Director Portfolio & Pmo

Perrigo; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Forbes employer recognition 2024

Job summary

Perrigo is seeking a high-calibre Senior PMO leader to shape and govern a strategic portfolio across FMCG/Consumer Healthcare categories. You will align cross-functional teams, drive decision-ready insights, and orchestrate resource planning to maximise business value. Direct reports include 12 Global Project Managers.

The role emphasizes Stage Gate governance, portfolio discipline, and leadership to deliver high‑value initiatives with commercial impact.

Qualifications

• Senior portfolio leadership experience—shaping innovation portfolios and translating strategy into executable plans.
• Strong understanding of consumer/category dynamics and commercial levers.
• Advanced financial acumen with ability to model scenarios and advise on trade-offs.
• Executive-level communication and influence with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan the portfolio to deliver category objectives with insight-backed recommendations to Category Leadership.
• Deliver executive-ready portfolio insights for decision meetings, including trade-offs and risks.
• Strengthen portfolio rhythms, governance discipline, and data integrity across teams.

Skills

Senior portfolio leadership

Category insight

Financial acumen

Executive communication

Governance & Stage Gate

People leadership

Job description

Description Overview

Please note: Significant FMCG/CPG or Consumer Healthcare experience is essential for this role, particularly across consumer product portfolios and product launches. This is not an IT or Finance-focused PMO position

Provide strategic leadership for the category/s portfolio, shaping decision‑making, orchestrating cross‑functional alignment, and ensuring resource investments maximise business value. Act as the strategic integrator between Category Leadership, functional teams, and project delivery, fostering a disciplined Stage Gate culture and driving the long‑term success of the innovation pipeline. Direct Reports: 12 Global Project Managers

Scope of the Role

Strategic Portfolio Influence

• Plan the portfolio to deliver the category/s objectives and targets by providing clear, insight‑driven recommendations to the Category Leadership Team.
• Deliver executive‑ready portfolio insights that enable informed decision‑making in Category Round Table Meetings, including trade‑off scenarios, resource implications, and risks.
• Strengthen portfolio operating rhythms by championing best‑practice behaviours, decision discipline, and data integrity.

Resource Leadership & Forward Planning

• Guide the allocation and optimisation of resources supporting the category/s portfolio, anticipating future capability and capacity needs.
• Facilitate annual cross‑functional resource budgeting and ensure alignment to category/s objectives and strategic priorities.
• Ensure priority projects are staffed with project managers who possess the required expertise and leadership to execute effectively.

PMO Excellence

• Lead, coach, and develop the Stage Gate Project Management team for assigned category/s, building a strong talent pipeline and ensuring robust succession planning.
• Promote and embed a high‑maturity Stage Gate mindset across teams, ensuring consistent adherence to governance processes, tools, and standards.
• Act as a senior project leader when required, applying advanced project management expertise to high‑value or high‑complexity initiatives.

Critical cooperation requirements,

• Partner with Category Leadership and functional heads to shape a coherent, strategically aligned portfolio.
• Influence senior stakeholders by framing insights, risks, and opportunities in a strategic, solutions‑oriented way.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment, ensuring teams converge on shared priorities and resource commitments.
• Clear direction on category priorities and strategic ambitions.
• Timely access to data and functional insights enabling informed portfolio recommendations.
• Collaborative engagement across functions to support governance and resource planning.

Parameters for Success, Key Measurement / Performance Indicators

• Delivery of category/s portfolio objectives and financial targets (Incremental NS, Margin) delivered through optimised resource allocation.
• High‑quality, timely portfolio recommendations that materially influence Category Leadership decisions.
• Category Portfolio projects are executed on‑time, on‑budget and deliver expected business value.
• Strong project management talent pipeline, supported by robust development and coaching.

Capabilities & Leadership Behaviours

• Deep understanding of consumers, category dynamics, competitive landscape, and commercial levers, informing portfolio recommendations.
• Strategic Project Management Expertise: Advanced PM skills (PMP/Prince2)
• Advanced Financial Acumen: Ability to interpret financial metrics and model scenarios; advise leadership on portfolio value and trade‑offs.
• Executive communication and influence, shaping discussions with senior leadership through clarity and strategic framing.
• Deep governance and Stage Gate expertise, enabling rigorous decision‑making and high‑quality execution.
• Leadership of people and teams, developing high‑performing project managers and building organisational capability.

Experience Required

• Senior portfolio leadership experience — shaping innovation portfolios, prioritising investments and translating category strategy into executable plans.
• Consumer and category insight — understanding market dynamics, competitors and commercial levers sufficiently to challenge and guide portfolio choices.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen — assessing business value, modelling scenarios and recommending resource and portfolio trade-offs.
• Advanced programme/project management expertise — ideally PMP/PRINCE2, with deep Stage Gate governance experience and delivery of complex, high‑value initiatives.
• Executive influence and communication — presenting clear, insight‑led recommendations and aligning senior cross‑functional stakeholders around decisions.
• Resource and capacity planning capability — anticipating future needs, managing annual budgets and matching project management capability to priority programmes.
• Proven people leadership — leading, coaching and developing a sizeable team of project managers, including talent and succession planning.

Benefits

We believe our people are our greatest asset. Alongside competitive compensation, we offer benefits tailored to supporting you and your family, as well as career development opportunities to ensure you feel valued and supported, both professionally and personally. Find out more about at Perrigo.

Hybrid Working Approach

We love our offices and the setting they provide for in‑person collaboration and celebration. But we also appreciate the opportunity to work remote can energise you too, so we promote flexibility with the ability to work two days a week from home in many roles. We are proud to be included in the Forbes list of "America's Best Employers by State 2024". Find out more

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by law.