Project management office (PMO) directors. Are they game changers? Great leaders? Powerful enough to get the job done? Are they taken seriously by senior management? What about this: what about a central figure leading the project management infrastructure in an organization? It’s certainly not a new concept. Making that central figure a C-level officer in the company—now that’s a new concept. At least I’ve not seen it happen or even be proposed anywhere.

A search for C-level position definitions and examples reveals the following from SearchCIO.com:

“C-level, also called the C-suite, is an adjective used to describe high-ranking executive titles within an organization. C, in this context, stands for chief. Officers who hold C-level positions are typically considered the most powerful and influential members of an organization; consequently, they make higher-stakes decisions, their workload is more demanding, and they have relatively high salaries.”

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