SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the integral benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 100,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,400 offices and laboratories around the world.
Job Description
The role reports to the CIO LATAM and provides critical oversight to regional Centers of Excellence, country IT teams, and business stakeholders through a single, authoritative view of strategic initiatives, risks, resources, budgets, timelines, and value realization.
**Responsibilities:**
- Establish, implement, and direct the LATAM IT Project Management Office across 12 countries, enforcing standardized governance, portfolio visibility, prioritization discipline, execution quality, and benefits tracking.
- Establish and operate the LATAM IT PMO governance model, including methodology, project lifecycle, approval forums, escalation protocols, standards, and portfolio routines with mandatory compliance across all regions.
- Maintain a single authoritative source of truth for the regional IT portfolio across countries, Centers of Excellence, and strategic initiatives, ensuring complete visibility and accuracy of scope, status, risks, dependencies, budget, and benefits.
- Direct portfolio prioritization and demand governance in partnership with the CIO LATAM, regional leaders, and Country IT Managers, ensuring that resources and investments are rigorously aligned with business value, compliance requirements, and regional strategy.
- Enforce execution discipline across waterfall, agile, and hybrid projects, holding project managers and initiative owners accountable for planning, milestones, risk management, issue resolution, and change control.
- Deliver executive reporting, dashboards, and portfolio updates to LATAM leadership, translating project information into clear strategic decisions, trade-offs, risks, and required actions.
- Oversee project financials, Capex/Opex, vendor
📌 PMO IT LATAM (Bogotá)
🏢 SGS
📍 Bogotá