Associate Manager - Project Management, Products

SC Johnson has been leading with purpose for 140 years, building high-quality products and iconic brands found in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide – including OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more.

The 13,000 people of our global, fifth-generation family company are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Manage complex, cross-functional ICB Pest Control innovation and maintenance projects through the End-to-End (E2E) New Product Development process. Establish and maintain integrated project timelines, ensure clear ownership of activities and deliverables, monitor critical-path progress, and partner with functional experts to track risks and mitigation plans. Ensure transparent communication, timely issue resolution, and proactive escalation of potential delays to support agreed project scope, timelines, and business objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain detailed, integrated project timelines across Pest Control formulation, packaging, efficacy testing, consumer validation, regulatory approvals, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercialization, with defined deliverables, dependencies, milestones, dates, and one accountable owner per activity.
• Identify and monitor critical-path activities and timeline constraints; validate assumptions, track progress against baselines, and coordinate recovery plans with functional owners when activities slip.
• Establish and maintain aligned project scope, success criteria, and requirements across technical, consumer, and business workstreams; assess and control changes to scope, timing, cost, and resources.
• Coordinate project budget planning with Finance and functional owners; maintain visibility of approved budgets, forecasts, actual spending, and variances, and flag potential overruns and funding decisions early.
• Maintain an active project risk and issue register, partnering with functional experts to ensure risks are identified, assessed, and tracked, with clear ownership, mitigation plans, and timely escalation when needed.
• Lead cross-functional project planning and coordination, ensuring clear accountability, timely completion of activities, and delivery against agreed project milestones and business commitments. Maintain action and decision logs and transparent status reporting.
• Escalate emerging delays, unresolved issues, and material trade-offs promptly to leadership, presenting impacts, options, recommendations, and decisions needed.
• Influence cross-functional teams and external partners without direct authority; challenge commitments constructively and facilitate timely problem-solving and decisions.
• Apply E2E governance and visual management practices; contribute to PM best practices and coordinate with ICB Pest Control regional and global business teams.
  

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor's degree or above; minimum 6 years of relevant project management experience, preferably in an international FMCG/CPG environment; fluent in English.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience managing complex, concurrent cross-functional projects, including detailed integrated timelines, critical-path analysis, dependencies, and activity-level accountability.
• Proven ability to coordinate risk and mitigation tracking with functional experts, manage scope changes and issues, influence stakeholders, and escalate potential delays early.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• NPD/commercialization experience in Pest Control, household insecticides, repellents, or other regulated CPG categories, including product testing, registration, and manufacturing readiness.
• Experience with international teams, suppliers, and external partners. Formal project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) is preferred but not required; demonstrated project delivery experience is prioritized.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Full time role, 0-10% Travel

• Office work environment: Remote work available once a week for eligible employees

• This role is not eligible for relocation

BENEFITS AND PERKS

SC Johnson’s total compensation packages are at or above industry levels. In addition to salary, total packages may include bonuses, long-term incentives, matching 401(k) contributions and profit sharing based on company profitability, job level and years of service. As a family company, we’re committed to providing benefits such as subsidized health care plans, maternity/paternity/adoption leave, flexible work arrangements, vacation purchase options, recreation and fitness centers, childcare, counseling services and more.

Inclusion & Diversity

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

Better Together

At SC Johnson, we believe people achieve their best when they collaborate and work together in person. We value connection to strengthen teamwork, accelerate problem solving, and drive innovation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of the Company is to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in any active or reserve component of the U.S. or state military forces, genetic history or information or any other category protected by law.

Accommodation Requests

If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation or other assistance during the application process, please call our Human Resources department at 262-260-3343 or email your request to [email protected]. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Download the EEO Know Your Rights poster for more information.