Strategy & Program Delivery Manager

This position can be located in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic or Guatemala. Be a part of a revolutionary change. At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to improve the lives of a billion smokers worldwide. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Strategy & Program Delivery at PMI feels like building a new business – but with the accumulated expertise of a global brand behind you. Bring us your curiosity and capacity to engage people and you can be part of strategy development & program management that’s driving our huge commercial transformation. If you’re a forecaster and forward-thinker, you can make a huge impact, creating sales strategies across all markets. But, here, your innovation will do more than just improving sales. Your ‘day to day’: Drive strategy, program architecture, portfolio management and Long-Range Plan (LRP) in market. Drive New Ways of Working in market and support project delivery across. Strategy: • Drive market strategy development and alignment across functions; identify interdependencies and seek for efficiencies. • Run and facilitate strategic planning process in close cooperation and alignment with Regional Head Quarters (RHQ) and Operations Center (OC). Program architecture: • Orchestrate and coordinate program architecture required to deliver the strategy. • As an integrated POC for global and regional projects, ensure market deployment following structured methodology. • Allocate resources and drive project prioritization. • Ensure implementation of OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategy, Measurements) in the market and at the functional level. Business Planning: • Develop Long Range Plan in close collaboration with RHQ and in full alignment with OC LRP processes. • Manage implementation of KPI framework anchored on OGSM principles. • Generate and synthesize market-level competitive intelligence. Portfolio development & management: Lead CARICAM's program portfolio development aligned with CARICAM's commercial strategy to ensure attainment of objectives / KPIs in the Project Based Organization. This requires: • Prioritize program roadmaps for key strategies. • Structure programs, projects, and sub-activities taxonomy in accordance with CARICAM's mission and goals. • Close cross-functional collaboration with Management Team and other key portfolio stakeholders to ensure the alignment and execution priorities with the business, commercial and corporate strategies. Program Governance: Establish an effective execution framework of the programs and ensure the operating model functions across CARICAM. This includes: • Work with Management Team to develop a priority framework for managing CARICAM calendar of business activities. • Develop an evaluation scheme to assess strengths, improvement areas and risks of the programs. • Leverage the assessment results for Management Team’s decision making by effective communication. • Manage the program reporting throughout the program delivery life cycle (e.g., Goals / Milestones/KPIs/ROI/impact/effectiveness) by leading the internal stakeholders to gather the necessary data points. • Ensure the reports and relating insights are leveraged in the program execution. Project execution/efficiency management: • Lead selected key projects; drive continuous improvement initiatives and lead the development of tools/ processes to increase quality of work while mastering all relevant systems. Management presentations • Lead the preparation of executive presentations of strategy reviews and management updates supporting Managing Director and management team. Who we’re looking for: • Degree in Finance / Business Economics / Marketing / Statistics or any other related field. • 5+ years of experience in a similar position leading Strategy and Projects or Project Management. • Finance or Project Management background with good problem-solving skills. Ideally with good understanding of the commercial department (sales and marketing), transformations and project management in FMCG. • 4+ years of experience in strategy definition, process, and implementation, working closely with teams in the regions to establish and implement long term business plans to achieve/exceed the organizations’ growth objectives. • Professional experience in business development projects, new business models and routes to markets for innovative offerings, participate in the simplification and automation of internal processes and tasks. • Validated experience making concrete strategic recommendations from large data sets. • Validated strong storytelling experience and strong communication skills (verbal &writing) • Advanced English level is required. What we offer: Our success depends on the men and women who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. • Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to improve the lives of a billion smokers.