PMO Head — Strategy, Governance & Delivery

Unilever; General Trias; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever in General Trias, Cavite invites an experienced PMO Head to govern multimillion-dollar project portfolios across site operations. You will drive standards, manage risks, coordinate cross-functional teams, and report progress to senior stakeholders.

This role requires hands-on leadership, meticulous planning, and ensuring safety and quality requirements are met. Willingness to be on-site, strong communication, and at least 8 years in PMO or transformation programs, preferably in

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in project management, PMO, or transformation programs. Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of project governance, planning, and execution frameworks.
• Excellent cross-functional coordination and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex timelines, interdependencies, and risks.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience working in fast-paced, matrix organizations.
• Willing to be based in General Trias, Cavite with regular on-site work.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project management standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Lead Project Network review and progress to ensure alignment with scope, timeline, and budget.
• Facilitate risk and issue management, including escalation and resolution tracking.
• Maintain an integrated project timeline and milestone tracker.
• Ensure EEM Methodology is followed across different stages of project execution.
• Works with Unilever expertise teams to ensure Safety, Quality and other mandatory requirements are adhered to during project execution.
• Act as liaison across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Planning & Logistics.
• Manage interdependencies and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Ensure collaboration and milestone alignment across workstreams.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocations.
• Support planning activities: timeline development, resource allocation, and milestone tracking.
• Maintain project documentation including reports, dashboards, and summaries.
• Track KPIs and provide insights to stakeholders. Leads gap closure activities for lagging KPIs.
• Works with Finance for financial tracking of program savings.
• Conduct post-project evaluations and implement lessons learned.
• Identify and manage risks across workstreams.
• Develop mitigation plans and maintain a central risk register.
• Lead issue resolution and escalation protocols.
• Act as the main point of contact for project communications.
• Coordinate with functional teams for timely information flow.
• Organize governance forums (weekly syncs, SteerCo meetings).
• Present updates and ensure accountability on action items.
• Assist in managing budgets, forecasts, and reporting.
• Support resource planning and utilization tracking.

Skills

Project governance

Cross-functional coordination

Risk management

Stakeholder reporting

Scheduling & planning

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Unilever in General Trias, Cavite invites an experienced PMO Head to govern multimillion-dollar project portfolios across site operations. You will drive standards, manage risks, coordinate cross-functional teams, and report progress to senior stakeholders.

This role requires hands-on leadership, meticulous planning, and ensuring safety and quality requirements are met. Willingness to be on-site, strong communication, and at least 8 years in PMO or transformation programs, preferably in