Talent Wave Associates is a global leader in food and animal safety, seeking a Senior Project Manager for Strategic Initiatives. This remote role focuses on delivering high-impact, enterprise-wide programs that support the company's strategic growth objectives through effective project management across multiple functions and geographies.
Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery of strategic, enterprise-level projects to achieve long-term growth objectives
- Manage program governance, scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and risk management
- Coordinate efforts across business units, regions, and external partners within a matrixed and global organizational model
- Identify and articulate risks, issues, and interdependencies, recommending mitigation strategies
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestone tracking, and executive-level reporting
- Communicate effectively with executive sponsors, steering committees, and operational teams
- Provide data-driven recommendations and scenario analysis to facilitate decision-making
- Ensure alignment between project outcomes, strategic priorities, and business value realization
- Collaborate with functional leaders to manage change impacts and ensure successful adoption of delivered capabilities
- Drive accountability while fostering collaboration and shared ownership across diverse stakeholders
Requirements:
- PMP certification (active and in good standing)
- 8 years of experience leading large-scale, complex projects or programs, ideally in a regulated or global environment
- Proven experience managing projects with multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and complex dependencies
- Success in collaborating with global, cross-functional teams across time zones and cultures
- Strong ability to identify risks early, escalate appropriately, and implement effective mitigation strategies
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to senior and executive leadership
- High level of business acumen with the ability to connect project execution to enterprise strategy
- Experience delivering corporate-level strategic initiatives such as growth, transformation, integration, digital, or operational excellence programs
- Experience working within a formal PMO or enterprise governance model
- Familiarity with life sciences, food safety, diagnostics, or similarly complex industries
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence without direct authority