Microsoft Senior Manager - PMO

Job Summary The Sr Manager leads and develops Argano ’s Microsoft Project Coordination Team within the Project Management Office (PMO), with accountability for team performance, talent development, and resource capacity. The role partners with PMO leadership to advance strategic initiatives, strengthen governance, and improve project delivery, while providing leadership and escalation support across the team. With a reduced utilization target, the Sr Manager balances these leadership responsibilities with hands-on delivery as a Senior Project Coordinator or Project Manager when capacity requires. Success requires strong leadership, deep project management expertise, and effective cross-functional collaboration. Duties and Responsibilities Lead project coordination across the full project lifecycle, ensuring effective planning, execution, monitoring, transition, and closeout in alignment with PMO standards and delivery expectations. Oversee project plans, schedules, budgets, resource assignments, and dependencies, monitoring project health and driving timely corrective action when delivery deviates from plan. Facilitate cross-functional coordination and stakeholder communication across project teams, Practice Leads, PMO leadership, and other internal stakeholders to maintain alignment on priorities, commitments, risks, and dependencies. Identify, track, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints, ensuring appropriate mitigation, ownership, and r