R&D Strategy & Delivery Lead

Limitless Decatur; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 104,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Physical wellness

Financial wellness

Mental and social wellness

Paid time off

Adoption assistance

Tuition assistance

Company-sponsored training and dev

Job summary

ADM in Decatur, IL or Erlanger, KY is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to lead cross-functional R&D programs from concept to commercial solution. You will drive timelines and coordinate scientists, engineers, researchers and business teams, reporting progress to stakeholders.

The role requires building schedules, managing risks, aligning priorities, and ensuring governance without adding complexity. Some plant/pilot site work and travel may be required; a technical degree with PMP or Lean Six

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required; higher level degree preferred.
• PMI/PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or other project management or process improvement certification is a plus
• Several years of experience managing multiple concurrent projects, documenting processes, and leveraging best-suited methodologies and practices
• Strong written and verbal skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, concise, and easily understood information for diverse audiences
• Strong change leadership experience
• Strong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work in a high-pressure team environment, handle multiple tasks and react quickly to problems and issues
• Some travel may be required
• Comfortable managing/participating in various projects concurrently.
• Candidate will need to work within established company and laboratory safety guidelines.
• Willingness to spend time in plant and pilot areas, tolerate extreme temperatures, walk long distances, stand, climb stairs and ladders and move through close spaces.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of strategic project objectives by monitoring progress, performance measurement, reporting, and proactive risk management to ensure the projects remain aligned with the scope, timelines, and business priorities
• Work across the organization, its business areas, and functions to ensure project teams are working efficiently and meeting expectations
• Establish and maintain high-quality project schedules, baselines, cost estimates, project returns, and estimates to completion, ensuring timely variance analysis, and high-level reporting
• Lead stakeholder alignment and communication while managing team expectations for project deliverables
• Ensure clear communication, effective decision making, and fit for purpose project governance that does not add undue complexity and reduce the R&D team's productivity
• Work with resource managers in a matrix environment to ensure projects are resourced to achieve objectives on the required timeline
• Ensure that project risks are identified and mitigated
• Manage change of scope and resources as projects progress
• Coordinate and synthesize cross functional input from all workstreams including technical, commercial, and operations teams to identify project requirements, align priorities, address concerns, and support project execution

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Change leadership

Troubleshooting

Travel flexible

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

ADM in Decatur, IL or Erlanger, KY is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to lead cross-functional R&D programs from concept to commercial solution. You will drive timelines and coordinate scientists, engineers, researchers and business teams, reporting progress to stakeholders.

The role requires building schedules, managing risks, aligning priorities, and ensuring governance without adding complexity. Some plant/pilot site work and travel may be required; a technical degree with PMP or Lean Six