Senior Governance Engineer

Orizon Valorização de Resíduos

Senior Governance Engineer overseeing corporate project portfolio management in São Paulo. Ensuring project performance and governance standards to support decision-making and practices.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeSão Paulo • 🇧🇷 BrazilSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Consolidate and monitor the performance of the corporate project portfolio.
Ensure the integrity, quality and currency of projects' strategic information.
Develop, update and maintain executive dashboards and portfolio performance indicators.
Prepare management reports and executive materials for Committees, the Board and other governance forums.
Support management of the investment pipeline and project prioritization.
Conduct project maturity assessments using structured governance methodologies.
Evaluate adherence to minimum requirements for transition between FEL gates.
Apply maturity diagnostic tools, including PDRI (Project Definition Rating Index) and other assessment methodologies.
Issue technical opinions on project readiness to advance to the next phase.
Identify risks, gaps and opportunities for improvement in project development processes.
Structure and coordinate the project governance communication flow.
Prepare executive presentations for the Board, Committees and strategic stakeholders.
Ensure alignment among areas involved in the project development cycle.
Support dissemination of standards, procedures, methodologies and project management best practices.
Facilitate workshops, alignment meetings and trainings related to portfolio governance.
Support the evolution of PMO governance processes.
Participate in drafting and reviewing procedures, standards, templates and corporate methodologies.
Promote initiatives to raise project management maturity.
Support internal audits related to governance and project management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Postgraduate degree or MBA in Project Management, Business Management, Project Engineering or related fields.
Experience in Project Portfolio Management.
Corporate Project Governance.
FEL (Front-End Loading) methodologies.
PMBOK.
Development and management of performance indicators.
Power BI.
Microsoft Office suite (Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
Schedule management and project controls.
Critical analysis of project performance.
PMI certification (PMP®, PMI-SP®, PMO-CP® or equivalent).
PDRI (Project Definition Rating Index).
AWP (Advanced Work Packaging).
BIM (Building Information Modeling).
Lean methodologies and Continuous Improvement.
Corporate risk management.
Business Intelligence and Analytics tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Gym membership subsidy
Pharmacy benefit
Christmas hamper
Life insurance
Meal or food allowance
Transportation allowance

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project Portfolio ManagementCorporate Project GovernanceFEL methodologiesPMBOKPerformance indicators developmentSchedule managementCritical analysis of project performancePDRIAWPBIM

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipOrganizational skillsFacilitationCritical thinkingRisk identificationImprovement opportunities identificationStakeholder alignmentTrainingWorkshop facilitation

Certifications

PMI certificationPMP®PMI-SP®PMO-CP®