As a Senior Project Manager, this individual drives results through strategic thinking, influence, and a strong grasp of Project Management fundamentals. The primary responsibility will be in managing New Product Development (NPD), product line transitions, portfolio expansions, cost savings initiatives, and off-shelf executions. They engage cross-functional partners at all levels to identify and overcome challenges, reapplying expertise to unlock business-building opportunities. Known for leading complex, high-impact projects, they foster continuous improvement across core and upstream operations. With a commitment to excellence, they own issues through resolution, provide objective insights to guide decisions, and proactively lead in the face of adversity. Through mentoring and coaching, they help build team capability and promote a culture of accountability that drives sustained business success.
What's in it for you?
Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 14 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!
What your day will look like:
- Lead approximately 15 concurrent projects - ranging in scope and higher complexity—from initiation through launch
- Drive cross-functional collaboration, guide team through structured delivery processes and influence key strategic decisions to ensure successful outcomes.
- Expected to identify, coordinate, influence, develop and implement process improvements to match rapid growth (volume and complexity) of business ensuring both innovation and operational efficiency across the organization.
- Lead others through ambiguity to define requirement, scope and deliverables.
- Monitor project workflow against critical path, risk areas and has defined proactive and corrective steps.
- Create and contribute to strategy process to establish and maintain improvement in core and upstream business.
- Apply strategic thinking skills to approach obstacles with a Continuous Improvement mindset.
- Conduct and lead effective cross-functional meetings professionally and effectively with leadership presence demonstrating the ability to collaboratively lead others who do not share the same reporting structure.
- Can quickly identify potential conflicts and risks that impact current delivery. Create recommendations and elevate independently with a critical thinking mindset.
- Analyze and present issues in a clear, concise and logical manner.
- Maintain organized and accurate project documentation while tracking tasks, timelines, risk and cost across multiple initiatives in our project management software program. (PPM 360)
- Prepare for and lead stage gate reviews on more complex projects.
- Provide clear status updates and actionable insights to stakeholders to support informed decision making.
- Provide objective summaries and insights to help guide business decisions.
- Other duties assigned by Management.
