Sr Project Analyst

Posted 4 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
81K-118K Annually
Mid level
Consumer Web • Food • Manufacturing
The Role
Support governance and execution of transformation initiatives by coordinating projects, engaging stakeholders, and delivering data-driven insights aligned with enterprise strategy.
Summary Generated by Built In

Reporting to the Senior Director - Enterprise Transformation, you will serve as a key member of the Transformation Office, supporting governance and execution of complex, cross‑functional enterprise transformation initiatives. You will provide disciplined project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and data‑driven insights to help ensure initiatives remain aligned with enterprise strategy, priorities, sequencing, and milestones while delivering measurable business value.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain structured frameworks, integrated plans, and timelines that translate complex transformation efforts into clear programs with defined ownership, deliverables, dependencies, and risks.
  • Plan, coordinate, and manage recurring program and governance meetings across senior stakeholders, including steering committees, transformation leaders, initiative leads, and external partners, ensuring clear agendas, materials, decisions, and follow‑ups.
  • Maintain accurate and current project and program tracking tools, monitoring adherence to approved scope, prioritization, sequencing, and milestones while proactively escalating risks and issues.
  • Coordinate interdependencies and enablement activities such as change management, communications, workforce optimization, technical support, and data inputs by ensuring clarity of actions, ownership, and timelines.
  • Establish, organize, and sustain digital project environments and dashboards using enterprise tools, synthesizing inputs across workstreams into clear visual summaries and reports for executive and senior‑level stakeholders.
  • Promote transparency and accountability by enabling timely access to information and tracking progress against agreed milestones, key performance indicators, and deliverables.
  • Partner with Finance to support return on investment tracking and value realization, including one‑time and ongoing investments, and assist initiative leads with financial approval processes and materials.
  • Collaborate closely with internal business partners and external consultants to support project planning, execution, and delivery 

Ingredients Required for Your Success

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Analytics, Operations, or a related field.
  • Four to six years of experience in project analysis, program support, or transformation‑focused roles with exposure to executive‑level stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills with a high level of attention to detail and a results‑oriented mindset.
  • Working knowledge of project management and governance disciplines, including scope, time, risk, and quality, with familiarity in agile operating models.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills with experience supporting executive or steering committee reporting.
  • Experience supporting enterprise transformation, operating model changes, or large‑scale, cross‑functional initiatives in matrixed organizations.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and project management tools such as JIRA, Clarizen, etc..  Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools, including agentic AI preferred.

Number of Days in Office: 4

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Compensation 

Pay Range:$81,000-$118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
18,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1919

What We Do

Conagra has the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. Our diverse team embraces debate to challenge marketplace/business conventions. We are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. We combine a rich heritage with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. Conagra’s portfolio of iconic and emerging food brands continues to evolve to offer contemporary choices for every occasion. We are a 100 year-old company with a startup attitude - an imperative to transform how we do business. What’s not changing? Our timeless values: integrity, external focus, broad-mindedness, agility, leadership by all, and a focus on results.

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