Director, Project Management

Fortune Brands • Deerfield, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Fortune Brands is hiring a Director, Project Management to support our Security projects. This role will be eligible for a hybrid schedule working onsite in our Deerfield, IL office Tuesdays - Thursdays with remote days being Mondays and Fridays. The Director, Project Management will serve as a key member of FBIN’s Portfolio Management team, ensuring the portfolio aligns with business strategies, provides the right balance between Growth & Value, and optimizes efficiency in resource and dollar investments. They will partner with Market SBUs, Innovation, and Operations teams to supply project timing, resource, and budget inputs to Growth & Improve product plans, and drive global project specifications and execution for Growth & Value. Additionally, they will be a key member of FBIN’s leadership team, focused on improving consistency of global execution, increasing resource flexibility, improving development velocity, driving efficiencies, and maximizing value creation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is preferred; MBA is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in progressively responsible positions involving complex program and project management in an engineering/technical product development environment is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in successfully leading multiple cross-functional and global teams
• Broad and working knowledge of project management techniques and best practices including but not limited to agile, work breakdown structure, critical path management, risk mitigation
• In-depth knowledge of product development and design processes is required
• Must be team oriented with excellent verbal and written skills
• A proven leader with well-developed business acumen

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the area of consumer durable products is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of FBIN’s Portfolio Management team to ensure that the portfolio aligns with the business strategies, provides the right balance between Growth & Value while optimizing efficiency in resource and dollar investments.
• Partner with the Market SBUs, Innovation and Operations team to supply project timing, resource, and budget inputs to Growth & Improve product plans, drive global project specifications and execution of projects for Growth & Value.
• Serve as a key member of FBIN’s leadership team to improve consistency of global execution, increase resource flexibility, improve development velocity, drive efficiencies and maximize value creation.
• Lead program and project management for GPG, establishing the Project Management Center of Excellence across GPG.
• Partner with GPG leadership to lead the development and management of project plans that execute the product strategies to achieve Growth and OI objectives and align with FBIN’s overall strategic portfolio requirements.
• Partner with Operations internal and external suppliers to ensure the most efficient and effective project management capabilities are in place to align strategic decision-making, stage gate reviews, design reviews and risk mitigation, in order to successfully execute product strategies.
• Accountable for directing a portfolio of complex and wide-ranging product development projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders and enterprise leaders.
• Lead multiple cross-channel, project management teams in validation of financial forecasts, reconciliation of resources and management of project expenditures.
• Establish and manage global project budgets.
• Represent the project management function managing all technical product development activity in various project governance and inter-department forums including GPG executive team and potentially Fortune Brand Home and Security (FBHS) updates.
• Responsible for attracting, developing and maintaining the technical project management talent to successfully execute the product development strategies.
• Responsible for leading major change management initiatives.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Innovation and Insights to understand and drive the Consumer Experience into FBIN product.
• Understand consumer’s needs/wants/desires; apply these insights into impactful product attributes and features.

Benefits

• annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan
• robust health plans
• a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
• product discounts
• flexible time off benefits
• adoption benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director