Product Change Development Manager

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
You are responsible for ensuring that projects are successfully completed on time and on budget. This includes project governance, budget and timeline development, build quality, testing and operational readiness, and the completed project's readiness to go live.
How you will contribute
You will:

• Drive consistency and quality in the execution of projects using the appropriate methodology and tools
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project-level risks and escalate them to global leads and/ or the program manager when needed
• Provide project reporting and status updates using scorecards, status reports and monthly review meetings and leading stakeholder meetings
• Lead budget management, resource planning and utilization
• Confirm the completion and consistency of projects and their readiness to go live
• Own the relationship with the external vendors including quality assurance in all phases of project delivery
• Manage a team of PCMs and manage a portfolio of product projects (Innovation, Margin Improvement, and Core Maintenance), delivering projects to market on time, on budget and in scope.
• Lead cross-functional project teams through the end-to-end product lifecycle process

What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Proven experience in project management methodology
• Manage a team of PCMs and manage a portfolio of product projects (Innovation, Margin Improvement, and Core Maintenance), delivering projects to market on time, on budget and in scope.
• Lead cross-functional project teams through the end-to-end product lifecycle process
• Excellent communication skills and able to drive effective discussions with project resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members
• Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines
• Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality of project delivery
• Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions
• Stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making
• Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners
• Strong conceptual and analytic skills - enjoys problem solving

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• PMP Certification would be a plus
• 6 or more years of project management experience
• Experience with product strategy
• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience with Product Change is required
• Experience managing people is preferred
• Experience within a multinational company is preferred
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and topics with no precedence available
• Agility to self-learn on topics and consult where necessary
• Ability to articulate complicated situations in a simple manner
• Strong communication skills and team player
• Extremely systems savvy - for example: Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and Accolade
• Ability to facilitate dynamic meetings and work with a wide variety of senior stakeholders

Education / Certifications:
Bachelor's Degree is required. MBA would be a plus
Job specific requirements:
This is a hybrid position with on-site work located
Travel requirements:
less than 10%
Work schedule:
Business Hours supporting East Coast or West Coast
Salary:
For salaried roles based: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $103,200 and $141,900; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. The salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results
In addition, Mondelez offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
Job Type
Regular
Project and Program Management
Business Capability