Project Manager, R&D

• Lead key strategic, cross-functional innovation projects - such as new product development, packaging changes, new product claims and key process improvements - to drive delivery of business goals.
• May lead broader organizational initiatives such as capability building, select governance forums portfolio support with guidance

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Scope of Role

• Proficiency in delivering innovation projects of varying complexity.
• For select markets, may be responsible for managing country-level launch details.

Leadership

• Role model HALEON culture.
• Co-lead efforts to embed PM best practices as part of overall business capability building.
• Proficiency in driving resolution of team conflicts through skilled negotiation and diplomacy, elevating to accountable functional leaders as necessary.
• Foster an environment of enthusiasm, accountability and teamwork, and help reward and celebrate achievements.

Project Management

• Strong partnership with the Project Accountable Lead (PAL), instilling confidence and providing competence necessary to take on the most challenging objectives and drive accountability.
• Accountable for building project team (functions, people) upon project approval, partnering closely with cross-functional leadership.
• Guide core teams to ensure timely decision making, effective stakeholder communication, adherence to applicable processes, contingency planning and execution.
• Accountable for assuring there is a clear project scope and strategy, aligned resource needs, and comprehensive spend forecasts.
• Develop maintain comprehensive timelines in PPM system with cross-functional input, by integrating key functional deliverables and local market launch activities, considering dependencies and resource requirements.
• Drives functional area s probability of success assessments in support of portfolio pipeline activities
• Proficiency in proactively identifying issues and driving resolution, with limited guidance.
• Assure comprehensive risk assessments and mitigation plans are in place for all projects.
• Ensure significant changes to the aligned business case are communicated rapidly and efficiently to appropriate leadership (via existing change control process)
• Assure accuracy of assigned projects content in PPM system working closely with data owners from cross-functional project team.
• Align deliver all key project milestones to support appropriate metrics.
• Drive gate readiness partnering closely with Project Accountable Lead and action any gate meeting outcomes with broader project team.
• Conduct lessons learned with project teams. Document and assure dissemination out to organization as best practice.
• Develop, align and track project budget, rapidly communicating variance.

Why youBasic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor/master s degree in science.
• 7+ years of experience in Marketing, Supply Chain or RD including Project Management in a consumer healthcare environment or related area (e.g., CPG, pharmaceutical, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• Project Management Certification preferred
• Proven delivery of effective project management across a range of project types and complexities. Has held project management and/or leadership positions in organizations of comparable size
• Strong analytical skills
• Comfortable operating in situations characterized by complexity, ambiguity and high levels of uncertainty
• Understanding of the key business processes and functions within a transnational healthcare company
• Negotiation skills and ability to influence with or without authority at levels above and below own grade level
• Ability to influence challenge through courageous conversations