Senior Project Manager - Transformation

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

The Senior Project Manager – Transformation Office is responsible for driving change and realizing Fortune Brands Innovations’ transformational goals. This role will lead company-wide transformation initiatives by managing business case and timeline development, project and program tracking, budget and reporting, and successful project and program management and delivery. The Senior Project Manager will serve as a trusted, results-oriented, transformation subject matter expert and brief key stakeholders on all aspects of the included initiatives. The role will accelerate value delivery to the organization by partnering with business units to outperform industry benchmarks and overdeliver on business cases.

Location: Deerfield, IL (Hybrid, on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

• Serve as the single accountable party for assisting in the definition, planning, and delivery of strategic transformation initiatives and ensuring the results meet the identified goals and objectives.
• Support communication efforts by enabling the design, development, delivery, and management of key transformation communications. Keep stakeholders informed.
• Leverage the structured methodology for leading change management activities; create a strategy to support adoption of transformation changes company wide.
• Assess change impacts by conducting impact analyses, assessing change readiness, and identifying key stakeholders.
• Ensure commitments are achieved within agreed schedule, cost, and resources.
• Validate financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related expenditures.
• Track initiative milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on the overall transformation delivery plan.
• Perform regular risk and issue assessments for the transformation initiatives and develop, communicate and execute recovery plans

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field is required. MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of program/project management experience inclusive in leading large, cross-functional transformations required.
• Must be able to travel up to 10%

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
• Prosci Certified Change Practitioner.
• Experience in working in Agile organizations preferred.
• Post-acquisition integration experience preferred.
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of senior leadership, sponsors, and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; remove barriers; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity.
• Experience with and knowledge of change management principles, Prosci methodology and tools.
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
• Must possess acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Must possess exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate and present at all levels with clarity and precision.
• Strong analytical, project and program management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements.

Additional Information:

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $81,000 USD - $124,300 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts, we invite you to voluntarily share your gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodations:

FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.