Sr. Project Manager
FFP
Lake Mary, florida
Job Details
Full-time
Full Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
We are looking for a dynamic individual to fill a key role within the organization that is a strong technical visionary, innovator, and people leader. This role is responsible for leading and driving the Company’s Project Management Office (PMO). This individual will manage and maintain a Project Portfolio Scorecard for communication and alignment and will manage key projects from idea to launch. This is a new and critical position within the organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Owns and leads Stage-Gate meetings, communication, minutes, action items, and scorecarding
- Communicate and maintain alignment on projects, timelines, and project/portfolio priorities
- Manage a multi-business unit project portfolio
- Manage highly complex projects
- Lead and manage non-reporting cross functional resources
- Comfortably and confidently share project/portfolio updates with the Executive Leadership Team
- Manage large cross functional teams
- Develop and maintain project timelines, milestones, success criteria
- Develop and maintain project budgets
- Strong collaboration and alignment with BU Presidents
- Maintains communication and alignment across the organization
- Partners with Project Owners to successfully drive and deliver projects
- Maintain portfolio and project data/records
- Strong collaboration across all businesses and at all levels within the organization.
Requirements
REQUIREMENTS:
- BS or higher educational degree
- 7+ years of experience in project/program/portfolio management
- Ideally, experience in food, chemical, and/or pharmaceutical industry
- Experience leading large projects and programs
- Experience managing a portfolio and preparing/presenting a portfolio scorecard to Sr Management
- Expertise with Stage-Gate project and portfolio management
- Financial and P&L experience for project/portfolio management and decision making
- Proven track record creating, presenting, and evaluating project charters and gate passage documents
- Expertise managing multiple cross functional project teams simultaneously
- Proven experience in risk management, problem solving, change management, and conflict resolution
- Experience managing/coaching non-reporting cross functional resources
- Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization including senior leaders and executives
- Must be creative, innovative and dynamic with leadership qualities necessary to develop talent
- A proven track-record of performance excellence meeting targets and objectives
- Outgoing, friendly, dynamic, enthusiastic and always up for the next challenge
- Self-starter and comfortable with ambiguity
- Builds strong relationships across the organization and work on projects collaboratively
- High customer focus and insight orientation
- Strong analytical, planning, and budgeting/financial skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Agile in adjusting to and managing through change
- Fun, energetic and dynamic presence
- Ability to travel (up to 30%).
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance effective on the first of the month following start date
- Health and Wellness Incentives
- 10 Days of Vacation
- 9 Paid Company Holidays
- 5 Personal Days
- 401(k)
- Health Savings Account (H.S.A.)
- Long-Term and Short-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)