Innovation Excellence Program Manager

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

In this role, you will act as a Program Manager (PMO) for Innovation Excellence (IE). This includes program governance, budget management, timeline development, status updates, mapping interdependencies across workstreams, and building operational readiness.

How you will contribute:

You will:

• Provide project reporting and status updates using scorecards, status reports, 4P (Priorities, People, Process and Performances). Lead stakeholder meetings with CMO and CRDO and IE leadership Team.
• Lead identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks and highlight/escalate areas for decision.
• Lead mapping of all interdependencies across different workstreams to ensure an integrated and aligned approach to Innovation Excellence across functions and deliverables.
• Provide updated workplan for all interdependencies.
• Identify areas for opportunity for integration (e.g. Change management consolidation of Nostradamus with IE)
• Understand and address pain points in Innovation Excellence processes and develop plan to unlock (e.g. Understanding complexities of Accolade and IE and developing workshop to solve)
• Support workstream content as needed.Confirm the completion and their readiness for implementation.
• Drive consistency and quality using the appropriate methodology and tools
• Ensure a clear timeline of deliverable due dates – including (and not limited to) Road Show execution, Bootcamps, Cookery Updates, Accolade updates/changes etc.
• Lead integrated approach for "BU IE" Capability. Partner with key Business Unit leaders in Marketing, R&D, Insights &Analytics, CS, PCM on BU maturity self-assessment, identifyinggapsand constructing roadmap to accelerate building the capability within their BU. Provide outline of what good looks like in a BU, including organization, processand tools.
• Co-lead I2M enhancement activities with I2M COE team. Finalize design of stage/gate documents, ensure implementation in Accolade with MDS team, ensure understanding and adoption across BUS x-functional team
• With IE Change Manager, build and execute a supportive change management plan for BUs to build the Innovation Excellence capability. This is key in how we embed Inno Excellence.
• Support delivery and coordination of senior leadership updates on innovation excellence, such as ELT, e-MALT, BU or Regional LT, RDLT, etc.
• Lead budget management, resource planning and utilization

What you will bring:

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Proven experience in project management methodology
• Excellent communication skills and able to drive effective discussions with project resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members
• Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines
• Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality of project delivery
• Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions
• Stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making
• Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners
• Strong conceptual and analytic skills – enjoys problem solving

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Strong ability to be proactive and identify risks and mitigation opportunities.
• Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions (I2M, Accolade, Nostradamus etc.)
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making.
• Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners.
• Strong conceptual and analytic skills – enjoys problem solving.
• Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality, executing with excellence

Education / Certifications:

BSc or PhD in science-based discipline

Job specific requirements:

• Proven experience in innovation excellence process
• 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Proven experience in project or program management
• Excellent communication skills and able to drive effective discussions with resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members.
• Ability to manage self and identify opportunities for the team and act on them independently.
• Excellent collaboration skills – able to drive interactions across the business.
• Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines

Travel requirements:

10-20%

Work schedule:

Hybrid working (based on local policies and practices)

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—includingOreoandChips Ahoycookies,Ritz,Wheat ThinsandTriscuitcrackers, andSwedish FishandSour PatchKidsconfectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

Job Type

Regular

Project and Program Management

Business Capability

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum

Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.

Join us and Make It An Opportunity

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.