Pet Nutrition PMO Lead

Job Opportunity: Pet Nutrition PMO Lead

Location: Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead PMO to join the Global Transformation Office within Mars Pet Nutrition . This role sits at the heart of our transformation agenda, providing oversight, structure and delivery excellence across some of our most significant global programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, monitoring, and control of the SRM programme, ensuring effective management of time, cost, scope, roadmap, KPIs, and day‑to‑day programme execution.
• Set and embed programme and project management standards across the SRM portfolio, applying SRO frameworks, artefacts, governance, quality assurance, and change control.
• Own programme status reporting and insights for the SRM Board and SRO High Involvement Initiative Scorecard, bringing risks, dependencies, and recommendations back to the SRO team.
• Manage programme‑level RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) in close collaboration with initiative and project leads, including management of interdependencies with other Pet Nutrition strategic initiatives.
• Lead programme financial management, including budget tracking across business and digital costs and reconciliation with S&F ahead of periodic TIGG updates.
• Partner with the Change Manager, Corporate Affairs Lead, PMOs, and wider experts to deliver a unified operating model, promote best‑practice programme, project, and agile ways of working, and increase business change effectiveness.

About you

• Experience as a PMO leader across projects and programmes
• Strong background in programme‑level planning, controls, governance, and financial management
• Confidence working with and influencing senior stakeholders
• Experience supporting change management and people‑led transformation
• Experience with Strategic Revenue Management (SRM) programmes or commercial transformations – desirable
• Exposure to digital transformation and enterprise systems
• Awareness or application of AI‑enabled PMO practices (e.g. automated planning, reporting, risk sensing) with a mindset focused on helping PMO capability become “AI ready” – desirable

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose‑driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best‑in‑class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in‑house Mars University.
• An industry‑competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.

Mars is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities, long‑term health conditions, or who are neurodiverse during the application and recruitment process. To request reasonable adjustments, complete our Reasonable Adjustment Request Form here (

Qualifications

Plans and Aligns; Manages Complexity; Drives Results; Manages Ambiguity; Collaborates; Organizational Savvy; Communicates Effectively

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