Description
Today’s world is crime-riddled. Criminals are everywhere, invisible, virtual and sophisticated. Traditional ways to prevent and investigate crime and terror are no longer enough…
Technology is changing incredibly fast. The criminals know it, and they are taking advantage. We know it too.
For nearly 30 years, the incredible minds at Cognyte around the world have worked closely together and put their expertise to work, to keep up with constantly evolving technological and criminal trends, and help make the world a safer place with leading investigative analytics software solutions.
We are defined by our dedication to doing good and this translates to business success, meaningful work friendships, a can-do attitude, and deep curiosity.
Join our dynamic team and immerse yourself in the exciting realm of cellular technology. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of developing backend features, starting from the deepest interaction level with our hardware and extending all the way to the frontend interface.
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented PMO Specialist to join our Product R&D unit. The PMO Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation and alignment of processes, methodologies, and resources within the unit. This position requires strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills to support the team’s efficiency and success.
As a Cognyter you will:
- Monitor workforce allocations and utilization across various work lanes.
- Identify resource bottlenecks, underutilization, or workload imbalances and recommend adjustments.
- Collaborate with different organization stakeholders to optimize resource distribution and ensure alignment with organization priorities.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date data across relevant tools and systems, including budget tracking.
- Develop dashboards and reports that provide visibility over statuses, resource utilization, and overall progress.
- Analyze data to identify trends, generate actionable insights, and support decision-making.
- Track and manage time reporting data to ensure accurate and timely submissions.
- Analyze time reports to identify trends, bottlenecks, or discrepancies.
- Support team leads in addressing time reporting issues and improving time management practices.
- Monitor compliance with the unit's processes and methodologies.
- Provide guidance and support to team members to ensure adherence to established practices.
- Act as the central point of contact for process-related queries within the unit.
- Collaborate with engineers, project managers and leadership to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
- Organize and facilitate reviews, meetings, and workshops to discuss and refine processes.
Requirements
Your toolbox:
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience as a PMO or business operations specialist in a global company.
- Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and project management.
- Quick learner with excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Proficiency in data tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau) and platforms like Jira, Confluence, or Salesforce.
- Experience in time reporting systems (e.g., OTLs) and workforce optimization.
Top Skills
What We Do
Cognyte Software Ltd. is a global leader in investigative analytics software that empowers a variety of government and other organizations with Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World™. Our open interface software is designed to help customers accelerate and improve the effectiveness of investigations and decision-making. Hundreds of customers rely on our solutions to accelerate and conduct investigations and derive insights, with which they identify, neutralize, and tackle threats to national security and address different forms of criminal and terror activities.
