Senior Lead, Project Manager [Contract]

What will you work on?
The Senior Lead, Project Manager will be responsible for driving the execution of global toys and games portfolios, and ideally possesses a technical, manufacturing, strategic, and/or process-mapping background.  The person in this role will work closely with large cross-functional teams (Design, Brand, Marketing, Engineering, Product Development, Quality, Packaging, etc.) to manage product development from concept through production.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, establishing critical path/milestones/dependencies to ensure timely and successful delivery of products, identifying risks and opportunities to pre-empt development hurdles, providing escalation management, and working with stakeholders to balance business, design, and technical objectives.  The successful candidate will be able to operate in a highly dynamic CPG environment, by exercising considerable judgment in employing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
How will you create impact?

• Drive project plans in collaboration with cross-functional development teams to determine tasks, milestones, resources, planned and actual dates
• Act as integration lead amongst multi-disciplinary teams and global partners, and execute project plan from concept to production
• Lead product milestone and integration meetings, and creating action plans with clear deliverables
• Clearly communicate highly technical information to all cross-functional team members and effectively leads development meetings
• Manage programs to time, cost, and quality reflective of business and development objectives
• Identify, anticipate, and manage risks or issues at the project level
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Partner with global operations to proactively mitigate delays, and strategize appropriate solutions in development plans or processes to deliver on demand forecast revisions
• Support and drive cross-functional category teams to manage projects including risks, key handoffs, and deliverables
• Report and escalate to management as needed;
• Lead corporate initiatives related to new process, continuous improvement, and methodologies for product development
• Coach and mentor (formally and informally) to support the development of our team members
• Exercise professionally mature discretion in approach to all aspects of the job

What are your skills and experience?

• Experience in project management role
• Extensive experience with plastics, materials, manufacturing, and/or engineering costs for durable goods 
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification a plus
• Expert in Asana, Planisware, MS Project, Agile, Yardi Voyager, Monday.com, Trello -OR- other relevant project portfolio management tools to define and plan end-to-end development
• Proven track record for creating new processes to integrate new and existing technologies, spanning a multitude of digital mediums and touch points, into conventional CPG development
• Advanced proficiency in creating and leading presentation materials for executive review

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