Project Management Office (PMO) Head

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

Role Title: Project Management Office (PMO) Head

Location: General Trias, Cavite (Philippines)

The Project Management Office (PMO) Head for Cavite site will play a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of the Project program. This position will be responsible for providing project governance, cross-functional coordination, risk management, and stakeholder reporting. The PMO Manager ensures timely execution of deliverables and alignment of resources, timelines, and budgets across multiple workstreams.

Project Governance & Oversight

• 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.

Cross-Workstream Coordination

• Act as liaison across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Planning & Logistics
• Manage interdependencies and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Ensure collaboration and milestone alignment across workstreams.

Planning, Execution & Reporting

• 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

Risk & Issue Management

• Identify and manage risks across workstreams
• Develop mitigation plans and maintain a central risk register
• Lead issue resolution and escalation protocols

Stakeholder Communication & Governance

• 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

Resource & Budget Management

• Assist in managing budgets, forecasts, and reporting
• Support resource planning and utilization tracking

Experiences & Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in project management, PMO, or transformation programs. Experience in Manufacturing is 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

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bring their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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