The Role

As a Innovation Project Manager, you will play a crucial role within our central Innovation function, supporting the end-to-end project management of innovation initiatives that are key to our business strategy. Reporting to the Innovation Project Manager, you will have a global remit, working closely with Category Project Leads to ensure that Project Management practices are consistently applied throughout the Ideation to Launch process. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your project management skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Principle Accountabilities

• Project Management: Lead the end-to-end delivery of innovation initiatives, working closely with Category Project Leads to ensure timely and successful project execution.
• Documentation: Create and maintain all project documentation, including budget, risk, and resource management, ensuring any variances are communicated to the Project Lead.
• Coordination: Facilitate and document project planning workshops, stage gate meetings, and weekly stand-ups with delivery leads.
• Reporting: Ensure accurate project reporting by gathering and collating input from project teams and highlight any risks or issues to the Project Lead.
• Risk Management: Actively identify, mitigate, and escalate key risks associated with innovation pipeline projects.
• Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned from projects and contribute to the continuous improvement of our project management processes.

Skills and Experience Required

Education:

• Degree in a relevant field.
• Professional Project Management Qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).

Experience:

• Experience in project managing innovation or product development projects, particularly in FMCG, tobacco, or pharmaceutical environments.
• Experience with project management tools and effectively managing complex innovation projects.

Skills:

• Strong process management skills.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Commercial awareness and strategic planning.
• Budget management experience.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 119 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.