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New Mexico State University

Director Enterprise Project Management Office

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, New Mexico 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $127K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ September 28th, 2026
Agile IT PMO

Edtech.com's Summary

New Mexico State University is hiring a Director of its Enterprise Project Management Office to lead the IT project portfolio and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. Reporting to the CIO, the Director owns project governance, risk management, resource planning, agile practices, and portfolio strategy while building and developing a team of project managers. The role partners across the organization to drive operational excellence and successful project delivery.

Highlights
  • Leads all project management activities for the IT function, ensuring on-time, in-scope, on-budget delivery
  • Owns risk mitigation planning and adjusts risk at the project level
  • Partners with stakeholders to align business strategy, roadmaps, and technology team capacity
  • Manages risk across people, process, technology, monitoring, reporting, and agile delivery
  • Directly manages and develops all project managers within IT
  • Builds project-level dashboards and leads project reviews and audits for the CIO
  • Requires an Associate’s degree plus 10 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years
  • Prefers a Master’s degree along with ITIL and PMI certification
  • Offers a target rate of $126,901.09, commensurate with qualifications
  • Requires authorization to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available