Manager IT Program Management

We are looking for a Manager IT Program Management to be part of our HUB IT North America Team

Position Snapshot

• Location: Mexico City
• Type of work: Hybrid
• Work Language: Advanced Business English (must have)

The role

As the IT Program Manager, you will spearhead and manage programs and projects, ensuring they are delivered as expected, on time, within budget, and of the highest quality. Through dynamic and iterative scoping, delivery, and change management (agile program management), you will define and drive the process, while adhering to established Nestle Program and Project Management methodologies. Your role involves leading the discovery process, guiding the design phase with a team of IT and business resources, and developing a comprehensive business case with meticulous budget planning for final submission and approval. You will also be responsible for structuring the program/project plan and budget, executing and controlling it to maintain the quality and integrity of information across the enterprise. Additionally, you will oversee risk management for the project or program and lead your program/project team, allocating sub-projects and tasks accordingly. As the Manager of Program Management, you will also play a key role in enhancing the capability of the Program and Project Management Community in North America.

What you’ll do

• Ensure the discovery process of the initiative has been completed to the alignment with IT and/or Business sponsors
• Effectively define Program Governance and structure to enable stakeholder engagement and decisions making.
• Successfully manage interdependencies between the projects within your program.
• Lead the stakeholder analysis, and communications and reporting strategies.
• Lead executive-level program steering committees to raise program-level risks, requests for decisions to be made, communicate additional funding needs and ensure the program benefits remain intact.
• Strategically integrate across multiple functions within IT, and IT partners and/or the Business to effectively drive Discovery through to Design and execution of the program/project through to successful delivery
• Proactively drive planning with the project or program team, and create integrated project plans covering the full end-to-end including key milestones for sign-offs gates with Business and IT.
• Manage by proactively anticipating issues, needs, concerns, risks, leveraging program/project methodologies and frameworks as a tool to ensure alignment to goals and objectives of the program/project.
• Protect the execution of the project to deliver the outcome as expected of the Business Case while adhering to the scope, budget, timeline, and quality of the delivery
• Manage and resolve issues, and/or conflicts in a cross-functional environment.
• Must be a relationship builder and have a business-first focus.
• Ability to quickly learn the interworking of a complex organization to ensure the program receives the level of support and attention needed.
• Must adhere to Nestle Project and Program Management delivery standards, budget management and tools in a disciplined way to ensure execution excellence
• Drive and support the capability building efforts for the PMO team within the North America Program Management Community, collaborating with the global IBS PMO team as appropriate.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in both IT and business
• 5+ years of experience in a program/ project management role increasing scope and budget over time
• Advance facilitation skills and critical thinking skills to effectively manage and resolve issues.
• Must be a self-starter and have a love for solving problems.
• Ability to successfully execute with ambiguity to deliver business value
• Ability to successfully handle multiple large initiatives simultaneously with minimal guidance.
• Expert financial acumen, managing programs of upwards of tens and hundreds of million of dollars.
• Experience working in a matrix organization in a global environment with virtual teams including external partners.
• Must be able to influence stakeholders toward desired outcomes.
• Must have the skills to work in the ‘gray area’ of program management putting more of an emphasis on soft leadership skills
• Ability to condense and summarize information for executive leadership communication.
• PMP certification is desired, or must be actively working toward obtaining it.
• Advance development of influencing skills and ability to leverage in interactions at all levels of the matrix organization to ensure program/project execution moves forward towards successful delivery.
• Experience in managing change/transitions.
• PMP and Agile certifications are desired.
• Substantial consulting leadership experience a plus.

We offer you

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working scheme. Our state-of-the-art campus is dog friendly and equipped with a medical center, canteen and areas to co-create network and chill!
• Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

How we will proceed:
You send us your CV → We contact relevant applicants → Interviews → Feedback →   Job Offer communication to the Finalist → First working day

About the IT Hub  

We are a team of IT professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest health, nutrition and wellness company of the world. We innovate every day through forward-looking technologies to create opportunities for Nestlé’s digital challenges with our consumers, customers and at the workplace. We collaborate with our business partners around the world to deliver standardized, integrated technology products and services to create tangible business value.

About Nestlé

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.

 We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.

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