About this role
About the Role The Operational Excellence Project Manager leads autonomous end-to-end leadership of complex, high-impact projects across functions, sites, and business interfaces. The role combines advanced project leadership, PMO governance ownership, and Lean transformation capability to deliver sustainable QCD improvements and translate operational excellence strategy into measurable transformation results. What You'll Do
- Lead complex cross-functional projects and transformation initiatives, including New Product Introduction (NPI), from planning through implementation.
- Define project scope, objectives, governance, priorities, and execution plans aligned with business strategy.
- Own Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD); manage risks, dependencies, escalations, and resource trade-offs to ensure sustainable outcomes.
- Operate with a high degree autonomy in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies, implementing structured improvement roadmaps, and delivering measurable business impact.
- Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies and ensure sustainable improvements through standardization, governance, and performance follow-up.
- Deliver Lean training and build continuous improvement capabilities across the organization.
- PMO & Project Governance: Establish and continuously improve project management standards, governance, methodologies, and tools.
- Ensure portfolio transparency through KPI-based reporting and dashboards while aligning projects with business priorities and governance requirements.
- Coach and mentor project managers to strengthen project management maturity.
- Stakeholder & Communication Management: Build alignment across functions and management levels, representing projects in steering committees and management reviews.
- Manage communication with key internal and external stakeholders while driving decisions and resolving cross-functional conflicts.
- Technical & NPI Leadership: Lead NPI workstreams from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment with program goals. What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading complex cross-functional projects and transformations, including NPI, from planning to implementation.
- Strong Lean and continuous improvement mindset with ability to deliver measurable business impact and standardization.
- Experience establishing PMO governance, standards, methodologies, and KPI-based reporting.
- Excellent stakeholder management and ability to drive decisions across management levels and resolve conflicts.
- Ability to operate autonomously in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Leadership skills with the ability to coach and develop project managers. Nice to Have
- Experience leading NPI programs from concept through implementation.
- Experience delivering Lean training and building continuous improvement capabilities.
- Experience working across multiple sites and functions with PMO tools and dashboards. Compensation & Benefits
- Salary and benefits information not disclosed in the posting.