Senior Project Manager

Job Description :

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.

Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.

We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

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About the Function:

Our Digital and Technology (D&T) team are innovators, delivering ground-breaking solutions that will help shape the future of our iconic brands. Technology touches every part of our business, from the sourcing of sustainable ingredients to marketing and development of our online platforms. We utilise data insights to build competitive advantage, supporting our people to deliver value faster.

Our D&T team includes some of the most dedicated digital professionals in the industry. Every day, we come together to push boundaries and innovate, shaping the digital solutions of tomorrow. Whatever your passion, we’ll help you become the best you can be, creating career-defining work and delivering breakthrough thinking.

Context & Scope

Diageo Digital & Technology (D&T) is a multi-functional, digital delivery function established to liberate and equip markets to deliver the Diageo’s strategic priorities. This is achieved through:

• Putting our customers at the heart of delivery.
• Extraordinary end to end process execution.
• Generating performance enhancing insights from data.
• Providing CPG leading digital capabilities and solutions.
• Responding to and adopting change.

Project Managers are responsible for delivering projects within a Value Stream:

• Consumer.
• Customer.
• Corporate Functions & People.
• Supply.
• Data Analytics & Insight.
• Technology foundations.

They are responsible for delivering the committed business outcomes on time and within budget, and have authority to create the best possible conditions for delivery of the highest quality.

Purpose of Role

The Project Manager delivers against strategic priorities in the PM CoE hub, and has overall responsibility for successful delivery including initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure. Key skills such as key Partner management, influencing and communication will be critical to success in this role. This role will lead the delivery of low to high complexity projects with multiple work streams or deployments. The Project Manager should have shown success of large transformation initiatives and an Agile approach; obsessed with achieving business outcomes and accelerating time to value.

Top Accountabilities

• Plan, Organise & Communicate: develop and handle project timeline and schedule. Proactively anticipate impacts of the current and future project phases. Translate project plans into business speak ensuring clear communication with key partners.
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management: anticipate risks and issues, use problem solving and collaboration skills to mitigate risks and resolve issues. Work with key partner groups to identify dependencies bringing risks issues into your project. Communicate risks and issues clearly to key partners at all levels (where appropriate).
• Financial Management: Project Manager is accountable for end to end project financial planning and management. Quarterly spend must be confirmed against business outcomes. Monthly financial management processes must be followed.
• Own end-to-end project delivery: inspire and lead the team to deliver against the plan and timelines. Create collaboration across diverse team members with different individual styles and backgrounds. Hold project team and key partners to account, having difficult and constructive conversations where they are required. Influence where needed to move the project forward.
• Accountable for a project with meticulous governance: establish at the outset a clear & robust project governance model. Use the project governance to drive decisions, outcomes, engagement and management of key partners. Follow the Diageo PACE methodology and work with Delivery Partners including data privacy, IM&S, EA & COEs to ensure project compliance in these high-risk areas.
• Deliver business outcomes: ensure kay partners are engaged behind the project outcome. The team and customers understand the agenda and are clear on what they need to do to deliver against it. Be resilient and resourceful, solve problems as they arise.
• Handle Change: understand the wider impact of project and change implementation. Gain consensus and sponsorship at the correct level to support product implementation. Collaborate with key partners to ensure there is an awareness of the need for change, desire to support the change, knowledge and ability to receive and adopt the change delivering project benefits.
• Vendor Management: work with one or more vendors to develop and deliver project solutions, ensure adherence to Diageo compliance standards.

Qualifications and Experience Required

• 5+ years project delivery experience, having delivered complex transformation projects in a global organization.
• Certified Project Management accreditation.
• Confirmed Agile experience, working in iterative delivery environments.
• Skills in: key Partner Management, Influencing, Communication, Negotiation, Financial Management, Risk & Issue Management, Planning, Critical Thinking, Coaching and Leadership, Vendor Management, Conflict Management, Agile.
• Key Competencies: Communication, Problem Solving, Coaching, Delivery Focus, Customer Focus, Influencing, Collaboration, Key Partner management, Continuous Improvement.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Mexico City

Additional Locations :

Guadalajara

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-04-21