Director, Portfolio & Project Management (PMO), Atelier

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Description

The Director, Portfolio & Project Management (PMO) role will work directly with the VP Atelier to lead Fragrance innovation programs including overseeing the planning, creation, drive and maintenance of project plans to develop outstanding new fragrances within the ELC Brand portfolio.

As part of the ground-breaking Atelier team and fragrance Product Development organization, this role will be in service of the global brands, contributing to end-to-end fragrance support, boosting product innovation, driving go-to-market speed & agility, and enhance artisanal quality of ELC products. This individual will bring new fragrance capabilities to the enterprise as we grow and develop in this category.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure successful planning, execution and delivery of innovation projects within the Fragrance Category
• Collaborate with Brand Leadership to align with business goals, maintain brand integrity and meet customer demand.
• Monitor execution, communicate priorities and their adjustments, manage continuous improvement, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration to achieve strategic business goals.
• Deliver on product timelines and rollout schedules, globally. Responsible for prioritizing brand requests and ensuring projects are executed on time and within budget.
• Effectively manage stakeholder engagement and expectations.
• Lead project meetings, assisting with internal stakeholders in documenting business cases, creating project metrics and reports, and developing/managing roadmaps.
• Facilitate collaboration across departments to drive efficiency in project launches and brand initiatives.
• Track key project milestones, manages project plans, budgets, and resources based on agreed requirements and scope, using defined change control processes.
• Accountable for overall cross-functional project performance, coordination of project activities and resources integration.
• Direct management of a team of 3 people
  
  

Qualifications

• Master Degree Required
• 8-10 years Project and program Management experience preferably in strategy agencies, design agencies and/or startups, preferably on innovation project
• PMI certification or equivalent is a plus
• Prior involvement in large scale consumer product launches.
• Experience managing cross function teams on a global scale.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient in project management technology and tools, including Agile methodologies or similar