Senior Project Manager - Grenade

Mondelez International Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Grenade, an international active nutrition and lifestyle brand, is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Birmingham to drive global business change. You will lead a team of Project Managers, oversee initiatives from concept through launch, and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver effective solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Product, you will help evolve governance, manage risk, and continuously improve project delivery in a fast-growing global business.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects.
• FMCG/food sector experience.
• Ability to adapt processes to a start-up pace while maintaining governance.
• Experience collaborating with multiple supply chain teams.
• Senior-level governance experience with steering groups.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project leadership from concept to launch, on time and within budget.
• Engage, align, and influence senior stakeholders across the business.
• Coordinate inputs across packaging, recipe development, manufacturing, and regulatory functions.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance, including stage-gate processes and reporting.
• Identify and mitigate risks and dependencies to protect timeline, cost, and quality.
• Champion best practice in project management and evolve tools and processes.
• Lead, coach, and mentor Project Managers and cross-functional team members.
• Support portfolio prioritisation to align with strategic priorities.

Skills

Project management

FMCG background

Flexibility

Supply chain exposure

Governance

People leadership

Direct reports

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make An Impact at Grenade?

Grenade is an international active nutrition and lifestyle brand, which has grown rapidly since its launch in 2010. Driven by its strong branding, distinctive products, and highly innovative approach, Grenade has made an explosive impact in the FMCG Industry! Today, Grenade’s Protein Bar is the UK’s best-selling, and we continue to innovate with our leading range of Shakes, and performance nutrition.

Reporting to the Head of Product, the Senior Project Manager plays a critical role in driving global business change, overseeing a broad portfolio of initiatives including innovation, renovation, maintenance, seasonal, geographic expansion, and productivity. The role is central to evolving and embedding governance in a fast-growing global business, leading a team of Project Managers, and collaborating closely with senior leaders to provide clear updates, navigate complexity, and deliver effective solutions.

Joining Grenade’s high-performing team, during this exciting period of growth and brand expansion, promises to offer a unique and motivating working environment, with highly rewarding opportunities for personal and professional development.

How you will contribute

You will:

• End-to-end project leadership: Lead the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through to launch, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed scope.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management: Engage, align, and influence senior stakeholders across the business, constructively resolving conflict and driving fact-based, outcome-focused decision-making.
• Portfolio delivery: Manage global NPD, renovation, and business change initiatives, coordinating inputs across packaging, recipe development, manufacturing, and regulatory functions.
• Governance: Establish, embed, and maintain robust project governance frameworks, including stage-gate processes, risk management, steering committees, RAG status, and clear, actionable reporting.
• Risk management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks and dependencies, escalating issues appropriately to protect timelines, cost, and quality.
• Continuous improvement: Champion best practice in project management, evolving tools, processes, and ways of working to support the needs of a rapidly growing global business.
• Leadership and capability building: Lead, coach, and mentor Project Managers and cross-functional team members to build capability, consistency, and high performance.
• Strategic alignment and prioritisation: Support portfolio prioritisation to ensure projects and resource allocation align with AC strategic priorities and operational capability.

What you will bring

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

• Extensive project management experience: Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects
• FMCG background: notably within food
• Flexibility: deep understanding of delivering projects within a complex process, as well as experience working with a start-up approach and able to tailor ways-of-working to accommodate where necessary.
• Supply chain exposure: hands-on experience of collaborating with an array of teams
• Governance experience: operating at a senior level, steering groups and influencing decision-making, confidently challenging stakeholders where necessary
• People leadership: experience in mentoring or line-managing
• 2 x direct reports (project managers)

Relocation Support Available?

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions.

Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Project and Program Management

Business Capability