PMO & VSU Manager

This job is with Reckitt, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. We are Reckitt Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege. Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.About the role

The PMO & VSU Manager is a dynamic, execution‑driven leadership role that anchors disciplined project delivery and champions flawless Vertical Start-Up (VSU) performance. This leader ensures new production lines, major equipment installations, and ramp-up activities transition from concept to operational reality with speed, precision, and excellence. In this role, the PMO & VSU Manager orchestrates the seamless execution of critical program and project elements-delivering on time, within scope, and aligned to strategic business priorities. It's a highly hands-on, collaborative position that drives cross-functional momentum, strengthens project communications, and establishes clear accountability across all stakeholders. This role brings rigor and rhythm to the organization by embedding project management discipline, enforcing RAID and Change Control processes, and ensuring every initiative progresses with transparency, alignment, and measurable impact.

In short: this role sets the pace, raises the bar, and ensures every launch is executed with confidence, clarity, and operational excellence.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive disciplined, end‑to‑end project execution by managing scope, schedule, budget, daily task completion, milestone adherence, and cross‑functional collaboration while applying consistent project management methodologies, maintaining high‑quality documentation, and monitoring KPIs to ensure accountability and delivery excellence.
• Lead RAID governance by maintaining active logs, identifying and escalating risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, facilitating mitigation planning, ensuring ownership, and conducting regular reviews to keep projects on track.
• Manage change control rigorously by enforcing procedures, evaluating scope impacts, securing required approvals, maintaining change logs, and communicating updates to all relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate teams and stakeholders effectively by ensuring clear ownership of deliverables, running project meetings and status reviews, communicating risks and decisions transparently, and maintaining alignment with project goals and expectations.
• Lead full-cycle VSU execution-from feasibility through results validation-by developing high‑level and detailed VSU plans, defining technical success criteria, OEE targets, and CQV requirements, enabling FAT/SAT readiness, coordinating commissioning and verification activities, conducting readiness and safety assessments, and driving action management through VSU risk logs and PDCA reporting.
• Ensure operational readiness and first‑time‑right startup by aligning OEM partners and all internal functions, deploying operator training and RPS standards, managing capability development, and accelerating the transition from installation to steady‑state performance with minimal downtime and maximum reliability.
  
  

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

The Experience We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field, with PMP/PgMP or equivalent certification strongly preferred.
• 5 years of hands-on project management experience, including work within or closely with a PMO.
• Proven success coordinating cross‑functional teams in a matrixed environment and managing complex, large‑scale project timelines.
• Strong capability in governance, resource management, and structured project reporting.
• Experience with process improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma) is a valuable plus.
  
  

The skills for success

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage complex schedules, resources, and cross-functional deliverables with precision.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate teams in a matrixed environment with clear communication and accountability.
• Proficiency in PMO practices, governance, and structured reporting, with the ability to apply consistent methodologies.
• Skilled in risk, issue, and change management with a disciplined, proactive approach to mitigation and escalation.
• Analytical and process‑improvement mindset, with experience applying structured methodologies such as Six Sigma (preferred).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills, enabling alignment and clarity across diverse groups.
  
  

What we offer With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.US salary ranges

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Hiring range up to 175K

US pay transparency The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve.If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.Equality We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.]]>