Director of Enterprise PMO

The Team: At Kind Lending, our family of diverse and talented Kind Ambassadors are the driving force behind our new approach to the mortgage experience.

They're the heart and soul of the organization and our "People Before Profits" mentality shines through in every department.

Kind Lending is growing and is looking for top mortgage professionals who value opportunity, lasting business partnerships, and who live out our KIND mindset.

Kind Lending is determined to provide the best service in the industry while also providing homebuyers a great selection of products to enhance their buying experience.

Backed by our trusted leadership team, Kind Lending's friendly and professional model puts the fun in funding.

Job Summary: The Director, Enterprise PMO leads Kind Lending's enterprise project management function and a team of Project Managers.

Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff, this role is responsible for portfolio governance, delivery standards, capacity planning, executive reporting, team development, and the systems and workflows that support consistent project execution.

This is a player-coach role for an experienced project and program leader who can move between portfolio-level leadership and hands-on delivery.

The Director will continue to lead a portion of the active project portfolio while improving consistency, accountability, visibility, and scalability across the EPMO.

Location: Office (Irvine, CA), Remote Key Responsibilities: Lead the enterprise project management function, including project intake, prioritization, resource allocation, governance, and portfolio reporting.Maintain clear visibility into project health, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and capacity constraints.Ensure consistent project management standards, documentation, controls, and delivery practices across the portfolio.Personally lead a portion of the active project portfolio in alignment with overall EPMO capacity and leadership responsibilities.Proactively identify delivery risks, bottlenecks, resource conflicts, and change impacts; drive mitigation and resolution.Support implementation readiness, change management, adoption, and post-launch review.Continuously improve EPMO processes, tools, reporting, automation, and workflow efficiency as the enterprise grows.

Team Leadership & Development Lead, coach, and develop a team of Project Managers responsible for complex, cross-functional initiatives.Balance assignments and workload based on project complexity, priority, dependencies, and available capacity.Mentor Project Managers on planning, stakeholder management, executive communication, documentation quality, and delivery expectations.Participate in recruiting, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and career development for the EPMO team.

Executive & Cross-Functional Partnership Serve as a senior EPMO partner to the Chief of Staff, Executive Sponsors, and senior business leaders.Partner across business, technology, operation...