Renovation Project Manager

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East Hanover, NJ
Hybrid
95K-131K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
The Sr. Product Change Manager leads projects to enhance Productivity, Sustainability, and Business Continuity, ensuring timely and budget-compliant completion through disciplined management and stakeholder alignment.
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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

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
  • 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

More about this role
At Mondelez, we empower people to snack right. Our team is bold, fast, and passionate about making an impact. We are now looking for a Sr. Product Change Manager to lead the execution of projects that will transform how we deliver Productivity, Sustainability and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) across our categories.
This role offers the opportunity to work on projects with high visibility and real business impact - shaping efficiencies, strengthening resilience, and supporting our environmental commitment across our entire portfolio of beloved and iconic brands.
What you need to know about this position:
This is a highly visible role with an impact that goes beyond a single category. You will deliver projects that drive efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across our business, ensuring Mondelez continues to grow responsibly while meeting consumer and customer needs.
In this fast-paced, impact-driven role, you will lead a diverse portfolio of Productivity, Business Continuity (BCP), and Sustainability projects with disciplined project management, In this role, you will:
Project execution management
  • Lead end-to-end project execution for high-priority projects through planning, development, execution, monitoring & control, and closure.

  • Define and manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and communications with discipline and autonomy.

  • Build structured project plans (e.g. charters, timeline, risk logs, RACIs, stakeholder maps) that enable disciplined execution and transparency.

  • Adapt project approaches based on complexity, risk, and urgency - balancing agility with strong process discipline.

Cross-functional alignment & stakeholder management
  • Be the heartbeat of cross-functional alignment, partnering with Marketing, R&D, Packaging, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, etc. to deliver success.

  • Facilitate effective communication, ensuring teams understand responsibilities, dependencies, and key decisions points.

  • Influence without authority to move projects forward and keep cross-functional teams focused on critical-path work.

Risk Management and issue resolution
  • Lead structured risk assessments, scenario planning, and mitigation strategies for productivity, sustainability and BCP initiatives.

  • Identify risks early, evaluate business impact, discuss solutions, and escalate attention points when needed.

Governance, reporting and data accuracy
  • Ensure accuracy and completeness of project data in Accolade, productivity trackers, and governance systems.

  • Prepare high-quality project reports, dashboards and meeting materials tailored for different stakeholders.

  • Ensure project data completeness and compliance in project management tools.

  • Support adoption of Idea to Market methodology as an execution role model for peers. Act as a role model for disciplined project delivery and a champion for continuous improvement in seasonal planning and execution.

What extra ingredients you will bring:
A passion for executional excellence, collaboration, and business impact. You will bring:
  • Proven ability to manage a portfolio of time-sensitive projects in a dynamic, matrixed environment. complex project portfolio independently.

  • Advanced communication and influence skills to align teams and move decisions forward quickly.

  • Proficiency in project management tools.

  • Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities and tight timelines.

  • Strong analytical thinking and familiarity with change management and governance practices.

  • PMP certificate and Accolade experience are a plus.

Education / Certifications:
  • Bachelor`s degree in Business, Engineering, Food Science, or related field.

Job specific requirements:
  • 5+ years' experience project management, commercialization, or product delivery within CPG or a similar fast-paced environment.

Travel requirements: Occasional Travel
Work schedule: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $95,100 to $130,790; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and 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 International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. 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.
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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