Project Manager, Global Innovation Team

Women of the Vine & Spirits; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,200 - 143,990; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work policy

Hybrid work policy

Benefits package

Job summary

Pernod Ricard USA, based in New York, leads a Global Innovation team responsible for flagship brands and growth initiatives. The role focuses on coordinating US governance, managing project plans and KPIs, and providing end-to-end project management from ideation to commercialization.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, ensure on-time, on-budget delivery, and incorporate consumer insights into stage-gate processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Project management qualifications essential (Six Sigma, Scrum Master, PMI, or equivalent).
• Proven innovation experience: a minimum of 6+ years project-management experience supporting innovation teams, ideally in the Spirits/BevAlc or beverage or other CPG in North America; alternatively PMO experience within a start-up CPG (food/beverage).
• Global experience in spirits or BevAlc is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management of innovation launches from ideation to commercialization.
• Coordinate with BrandCos and cross-functional teams to deliver on time and on budget.
• Lead cross-functional sprints on design, TLOs, and development with R&D or operations teams.
• Track timelines, manage budgets, and provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Integrate analytics and consumer action standards into the stage-gate process.
• Support best-practice sharing with international teams and marketing groups.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

R&D coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Company

Pernod Ricard USA is a global premium international champagne and spirits company. We are the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT Vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Malibu, Kahlúa Liqueur, The Glenlivet Gin, Beefeater and Malfy Gins, and a leading portfolio of American whiskey brands including Jefferson's, Rabbit Hole, TX, Smooth Ambler and Skrewball whiskey. Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité, it means human connection, authenticity, friendly, and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard. Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and cocktail shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business.

Location

New York, NY

Salary

The salary range for this role, based in New York, is $115,200.00 to $143,990.00.

Introduction

The Global Innovation team based in New York is responsible for many exciting brands. The spirit industry is complex and constantly evolving. It's a fun and challenging environment with plenty of opportunity to make a mark.

Job Aim

• Help bring to life the Innovation team vision with both a local focus to coordinate and assist with governance on the US pipeline and global partnership to create innovation.
• Create and manage Project Plans & KPIs according to the business needs/strategy of key brands.
• Provide project management support to the team, by flexing to support on specific projects within the Innovation team – these projects could be design, development, a “TLO” (test, learn, optimize in market), or working on detailed R&D/operations efforts.
• Provide end‑to‑end project management of specific innovation launches from ideation to commercialization.
• Relentlessly drive for action by collaborating with local and global brand companies, CORBY, NBV, key cross‑functional partners and other innovation team partners to ensure projects are on‑time, on‑budget.
• Creatively problem‑solve for challenges along critical path that impact timing or budget, understand critical path impacts and solve for challenges along the way while taking into account budget, timing or consumer/proposition ramifications.
• Instill consumer centricity as a best practice by integrating action standards into the innovation stage gate and tracking process as part of project management.
• Proactively contribute to the global Pernod Ricard Innovation community to build and share learnings with the international innovation teams, BrandCos and global HQ teams.
• Actively coordinate with local brand marketing teams, Corby (Canada), US whiskies and BrandCos to gain alignment on innovation platforms, pipeline, agenda for the region and sign‑off on local brands’ innovation initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Leverage project‑management best practices to elevate project management skills/output and drive accountability through the system.
• Ensure that methodologies/approaches/frameworks developed are value‑add and facilitate local and global market needs.
• Develop project plans, including defining the problem/opportunity, scope, objectives, deliverables, risks, strategies, timeline, budget, resources required and project sponsor/team.
• Facilitate and coordinate project teams by maintaining/updating the project plan, assigning tasks and responsibilities, and defining sequencing and dependencies.
• Lead and engage stakeholders, motivating the project team, chairing meetings, driving the agenda, participating in decision‑making, gaining approvals, assigning responsibilities, directing people, escalating and resolving conflict.
• Track and manage project timelines and provide status reports to stakeholders and management.
• Communicate to key stakeholders, including brand owners, brand teams, senior management and other cross‑functional team members by producing and circulating minutes and conveying project status to key stakeholders.
• Lead cross‑functional sprints on specific projects – from design, TLOs (test, learn, optimize) to development (working with R&D or operations locally or innovation teams at BrandCos).
• Support projects throughout the system – be willing to dive into projects wherever support is needed.
• Project‑manage critical PRUSA innovation projects, with pace, through the stage‑gate process and ensure compliance from brand teams. Lead these projects through the governance approval process.
• Manage agency partners and cross‑functional teams to deliver with excellence, on‑time and on‑budget.
• On key assigned projects, lead these projects from ideation to commercialization, with support from senior managers/directors on the team.
• Integrate key analytics and consumer action standards into project management to inform the innovation stage‑gate process.
• Balance rigor, data and TLO for speed to market.
• Influence and shift culture to drive consumer centricity from ideation to execution.
• Challenge and inspire innovation project‑management opportunities by identifying synergies and pain‑points across brands to accelerate speed to market.
• Ensure strong collaboration on common projects with BrandCos, local brands, CORBY, operations and sales through ideations, working sessions, commitments and agreed‑upon KPIs.
• Support best‑practice share‑outs with other international teams, global and local brand companies, global PR headquarters, and marketing teams.
• Work closely with global HQ to help track current and launched projects in their automated system, and/or collaborate to help identify North America requirements to further optimise ongoing tracking.
• Push and support excellence in delivery (post‑evaluation analysis) with post‑launch tracking 90, 180 and 365 days after launch with KPIs and other market data to help analyze success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Project management qualifications essential (Six Sigma, Scrum Master, PMI, or equivalent).
• Work experience:
• Proven innovation experience: a minimum of 6+ years project‑management experience supporting innovation teams, ideally in the Spirits/BevAlc or beverage or other CPG in North America; alternatively PMO experience within a start‑up CPG (food/beverage).
• Demonstrated PMO experience using agile methodologies with examples of how project‑management has influenced speed to market and quality new product launches.
• Demonstrated ability to work through adversity, with examples of management influence.
• Ability to drive collaboration to move projects forward in a complex, matrix organisational structure.
• Financial experience to work the P&L and manage costs while staying true to the “must have” innovation deliverables; ability to conduct business analysis is a plus.
• Global experience in spirits or BevAlc is a plus.

Benefits and Work‑Life Balance

When you join Pernod Ricard, you'll experience a workplace that is rich in heritage, driven by our iconic brands and a long‑standing commitment to sustainability, safety, and giving back to the people and communities where we work. We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived, they drive our behaviours, and they bring our culture to life.

We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a 40% work‑from‑home hybrid option. As a global employer, we understand that not everyone’s working hours are the same, and we empower our employees to work the hours that make the most sense for their and their team’s schedules.

We offer employees great benefits and perks to toast to a life filled with support. Check out PRUSABenefits.com for details.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pernod Ricard USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It employs qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience, and does not and will not discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based upon any protected class. Offers will be subject to United States local terms.

Pernod Ricard USA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Pernod Ricard USA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. To request reasonable accommodation during the application process, contact us at [e-mail].

Target Hire Date

2026‑08‑17

Recruitment Process

This recruitment process uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to match applicant skills with role requirements and qualifications.