Senior Project Manager

We have a career opportunity for a Project Manager in Mumbai R&D. This position, located within our global Innovation organization, will play a vital leadership role in the management of a portfolio of development projects as they pass through each phase from concept through commercialization.

What You&aposll Do

The position will have responsibility for driving each project to its successful conclusion by ensuring that its scope is well defined, and resource estimates / project schedules are specified and appropriate to the project. This individual will work closely with the Business units, Supply Chain, and Innovation & Development management teams to ensure that resources are on task / on schedule and ensure issues get prioritized, highlighted, addressed and resolved in a timely manner . This individual will need to be able to communicate and interface effectively with internal and external personnel both domestically and internationally.

The Project Manager will also work to identify and manage schedule dependencies across various teams and departments to ensure that they are communicated, understood, and executed. They will provide regular updates to Divisional and Functional management teams. The Project Manager will have a level of interface with the Marketing, Manufacturing, Sales Service team and with Sealed Air's customers, providing them with product support and training.

The Project Manager needs to be comfortable and capable of communicating with equal effectiveness to both technical and non-technical audiences, and at all levels throughout the global organization.

Qualifications :

• Minimum 5 years of experience as Project Manager
• Strong Project Planning and Execution skills required
• Excellent Risk Management
• Experienced in use of project management tools and methodologies (SmartSheet and / or Microsoft Project, experience with ePPM tools a plus)
• Sound problem solving and analytic skills (RCA)
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Must be able to influence all levels of the organization
• Familiar with Business Case development including Financials (NPV) and Charter
• Strong leadership skills, with proven ability to provide clear direction to matrixed resources in virtual, multinational environments
• Organization – the ability to compile the various inputs from the process and deliver status information accurately and completely.
• Technical – the ability to comprehend the technical aspects of a product sufficiently to communicate across all levels within the organization
• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, chemistry, or technical discipline
• From time to time, this may require some project specific support with sales / customers such as applications support.

Additional Preferred Qualifications :

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Skills Required

business case development , smartsheet , Microsoft Project, Design for Six Sigma, Risk Management