Innovation Portfolio Manager & Governance Lead

Kraft Heinz; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible work arrangements

Wellbeing programs

401k

Job summary

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Manager, PMR to drive capability, governance, and tooling improvements across North America’s innovation program. The role partners with BU leaders, Portfolio/PMO teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to standardize execution, improve visibility, and enable stronger pipeline health, prioritization, and delivery.

The position emphasizes transforming processes, governance, and reporting with a focus on executive-ready insights and disciplined prioritization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project, program, portfolio management, commercialization, or transformation roles.
• Experience with portfolio metrics and business/financial concepts.
• Strong stakeholder management across cross-functional teams.
• Experience implementing processes, governance, or management systems.
• Structured problem solving and ability to simplify complex topics.
• Clear communication translating data into executive-ready insights.
• Collaborative leadership and follow-through.
• High attention to detail and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Support NA rollout of Innovation Transformation priorities and governance.
• Build and maintain portfolio management routines and governance.
• Establish portfolio health metrics and performance routines.
• Translate portfolio and execution data into clear insights for leaders.
• Help refine and implement prioritization approaches to guide investment decisions.
• Standardize and support adoption of business case formats and governance.
• Improve visibility to project resource demand and capacity.
• Identify root causes behind portfolio changes and drive corrective actions.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Structured problem solving

Executive communication

Collaborative leadership

Data integrity

Tools

BI dashboards

Job description

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Manager, PMR to drive capability, governance, and tooling improvements across North America’s innovation program. The role partners with BU leaders, Portfolio/PMO teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to standardize execution, improve visibility, and enable stronger pipeline health, prioritization, and delivery.

The position emphasizes transforming processes, governance, and reporting with a focus on executive-ready insights and disciplined prioritization.