Global Innovation Project Leader

Mars; Aimargues; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mars University access

Company bonus

Job summary

Mars in Aimargues, France is seeking a Global Project Manager to lead cross-functional innovation projects from New Project Request to Post Launch Review. You’ll drive on-time, in-full delivery across R&D, Marketing, Supply, and more in a structured gates process and foster a culture of discipline and excellence.

The role involves managing multiple medium-to-high complexity projects, ensuring robust risk management, governance and clear stakeholder communication, with a strong focus on team

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Business or Technical Field.
• 5 years of experience in Manufacturing.
• 5 years of projects management or business experience.
• Experience in prescription models is a significant addition.
• Experience in business leadership and business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Planning / Risk Management and control.
• Build a feasible and efficient project timeline co-created with Project Team members.
• Use Planification tool to build project timeline and ensure the data accuracy any time.
• Ensure a proper follow-up with the Project Team to make sure deliverables are delivered on time.
• The GPM will ensure a robust Risk Management which is also critical for a successful project delivery.
• Project governance.
• Be the guardian of stages & gates validation by the Governance to ensure the Innovation projects are progressing in adhesion to the Innovation process.
• The GPM will ensure to bring visibility of project status, elevate risks & issues, make escalations at the right time and by the right stakeholders for efficient decision making.
• Team effectiveness.
• Maintain a collaborative, motivated, and effective Project team by using motivation drivers, identifying & escalating any challenges when needed and adapting ways of working.
• Stakeholder Management
• Ensures that connections are made at the right level both at Project Team level and larger in Mars/RC organization.
• Keeps stakeholders apprised of significant wins, updates, or initiatives that impact their work or business.
• Communication
• Shape timely relevant project communications including clear recommendations to the different forums/SOP+ steps.
• Set up a productive meeting structure, pre-align with key stakeholders on escalations and topics to be discussed before key meetings, and conduct regular reviews to ensure that meetings deliver the right outcomes.
• Document meeting outcomes and distributes outcomes and action items - use existing project management tools to log action items for project team.
• Ensure decisions that need to be made are presented in a way that streamlines the deliberation process.
• Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the team and require a higher level of discussion.
• Root cause analysis and problem solving
• Drive efficient root causes analysis & problem solving with the relevant stakeholders with the objectives to bring clear options/solutions as main outcomes.
• Conducts stage gate learnings sessions and post project reviews to capitalize on learnings for future projects.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Manufacturing

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Root-cause analysis

Gates/process governance

Education

Master’s degree in Business or Technical Field

Tools

Planification tools

Job description

Mars in Aimargues, France is seeking a Global Project Manager to lead cross-functional innovation projects from New Project Request to Post Launch Review. You’ll drive on-time, in-full delivery across R&D, Marketing, Supply, and more in a structured gates process and foster a culture of discipline and excellence.

The role involves managing multiple medium-to-high complexity projects, ensuring robust risk management, governance and clear stakeholder communication, with a strong focus on team