Assistant Manager - Project Management, GBS

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring an Assistant Manager - Project Management for its Global Business Services (GBS) unit, based in Ahmedabad (Venus Stratum GCC) and also open to Bangalore. The role reports to a Senior Manager or PMO Lead and focuses on delivering strategic transformation initiatives across global functions, keeping projects on time, within budget and aligned to business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end project execution from initiation to closure, including plans, timelines, resources and governance
• Drive strategic transformation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with global business leaders, functional teams, GCC stakeholders and external vendors, and communicate progress, risks and dependencies to leadership
• Set up governance structures, steering committees and reporting mechanisms, and maintain dashboards, KPIs, RAID logs and executive presentations
• Identify risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies and escalate concerns
• Support change initiatives and adoption of new processes, tools and ways of working
• Promote project management best practices using Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methods, and continuously improve delivery frameworks

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, Operations, Finance or a related discipline; MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred
• 6-9 years of project/program management experience
• Experience in GBS, Shared Services, GCC, Consulting or Transformation environments
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional projects and business transformation
• Experience managing stakeholders across multiple geographies and time zones

Required skills

• Project and program management, risk and issue management, change management, process improvement
• PMO governance, budget and resource tracking, executive reporting
• Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps or equivalent tools
• Power BI and data-driven reporting preferred