Description

The Technical Delivery Senior Manager is responsible for strategically leading innovation and technical projects from start to completion with a deep understanding of our business, our consumers and technical project requirements. This leader will work with our end-to-end R& D team to identify the critical R& D deliverables and risks associated with the project and escalate issues to remove barriers as needed. This individual will work closely and partner with cross-functional teams, including R& D, marketing, manufacturing, and quality, to successfully deliver our innovation. This role is for a leader looking to make an impact while working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead R& D teams through the delivery of complex projects to support our business objectives and priorities

• Drive a culture of agility, discipline, and consumer centricity throughout the innovation process for the R& D team

• Strategically coordinate and communicate with cross-functional technical teams to ensure alignment and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle

• Partner with the Portfolio Management team and R& D leaders to identify key project priorities and deliverables resource allocation

• Manage technical resources, budget ownership and tracking tracking across projects

• Drive the development of project briefs from a technical perspective with all stakeholders and develop the project plan, milestones, and resource requirements.

• Manage R& D project team meetings to ensure technical milestones are achieved.

• Track and manage project technical progress, identify risks to be communicated to stakeholders, and develop scenario options to be considered by governance committees.

• Ensure projects are continuously evaluated against success metrics and identify work plans to address areas of concern

• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, by enabling new ways of working, implementing process improvements where needed, and collaborating with peers and cross-functional team teams to scale best practices.

• Engage and promote a community of practice among the right right properprojects the Technical Delivery team with a consumer-centric, growth mindset to guide the appropriate projects results.

Qualifications

What We Are Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a completed bachelor's degree in an engineering or science field

• Minimum ten years of business experience in managing or leading complex technical projects

• Experience in working in cross-functional teams

• Experience in the consumer goods industry and or research and development

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Comfortable challenging the status quo to drive for better outcomes

• Skilled at driving difficult conversations

Desired Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

• Previous experience with agile methodologies

• Experience leading a team

What's In It For You

• Competitive Benefit Package

• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time, , and more!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups