Strategic Initiatives & Performance Program Lead

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in Chicago, IL is seeking a Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives & Performance to translate priorities into clear plans and coordinate cross-functional execution. You will provide leaders with progress updates, risks, decisions, and value across initiatives.

The role focuses on governance, analytics, and data-driven storytelling to drive transparent performance management and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Engineering, Business, Information Systems, Analytics, Project Management, or related field.
• 3 years experience in project management or business experience, PMO, program coordination.
• Experience supporting complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience developing project plans, governance materials, status reports, RAID logs, and executive presentations.

Responsibilities

• Project delivery: Define scope, outcomes, workplans, timelines, governance, and ways of working for assigned initiatives; coordinate execution from initiation through closure.
• Governance and controls: Prepare agendas and materials, facilitate reviews, document decisions, maintain action logs, and ensure agreed actions are completed.
• Risk and dependency management: Maintain RAID logs, identify critical-path impacts, coordinate mitigations, and elevate issues with clear options and recommendations.
• Performance analytics and dashboarding: Actively build and maintain project and portfolio dashboards, executive scorecards, risk heat maps, and performance views.
• Reporting and insight: Translate complex delivery and performance data into concise narratives, trends, implications, and management actions.
• Data quality: Partner with data owners to define measures, validate inputs, resolve inconsistencies, and maintain confidence in reported information.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Dashboarding & analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in Chicago, IL is seeking a Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives & Performance to translate priorities into clear plans and coordinate cross-functional execution. You will provide leaders with progress updates, risks, decisions, and value across initiatives.

The role focuses on governance, analytics, and data-driven storytelling to drive transparent performance management and continuous improvement.