PMO Command
Senior PMO execution, on a retainer your finance team can plan around.
Advisory tells you what to do. PMO Command does it. A retainer-based engagement that gives you senior project management capacity — without a headcount commitment, without a fixed-fee renegotiation every time scope shifts.
Why PMO Command
Capacity when you need it. Discipline when you don’t.
Pay for the work, not the seat.
A retainer-based model means you fund a level of engagement — not a fixed scope you have to renegotiate every time priorities shift. Hours are billed transparently against the retainer, and unused time rolls forward up to three months.
The right seniority on the right work.
Administrative cleanup gets billed at administrator rates. Strategic judgment gets billed at partner rates. You stop paying $150/hour to chase status updates and start paying senior rates only where senior thinking is needed.
Built for portfolios that change.
Mergers stall. Vendors miss SLAs. A board meeting changes everything. PMO Command flexes with you — same retainer, different mix of hours — without a new contract or a scope-creep conversation.
Complementary to your CIO Advisra subscription.
If you’re on Core, Signature, or Strategic, advisory tells you what to act on. PMO Command is how it gets done. The two are scoped to work together: advisors stay bounded to briefings and strategy; execution lives here.
What the retainer covers
Four roles. One retainer. You choose the mix each month.
Every PMO Command engagement draws from the same four-role bench. You don’t hire a person; you draw against a retainer at the rate appropriate to the work. Weekly status reports show hours by role so finance always knows where the retainer went.
Project Administrator
Coordination, documentation, data hygiene
- Maintaining the portfolio register and project status hygiene
- Meeting coordination, action-item tracking, and follow-through
- Document control and standardization across initiatives
Project Manager
Day-to-day project delivery
- Running individual projects against scope, schedule, and budget
- Stakeholder communication and risk/issue management
- Vendor and internal-team coordination on active work
Senior Project Manager
Complex projects and program-level oversight
- Cross-functional programs and multi-vendor initiatives
- Recovering troubled projects and resetting governance
- Stand-up of new PMO function or methodology rollout
Senior Partner
Executive judgment and escalation
- Steering committee facilitation and executive briefings
- Vendor escalation, contract intervention, and crisis response
- Portfolio governance design and CIO-level decision support
Hours are tracked against the retainer and reported weekly. Unused hours roll forward up to three months, then expire. Need more than your retainer covers in a given month? Increase the retainer or authorize an overage — your call, with full visibility before the commitment is made.
Pricing
Retainer-based. Transparent. No fixed-scope renegotiation.
Minimum Retainer
The entry point. Right-sized for a single complex project, light portfolio coordination, or a defined cleanup engagement.
3-month minimum commitment.
Recommended Starting Retainer
The level most clients converge on within 60 days. Enough capacity to mix senior judgment with execution support across a working portfolio.
3-month minimum. Most engagements scale up from here.
Role rate card
Hours are billed against the retainer at the rate appropriate to the role doing the work.
| Role | Rate | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Project Administrator | $50 / hour | Coordination, documentation, portfolio hygiene |
| Project Manager | $150 / hour | Day-to-day project delivery |
| Senior Project Manager | $200 / hour | Complex programs, troubled-project recovery |
| Senior Partner | $350 / hour | Executive judgment, escalation, governance |
Weekly status reports show hours by role. Unused hours roll forward up to three months, then expire.
Have work that needs to get done — not just decided?
Bring us the portfolio. We’ll scope a retainer that matches the work you actually have in front of you, and you’ll know what every hour is doing every week.