PLM Project Manager

On-site in East·Added 20 days ago (last checked 12 Oct)

Reckitt

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Overview

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The role

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Hiring Manager: Hannah Tipple
TA Advisor: Klaudia Szewczyk
Application deadline: 30th September

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is one of R&Ds most significant enterprise transformation programmes, changing how we manage product data, collaborate across functions, and make decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

As Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end planning, coordination and delivery of key projects within the PLM programme, partnering with teams across the business to embed new processes, strengthen data governance and drive adoption.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a global transformation programme, gaining exposure across functions, regions and business units while collaborating with senior leaders and subject matter experts. You will help shape a future-ready capability

that will have a lasting impact on how product information is managed and leveraged across Reckitt.

Your responsibilities

Lead and coordinate diverse cross-functional teams across R&D, Supply, Regulatory, IT&D and external partners to deliver a global enterprise transformation.
Plan and execute tollgate and checkpoint reviews to confirm readiness, compliance, and adherence to enterprise delivery framework and IT&D policies.
Manage business resources assigned to the project, ensuring effective collaboration, prioritisation and clear accountability.
Build stakeholder alignment through transparent communication, proactive risk management, and timely evidence-based decision-making.
Ensure project execution adheres to GxP validation, data privacy, and cybersecurity principles throughout delivery, ensuring full traceability, audit readiness, and compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
Set up and drive weekly operational review forums, capturing minutes, ensuring progress tracking, managing RAID items, and closure of actions.
Publish weekly project status reports to Programme Managers and Senior Leadership, highlighting key progress updates, critical risks, issues, and decisions.
Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and solutions in a clear, concise manner to non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making.
Act as project lead within SAP PLM transformation project bridging business and technical delivery teams.

The experience we're looking for

Proven experience in project or programme management, preferably within R&D, IT&D or commercial operations within a regulated environment (e.g. FDA, EMA).
Understanding of GxP standards, validation, data integrity principles, with experience working across Regulatory, R&D, and Supply Chain processes.
Hands-on experience delivering digital, data or system transformation programmes, with a proven track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
Experience working with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions is desirable.

The skills for success

Project Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Leadership, Digital Transformation, Data Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

Hiring process

3 steps3 interviews

Application
Recruiter conversation
With a recruiter · Phone call · 30 min
An informal call to talk through your background, achievements and motivations, plus practical details like salary expectations, notice period and availability.
Hiring Manager interview
With Hiring Manager and wider team
A skills-based interview with the hiring manager and wider team, focusing on your experience, strengths and how you approach real situations; using the STAR method is recommended.
Second interview (selected roles)
With stakeholders · Not every role
For some roles, a second interview such as meeting stakeholders or completing a presentation or case discussion.

Typical time from application to onboarding is up to 40 days, though timelines vary by role, location and interview scheduling.
AI may be used to research Reckitt or prepare, but application materials and interview answers should reflect the candidate; Reckitt does not use AI in candidate decision-making.
Candidates who reach a Hiring Manager interview always receive feedback from their recruiter, regardless of outcome.