Associate Manager - Project Management

ABOUT US

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

As an Associate Manager, Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating cross-functional projects, supporting the expansion of Lifestyle Brands across International Consumer Brands (ICB) markets.

Your role will focus on translating business opportunities and strategic priorities into structured, actionable, and market-ready launch plans, ensuring alignment between global brand objectives, local market requirements, and operational execution.

This position requires a proactive, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and results-oriented professional, capable of managing complex projects in a dynamic, fast-paced, and matrixed environment. You will be responsible for defining project scope, establishing timelines, coordinating resources, identifying potential risks, and driving effective decision-making to ensure successful project execution.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and local market teams, ensuring alignment, clear communication, and successful product launches across multiple markets.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Translate opportunities into executable scope: Work with Lifestyle Brand leaders, local ICB Business Units and RD&E partners to clarify target markets, products/SKUs, claims, localization needs, intended launch windows and success measures.

·       Contribute to country portfolio visibility: Maintain accurate project-level inputs to the prioritized country launch portfolio, making assumptions, dependencies and readiness gaps visible to portfolio owners.

·       Help define the right launch model: Partner with the business sponsor and functional leads to document the agreed route to market, development path, internal/external execution approach, accountable owners and handoffs for each assigned initiative.

·       Own end-to-end project integration: Build and lead integrated plans across RD&E, Marketing, Product Supply, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, Finance and market teams, using applicable SCJ NPD/StageGate and commercialization processes in a fit-for-purpose manner.

·       Create accountability without authority: Facilitate decisions, secure functional commitments, coordinate partners and external vendors, and resolve conflicting priorities through trust, constructive challenge and transparent follow-through.

·       Connect technical and market readiness: Align packaging design and validation, process scale-up, regulatory/claims requirements, sourcing, supply chain readiness and country launch activities so technical completion translates into viable commercial execution.

·      Move ahead amid uncertainty: Frame hypotheses, define minimum viable learning and decision gates, and sequence practical test-and-learn activities while maintaining product safety, quality and compliance standards.

·      Make trade-offs actionable: Anticipate timeline, cost, technical, capacity and country-readiness risks; offer clear options with implications and recommendations, and escalate decisions at the appropriate level.

·      Build resource transparency: Consolidate functional resource assumptions, vendor lead times, funding requirements and capacity constraints; inform resource plans and propose phasing or scope alternatives when demand exceeds capability.

·      Run an effective execution cadence: Maintain decision logs, milestone tracking, portfolio dashboards and risk/mitigation owners; use concise, audience-appropriate updates to enable timely leadership decisions.

·      Learn and adapt quickly: Capture market and launch learnings, identify root causes of barriers, simplify unnecessary handoffs and share best practices through the project management community.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

·       Bachelor's degree and project management experience, including experience within R&D at a consumer products manufacturer; or a master's degree

·       Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, complex new-product-development or commercialization work, managing scope, timelines, risk and stakeholder expectations.

·       Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence decision-making without formal reporting authority.

·       Must meet applicable employment and work-authorization requirements in Brazil

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS 

·       Experience with international consumer goods, market localization, external suppliers/contract manufacturers and cross-Business Unit collaboration.

·       Familiarity with technical development and qualification work, product claims, regulatory and safety requirements, and financial/capacity trade-offs.

·       Skilled in NPD/StageGate, structured risk management, root cause analysis, visual portfolio dashboards and digital/AI-enabled planning tools.

·       Ability to communicate complex trade-offs in clear, concise, decision-oriented language to senior stakeholders.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

·       Full-Time

·       Remote work is available once a week for eligible employees

·       This role is not eligible for relocation

·       Permanent Employment Contract

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, 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 options, recreation and fitness centers, childcare, counseling services and more.

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.

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.