IT Project Manager

**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.

Under the supervision and guidance of her/his primary Community of Practice Lead and Head of Office of the CIO, the IS/IT Project Manager manages a development or deployment IS/IT project as profiled above to ensure it delivers expected value to the Business partner, on time, on budget, on scope, 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. Is responsible to structure the project, plan and budget, execute, monitor and control it, and finally close it, ensuring quality and integrity of the information across the enterprise. As part of this, is responsible to manage 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.

**Position Snapshot**
**Location**: Nestlé México
**Stream**: O-CIO
**Type of Contract**: Permanent

**Key Responsibilities**:

- 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
- Ensures all projects are consistent with overall IS/IT customer objectives and strategic plans
- Agile-led, deliverable-based Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and project plan established leading to development of a resource loaded integrated project plan, with resources identified and secured
- Project sponsors 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 consolidate Program level reporting
- Project monitored and controlled, risks managed: manages the day-to-day activities of cross-functional project teams and ensures the adherence to the project plan.
- Identifies and mitigates project risk, keeping issues visible, to avoid impacting the project’s success.
- Produces timely, detailed summaries and high level reports.
- Provides project schedule, actual vs. budget, incremental value and earned value information in project progress reports (supported by IS/IT performance management)

**Required Profile**:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of experience in IT and business/industry
- 3-5 years of diverse roles and increasing leadership responsibilities
- Agile project management experience would be an asset
- Substantial consulting leadership experience a plus
- Experience in managing change/transitions and change impacts. Operating in a matrix organization and development of influencing skills
- Experience with effective communication at different levels in the organization and in English
- Experience working in a global environment and with virtual teams