Project management specialist Jobs in College Station, TX

Director of Project Management

The Director of Project Management (DoPM) provides executive leadership and oversight of Brazos County's Project Management Office (PMO). The DoPM ensures total lifecycle management of all County capital projects and other critical non-capital projects, from idea intake through project closeout and lessons learned.

The DoPM directs the County's project governance structure, enforces the accountability framework, and ensures that Commissioners Court, departments, and external partners clearly understand their roles. All project ideas including those originating from Commissioners Court are routed through the PMO for evaluation and prioritization against the County's long-term Master Plan.

The PMO serves as the single point of accountability to Commissioners Court and the public, while departmental projects may be executed locally with the PMO providing governance, support, and reporting.

Essential Duties:

• Strategic Project Oversight: Exercise full authority over all County capital projects and critical non-capital projects, including intake, prioritization, planning, execution, and closeout.
• Governance & Accountability: Enforce the County's RACI framework, ensuring the PMO holds Accountability across the entire project lifecycle.
• Project Lifecycle Management: Direct initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout processes under PMBOK-aligned methodologies.
• Meetings & Reporting: Lead and chair bi-weekly project meetings with all pertinent staff, holding departments accountable for assigned tasks.
• Departmental & Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with the County Judge, Commissioners Court, Budget Office, Auditor, Purchasing, Facilities Services, Road & Bridge, IT, and other stakeholders to ensure roles remain aligned with accountability assignments.
• Leadership of PMO Staff: Lead, mentor, and evaluate PMO staff, including project managers, coordinators, and analysts.

Supervision Received: General instruction and periodic review from Commissioner's Court. Given: Direct Supervision of Project Management staff.

Education Required: BA or BS in Business Administration, Operations Management, Business Analysis, Computer Science, MIS or related field or any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Preferred: MS in Business Administration, Operations Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, Business Analysis, or IT Project Management or related field.

Experience Required: Two years of experience in Project Management, Systems Analysis, and Business Analysis. Preferred: Five years of experience in Project Management, Systems Analysis, and Business Analysis.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required: Valid driver's license.

Preferred: PMI Project Management Professional, IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional

Physical Demands Typical: Must be able to apply project management, systems analysis, and business analysis methodologies independently to identify opportunities and risks, interpersonal skills, excellent verbal, written, and communication skills, organization, and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project. Must have excellent interpersonal skills.

Work Environment Typical: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be noisy or distracting. The employee is required to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and to perform tedious and exacting work. The employee may be required to work closely with others as part of a team or perform required job functions remotely, to work under time pressures to meet deadlines, and to work in emergency situations.