
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- PgMP (Program Management Professional)
- PMI-PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional)
- SAFe Agilist or Agile Certification
- ITIL Foundation or Managing Professional
Leadership Competencies
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong executive communication and presentation capabilities.
- Ability to navigate highly matrixed organizations.
- Outstanding organizational and program management skills.
- Strong financial acumen and budget management experience.
- Ability to drive execution across multiple concurrent priorities.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and outcomes-focused.
- Strong problem-solving and risk management capabilities.
Success Measures
The Director, CIO Portfolio Management Office will be measured on:
- Successful Delivery of CIO Portfolio Initiatives
- On-Time and On-Budget Project Execution
- Portfolio Financial Performance
- Executive Stakeholder Satisfaction
- Risk and Issue Resolution Effectiveness
- Governance and Reporting Quality
- Resource Utilization and Planning Effectiveness
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Portfolio Visibility and Decision Support
- Overall CIO Organization Delivery Excellence
About us
We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.
Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
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Align your credentials to EB-2 or EB-3
A Director of PMO role typically qualifies under EB-2 if you hold an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive project management experience. Gather transcripts, PMP certification records, and employer letters documenting that progression before you approach any sponsor.
Target employers with PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers who have already filed PERM applications for Director-level project management roles. Existing PERM history signals that the employer understands the recruitment obligations and prevailing wage requirements, reducing delays caused by an inexperienced HR or legal team.
Verify your prevailing wage category early
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your target SOC code and location before salary negotiations. A Director of PMO role can fall under different wage levels depending on scope, and your offered salary must meet or exceed the certified wage or DOL will reject the PERM application.
Understand how the PERM recruitment test works
Your employer must run a DOL-mandated recruitment test, advertising the role through specific channels and documenting that no qualified U.S. workers applied. For Director of PMO positions, this process takes roughly 60 to 90 days before the PERM application can be submitted to DOL.
Secure your priority date through an early I-140
Once PERM is certified, push your employer to file the I-140 petition with USCIS promptly. Your priority date is locked when the I-140 is filed, and if you change employers later, an approved I-140 lets you carry that date to a new petition under AC21 job portability rules.
Plan for per-country backlog realities
If you were born in India or China, the EB-2 and EB-3 priority date queues can span years. Factor this into your negotiation by asking employers about concurrent I-485 filing timelines and whether premium processing on the I-140 is available to accelerate the initial petition review.
Green Card Director of Project Management Office: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Director of PMO role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Director of PMO positions qualify under EB-2, which covers roles requiring an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive specialized experience. If your background fits a bachelor's degree only, EB-3 professional classification also applies. Your employer's immigration counsel will determine the stronger category based on your credentials and the job description used in the PERM filing.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa renewed in increments, while employment-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residence. The process for EB-2 or EB-3 adds PERM labor certification, a DOL recruitment test, and an I-140 petition before you can file for adjustment of status. Priority date backlogs based on your country of birth can extend the overall timeline significantly, which H-1B sponsorship does not involve.
What is the PERM labor certification process for a Director of PMO?
PERM requires your employer to obtain a prevailing wage determination from DOL, conduct a formal recruitment campaign proving no minimally qualified U.S. workers are available, and then file the ETA-9089 application with DOL. For Director-level roles, the recruitment test typically includes job posting, national advertising, and internal notice. The entire PERM stage can take six to twelve months before the I-140 is filed.
How do I find employers who sponsor green cards for Director of PMO positions?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified PERM and green card sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. Targeting companies that have already completed the PERM process for comparable Director-level positions reduces the risk of engaging an employer who is unfamiliar with the recruitment obligations, prevailing wage rules, or multi-year sponsorship commitment required for employment-based permanent residence.
Can I change employers after my green card sponsorship is in progress?
Once your I-485 adjustment-of-status application has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 job portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation without losing your place in the queue. If your original I-140 was approved, that priority date can also transfer to a new employer's I-140 petition, protecting the seniority you have already accumulated.