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Overview
MAKE HISTORY WITH US!
At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke‑free products with the power to deliver a smoke‑free future.
With huge change comes huge opportunity. Wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.
Our Mission
PMS is a professionalized shared service center for project (and change) management expertise and execution across PMI. We offer “ready now” PM capabilities & solutions to PMI categories, functions, and regions as a service. We aspire to be the organization of choice for project & change management across PMI, renowned for top customer experience, best quality & cost of service, supporting our customers at scale, with strategic impact, speed & reliability.
The Role
The Project Manager is responsible for aligning project goals with the business objectives and ensuring that all stakeholders are effectively engaged throughout the project lifecycle. Their primary accountability is to ensure that the overall project is completed within scope, in budget, and to required quality standards, and to design, develop, and deliver the technical solution with employee adoption and usage in mind from the beginning.
Qualifications
- 5+ years hands‑on project management experience leading medium‑to‑large scale projects and programs / project portfolio management (PMO)
- Proven expertise in project management methodologies (certification / industry qualifications i.e. PRINCE2, PMP, LEAN / Six Sigma, BPM – Business Process Management, Agile)
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and cross‑team responsibilities
- Excellent organizational abilities, clear and transparent communication, and demonstrated reliability
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, with ease in working with data
- Strong communication and presentation skills with excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced PowerPoint skills
- Excellent leadership skills, flexibility / adaptability, and capability to initiate and maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders on different seniority levels; including the ability to engage, listen, coach, challenge, and influence across various management levels within PMI
- A self‑starter who is comfortable with a fast, fast‑paced, high‑intensity environment where multiple projects are balanced and work needs to be prioritized; independent and proactive
Responsibilities & Deliverables
- Funding & portfolio orchestration: align project spend with RF/OB cycles; keep ePPM/decision logs current; work with finance to trigger PO/fund releases. Deliverables: cost plan, ePPM entry, decision log, monthly status reports.
- Business scope & prioritization: run the business plan with project sponsor, control scope. Deliverables: integrated plan, scope statement, go‑live/scale‑up criteria.
- SteerCo/decision readiness: drive crisp decisions and record them; escalation only when needed. Deliverables: SteerCo packs; decision & action log.
- Information & AI policy compliance: evidence alignment to policy (PMI 44C, 01C, 03C, etc.); own DPIA requests; coordinate InfoSec and AI@PMI governance. Deliverables: compliance checklist, DPIA/TIA requests, risk log updates.
- Vendor/Procurement touchpoints (if any): if external services/licenses are required, run compliant supplier selection with Procurement. Deliverables: supplier selection plan, compliance checklist.
- Data governance: ensure Data Owner/Steward appointments, metrics glossary signoff, catalog/lineage, access approvals. Deliverables: RACI for data roles, metrics glossary, access register.
- UAT & business acceptance: organize testers, define acceptance criteria, capture defects, and sign off releases. Deliverables: UAT plan, acceptance report.
- Change, training & comms: manage training, materials, and adoption comms; link people into DI&A Communities of Practice for sustained engagement. Deliverables: adoption plan, training calendar, FAQs.
- Benefits realization: track cost avoidance, cycle time to insight, adoption KPIs; reconcile with the business case. Deliverables: benefits tracker & monthly benefits report.
Key Things To Know Before You Apply
- Relocation support is not available for this job.
- If you have been in your current job for less than 12 months or if you are on a Performance Improvement Program, you must get the approval of your current manager before applying for this job.
Seniority Level
Employment Type
Job Function
- Project Management and Information Technology
- Manufacturing
