The EHS Project Manager leads cross-functional projects from initial planning through delivery and transition to ongoing support. The role aligns business needs, technical work, resources, and decisions to achieve defined outcomes while maintaining clear scope, schedules, ownership, communication, governance, and risk management.
Based in AIN within the Engineering COE, this role manages EHS digital projects, system enhancements and builds, requests for proposal (RFPs), Global EHS strategic initiatives and goals, and provides project management support to partner teams as needed. They will partner closely with Global and Site EHS teams, Technology, Data Analysis and Reporting, Systems, and Master Data Management (MDM), and other key stakeholders.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Owns the end-to-end intake process for EHS Digital projects and programs, including request capture, initial assessment, clarification of business need, strategic alignment, urgency, value, complexity, dependencies, and delivery readiness.
- Coordinates intake, discovery, prioritization, and planning with business owners and COE partners; translates requests into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, decisions, and delivery plans.
- Maintains integrated project plans, schedules, decision records, and risk, issue, and change logs; monitors progress, manages dependencies, and escalates barriers early.
- Coordinates delivery across requirements, solution design, configuration or development, integrations, testing, user acceptance, release readiness, deployment, and transition to ongoing support.
- Leads or supports requests for proposal (RFPs), including requirements development, vendor coordination, evaluation plans, stakeholder reviews, recommendation documentation, and transition into project delivery.
- Manages projects supporting Global and Functional EHS strategic initiatives and goals, aligning objectives, workstreams, milestones, owners, and progress measures with business priorities.
- Leads cross-functional coordination across EHS, Technology, Data Analysis and Reporting, Systems, MDM, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Finance, business process owners, site teams, and vendors to ensure timely completion of actions, deliverables, and decisions.
- Provides project management support to the Data Analysis and Reporting, Systems, and MDM teams as needed, including planning, stakeholder coordination, requirements and roadmap tracking, data governance activities, dependency management, and delivery follow-through.
- Coordinates organizational change, communications, training, user readiness, deployment readiness, adoption tracking, and stakeholder feedback so that new systems, processes, and capabilities are embedded effectively.
- Prepares project updates and governance materials, monitors delivery and post-launch outcomes, facilitates lessons learned, and ensures decisions, requirements, testing evidence, and handover materials are documented.
- Experience translating stakeholder needs into approved project charters, clear requirements, delivery plans, acceptance criteria, governance routines, and decision materials.
- Conducts and facilitates FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) assessments for incoming EHS initiatives to evaluate the business need, risk, value, feasibility, dependencies, resource requirements, and implementation considerations, using the assessment outcome to support project prioritisation and development of the project charter.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Over all 8-13 years of experience required
- Bachelor’s degree in project management, information systems, environmental health and safety, engineering, business, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- At least 9 years of experience managing projects or programs, preferably involving business systems, digital products, data, or process transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects from requirements through implementation, manage dependencies and changing priorities, and deliver through influence in a matrixed environment.
- Experience translating stakeholder needs into clear requirements, project plans, acceptance criteria, and decision materials.
- Experience managing project plans, priorities, risks, issues, dependencies, and governance across multiple workstreams.
- Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business users, leaders, and vendors.
- Experience using project planning and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
- Experience in EHS, Engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or another regulated operating environment.
- Experience managing enterprise system implementations, enhancements, integrations, reporting solutions, or master data initiatives. Experience managing enterprise EHS system implementations, enhancements, integrations, reporting and analytics solutions, master data initiatives, or process-standardisation programmes.
- Experience coordinating RFPs, vendor evaluations, statements of work, or procurement and contracting processes.
- Knowledge of software development or configuration lifecycles, data governance, system validation, testing, or release management.
- Familiarity with EHS platforms, analytics tools, master data management, or enterprise technology governance.
- Experience supporting Global and Functional initiatives in a matrixed or multi-site organization.
- Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement, support change management, and deliver high-quality, user-focused solutions.
- Ability to coordinate effectively across business and technical teams and influence without direct authority.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
- Professional certifications in project management such as PMP, CAPM, Agile/Scrum, or related disciplines are advantageous and considered a plus.
