Assistant Manager, Ascend PMO (2

The Global Ascend PMO team is responsible for driving operational excellence across program governance, integrated planning, performance reporting, and cross-workstream coordination. This role is ideal for a Senior Consultant who thrives in fast-paced environments, can quickly translate ambiguity into structured plans and decisions, and brings strong stakeholder management skills to keep delivery on-track across global teams. You will help run the operating rhythm of the program, ensure leaders have high-quality information to make decisions, and enable teams to execute through disciplined PMO practices.

• Develop and quality-check leadership-ready reporting outputs (dashboards, summaries, KPI packs, executive updates) with clear storylines and decision-focused insights.
• Support governance cadences end-to-end by coordinating agendas/materials, capturing actions/decisions, and driving follow-through to closure across stakeholders.
• Support automation of recurring reporting activities (refresh, validation, publishing, distribution) through workflow design, standardization, and lightweight tooling enhancements.
• Identify reporting and automation opportunities, manage dependencies, and drive follow-through to implementation.
• Maintain core PMO documentation (onboarding materials, operating playbooks, process flows, roles & responsibilities) and keep content current and usable.
• Support development and maintenance of integrated program plans in coordination with overall Ascend PMO (PMOne); provide oversight on baselining scope, milestones, and dependencies.
• Support the overall Ascend PMO (PMOne) in maintaining the RAID log; identify and mitigate risks; track dependencies on US product roadmap and releases.
• Support development of executive-level deliverables (PowerPoint, Excel, Tableau dashboards) using strong storyboarding skills.
• Lead structured problem-solving; unblock critical paths and manage escalations.
• Championing a process improvement mindset, continuously identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance governance.
• Coordinate with other workstreams to ensure cohesive engagement and collaboration., Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.
  
  Exceptional attention to detail, strong QA mindset, and disciplined documentation habits under tight timelines.
• Strong executive communication and business writing; able to synthesize inputs into concise, decision-oriented narratives and materials.
• Structured problem-solving and storyboarding skills; comfortable with light quantitative analysis to support insights when needed.
• Strong project/program management foundations; experience with common PMO tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet/PMOne or equivalents).
• Proven ability to operate in global, cross-geo teams across time zones with clear handoffs, proactive follow-ups, and reliable cadence management.
• Skilled stakeholder management: able to build alignment, manage expectations, and maintain relationships across diverse groups.
• Excellent time management and responsiveness; effective in virtual, fast-moving environments with multiple concurrent priorities.
• Experience supporting PMO/program management in a matrix environment, including governance cadence, KPI/status reporting, RAID/dependency awareness, and stakeholder follow-through.
• Proven relevant experience in project/program management and/or PMO operations.
• Strong experience in requirements facilitation, executive communication, RAID ownership, reporting/analytics, PMO artifacts/tools, and cross-geo collaboration.
• Proven track experience in process optimization or operational analytics.
  
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