It Senior Project Manager (Granada) (Tijuana)

About IT in Nestlé

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the supervision and guidance of the primary Community of Practice Lead and Head of the Office of the CIO, the IS/IT Project Manager manages a development or deployment IS/IT project to ensure it delivers expected value to the Business partner, on time, on budget, on scope, and on quality that may be clearly defined upfront or may require dynamic and iterative scoping, delivery and change management (agile project management).
• Adhering to established Project Management methodologies.
• Manages the project's budget.
• Structures the project, plans and budgets, executes, monitors and controls it, and finally closes it, ensuring quality and integrity of the information across the enterprise.
• Manages risks, quality and procurement; leads the project team and is the person that project resources report directly to for the execution of the project tasks they are allocated.
• Ensures all projects are consistent with overall IS/IT customer objectives and strategic plans.
• Creates a structured project, implementing IS/IT agile project methodologies.
• Develops and controls the Project budget, and manages expenditure within agreed value delivery and spending plans.
• Establishes a deliverable‑based Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and project plan, leading to development of a resource‑loaded integrated project plan with resources identified and secured.
• Project sponsors are committed: manages the stakeholder engagement.
• Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions for the Project in accordance with enterprise policies, practices and on behalf of the executive sponsor.
• Ensures the quality of Project Manager deliverables, by ensuring the respect of Project Management best practices.
• Follows up the Key Performance Indicators for each project and consolidates Program level reporting.
• Monitors and controls the project, manages risks, and manages the day‑to‑day activities of cross‑functional project teams, ensuring adherence to the project plan.
• Identifies and mitigates project risk, keeping issues visible, to avoid impacting the project's success.
• Provides project schedule, present versus budget, incremental value and earned‑value information in project progress reports (supported by IS/IT performance management).

Employment Type

Type of Contract: Permanent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Approximately 5+ years of experience in IT and business/industry.
• Agile project management experience would be an asset.
• Experience with effective communication at different levels in the organization and in English.
• Experience working in an integral environment and with virtual teams.