Sr. Manager, Project/Program Management

Alcon•Fort Worth, TX

12h•Onsite

About The Position

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Senior Organizational Project Manager supporting Alcon R&D, you will help translate enterprise and R&D priorities into executable roadmaps, repeatable ways of working, governance routines, adoption plans, and sustained outcomes. This role is on-site in our Fort Worth, Texas location and a typical day would include: Supporting cross-functional strategic initiatives from vision through execution, implementation, adoption, and sustainment. Partnering with sponsors, stakeholders, functional leaders, and project teams to align scope, priorities, risks, resources, decisions, and execution plans across strategic initiatives. Creating and maintaining project charters, roadmaps, project plans, timelines, forecasts, budgets, governance plans, and decision materials. Driving fit-for-purpose project standards, stage gates, templates, dashboards, reporting routines, risk tracking, dependency management, and action follow-through. Facilitating governance forums, leadership updates, escalation discussions, and decision-making routines to enable transparent execution and practical rigor. Monitoring project performance against timing, budget, scope, adoption, risks, dependencies, and success measures; identifying tradeoffs that may impact broader organizational priorities. Designing and supporting communication, stakeholder engagement, change management, and adoption plans that help project teams move from alignment to execution. Establishing feedback loops, lessons learned, sustainment mechanisms, and continuous improvement opportunities that contribute to repeatable, scalable ways of working for the Strategic Programs Office. Supporting AI-enabled and digitally enabled transformation initiatives through intake, prioritization, governance, delivery cadence, decision rights, adoption metrics, capability building, and value realization. Role modeling/coaching project teams and stakeholders in practical project management, change management, continuous improvement, workflow redesign, and sustainment practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
7 Years of Relevant Experience
5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Nice To Haves

Formal project management, learning management or change management certification preferred (e.g., PMI, PROSCI, ATD).
Direct experience supporting internally facing strategic initiatives, business transformation, operating model design, process improvement, integrations, reorganizations, or associate experience initiatives.
Experience developing roadmaps, governance routines, adoption plans, dashboards, lessons learned, sustainment mechanisms, or continuous improvement practices.
Experience supporting digitally enabled transformation initiatives, including workflow redesign, capability building, adoption measurement, and value realization.
Certification in Lean Six Sigma methodology (e.g., Green/Black Belt)
Experience within Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals or similar regulated industry

Responsibilities

Supporting cross-functional strategic initiatives from vision through execution, implementation, adoption, and sustainment.
Partnering with sponsors, stakeholders, functional leaders, and project teams to align scope, priorities, risks, resources, decisions, and execution plans across strategic initiatives.
Creating and maintaining project charters, roadmaps, project plans, timelines, forecasts, budgets, governance plans, and decision materials.
Driving fit-for-purpose project standards, stage gates, templates, dashboards, reporting routines, risk tracking, dependency management, and action follow-through.
Facilitating governance forums, leadership updates, escalation discussions, and decision-making routines to enable transparent execution and practical rigor.
Monitoring project performance against timing, budget, scope, adoption, risks, dependencies, and success measures; identifying tradeoffs that may impact broader organizational priorities.
Designing and supporting communication, stakeholder engagement, change management, and adoption plans that help project teams move from alignment to execution.
Establishing feedback loops, lessons learned, sustainment mechanisms, and continuous improvement opportunities that contribute to repeatable, scalable ways of working for the Strategic Programs Office.
Supporting AI-enabled and digitally enabled transformation initiatives through intake, prioritization, governance, delivery cadence, decision rights, adoption metrics, capability building, and value realization.
Role modeling/coaching project teams and stakeholders in practical project management, change management, continuous improvement, workflow redesign, and sustainment practices.