Project Manager

Scotts Miracle-Gro • Marysville, OH

51d

About The Position

Here at Scotts Miracle-Gro there is no such thing as a typical day. Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace. Below are details on an open job. If the role interests you and you would like to be considered we encourage you to apply! The Project Manager, Transformation Management Office (TMO) plays a critical role in enabling enterprise transformation by driving disciplined execution, transparency, and value realization across strategic initiatives. This role partners closely with leaders, functional teams, and executive stakeholders to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned to expected business outcomes. This position serves as both a portfolio enabler—supporting enterprise reporting, value tracking, and tool adoption—and a “utility” project manager, flexing across transformation initiatives where project management support is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives with executive visibility.
• Familiarity with portfolio management tools such as Planview (or similar platforms).
• Strong understanding of value realization, benefits tracking, and KPI reporting.
• Strong execution discipline with the ability to flex across initiatives and priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High comfort with ambiguity, complex dependencies, and fast-paced transformation environments.
• Data-driven mindset with strong reporting and analytical capabilities.
• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented approach.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Status Reporting & Governance Own consolidated enterprise TMO status reporting, including milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and executive-level insights.
• Prepare clear, concise materials for steering committees and executive reviews, highlighting decision needs and trade-offs.
• Ensure consistent application of project management standards, templates, and cadence across transformation efforts.
• Value Realization & Benefits Tracking Partner with initiative leads and Finance to support value realization planning, benefit definition, and measurement.
• Track and report progress against expected benefits, identifying gaps, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Support post-implementation reviews and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.
• Portfolio Tools & Enablement (Planview) Support the rollout, adoption, and ongoing optimization of Planview (or similar portfolio and work management tools).
• Maintain accurate, current portfolio data to enable effective prioritization, capacity planning, and investment decisions.
• Provide user guidance, data quality oversight, and continuous improvement recommendations.
• Stakeholder Communication & Change Enablement Facilitate regular project and stakeholder communications to ensure alignment, transparency, and momentum.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and change impacts; escalate as appropriate with clear recommendations.
• Partner with change management and transformation leadership to support adoption of new ways of working.
• Transformation Execution & Delivery Lead and support cross-functional transformation initiatives, ensuring adherence to scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Act as a “utility PM,” providing hands-on project management support across multiple initiatives as priorities shift.
• Maintain integrated project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and dependency tracking across assigned initiatives.

Benefits

• Our Live Total Health program provides you with options to align to your personal needs. Selections range from medical, dental and vision coverage for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents to an outstanding wellness reimbursement program to an unbelievable 401K match (up to 7.5%) as well as a 15% discount on company stock and much more
• We know our talent is our most precious asset and your unique development contributes to our organization’s success now and in the future. Career growth at our company is not always a ladder. It’s much more like a rock climbing adventure. Grow through exploration and experiences rather than a predictable linear path.
• We value the importance of family. We provide access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 to accommodate for adoption, fertility and surrogacy.
• Be part of something bigger by joining one of our Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion, family, education and sustainability: Scotts Women’s Network, Scotts Black Employees’ Network, Scotts Veterans Network, Scotts Young Professionals, Scotts Pride Network (GroPride), Scotts Associates for a Greener Earth (SAGE), Scotts Family TREE and our Associate Boards.
• Join a company with a strong belief in giving back to the communities where we live and work. We have a shared passion for service and volunteerism and believe participating in community service benefits our communities and strengthens our team.

What This Job Offers

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