Aurora PMO Program Manager

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

• This position takes work direction from the Aurora PMO Program Management, working closely with the Global Aurora Core Team, and supports business and functional leaders to develop and implement actions aligned with all Kimberly-Clark business strategies:

• Lead and manage project team consisting of DTS, Business, Partner and PMO resources - deploying them effectively to support/enable successful program delivery.

• Develop best practices, scalable mechanisms and repeatable processes on all aspects of the transformation: planning, blueprinting, design and build/deploy phases of the program.

• Program tracking and common project management principles (agile development and project management methods); mapping resources against objectives, track dependencies and risks, assess impact of change across interdependent workstreams and projects.

• Ensure proper communication and change management processes are adopted for all major change initiatives, identifying other potential priorities and/or interdependencies.

• Support Aurora PMO Leadership managing key stakeholder relationships & expectations across the DTS and Business leaders by maintaining effective communication cadence and driving timely & effective escalation & resolution of risks and issues.

• Work with PMO Finance and all relevant stakeholders for the financial management aspect of the projects.

• Provide recommendations, advice/counsel and support to functional leadership and/or Aurora leadership teams on project-related matters (direct & indirect) as well as project team members as required.

• Examples of specific role responsibilities include –  (not inclusive of all)

• Help the team coordinate, as well as provide guardrails and structure, for the Solution Confirmation / Template Design Workshops.

• Ensure Aurora resource management process is followed at the required cadence.

• Manage and support the Digital Core S/4 or Connected Capability initiatives as applicable.

• Ensure team, process and project readiness.

• Occasional travel may be required.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our technical roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Key Qualifications and Experiences: 

Leadership

• Strong leadership and influencing skills.

• Challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions.

• Capable of working in a direct and matrix organization, driving collaboration across businesses and functions.

• Able to manage large work efforts and coordinate distributed teams.

• Demonstrated personal credibility and positive energy.

• Enthusiastic, resilient and able to manage stressful situations.

• Innovative capabilities, requiring strategic thinking and foresight.

Functional/Technical skills

• Strong proven project management skills.

• Exceptional analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to analyze business processes and workflows

• Able to demonstrate knowledge in a range of technologies from cloud migration, integration, security/access, and data analytics.

• Able to solve organizational problems, articulate views/roadmaps for future development, and understand the interaction between infrastructure, operations, and development.

• Demonstrated problem solving, facilitation and business acumen skills.

• Strong organizational design skills.

• Strong presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences.

• Strong ability to apply internal controls and ethical practices.

• Outstanding attention to detail.

Essential Knowledge/ Experience

• Experience of leading complex projects locally, regionally and globally.

• Good understanding of K-C organization & strategy, service delivery footprint and signature capabilities.

• Good network across global/regional leadership teams and functional leadership teams.

• Experience in managing stakeholders across functions and locations.

• Experience in managing multi-functional operations and/or large scale projects.

• Understanding of applicable methodologies and program/project management capabilities.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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