About this role
Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Enterprise Technology Digital R&D team, who are responsible for the strategy and governance of R&D digital ecosystem and delivery of new digital capabilities meeting the needs of corporate and functional strategies across the R&D function in Mars Inc.
The Enterprise Technology R&D Digital Technologies team is seeking a Quality and Food Safety IT Project Manager. The ET R&D DT team currently oversees R&D, Labs, and Innovation within Business as Usual (BAU). The role involves serving as DT Project Manager for BAU projects in the Quality domain.
Key Responsibilities
- Roadmap & Delivery: Lead end-to-end delivery of Quality & Food Safety digital programs across the product lifecycle—from initial discovery, rapid prototyping, and pilot phases to Minimum Viable Product (MVP) rollout and platform continuous improvement.
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Alignment: Partner with business Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Enterprise Architecture, Analytics, and Segment Digital Teams to ensure technical solutions meet functional R&D standards and operational goals.
- Vendor & Partner Governance: Manage strategic Tier 1 and niche Tier 2 vendor relationships, overseeing resource allocation, third-party delivery milestones, and project budget execution.
- Innovation & Emerging Tech: Identify and evaluate emerging technologies (including AI and automated analytics) and industry thought leadership to drive continuous modernization within the Q&FS domain.
Job Qualifications:
- 5+ years in delivery of business capability within a business function (pref R&D), and preferably in the CPG industry.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field
- Experience deploying Digital solutions (x-segment)
- Strong Project Management skills – understands the different Project stage gates and will be able to advocate these to others
- Good communications, especially in English
- Technical awareness of new digital platforms, such as AI
- Capability to deliver through others
- Experience working in ambiguous and changing contexts