Project Manager- Global Business Services

The GBS Project Manager is responsible for coordinating and driving the daytoday execution of initiatives that support the establishment and ongoing development of the Global Business Services (GBS) organization. Reporting to and operating under the direction of the Vice President of GBS this role brings structure pace and accountability to complex crossfunctional workstreams.

This role ensures that project activities remain on schedule aligned to key milestones and within approved budgets while providing leadership with clear timely visibility into progress risks and issues. The GBS Project Manager serves as a central point of coordination across Finance HR IT Procurement Operations and external partners to support a successful GBS standup and transformation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

GBS Establishment Support

• Support the setup and implementation of GBS initiatives under the direction of the VP of GBS.
• Translate highlevel GBS objectives and roadmaps into detailed project plans tasks and timelines.
• Coordinate activities across multiple functional workstreams and external partners.
• Identify manage and communicate dependencies across initiatives to avoid delays and rework.

Project Planning & Timing Management

• Develop and maintain integrated project timing plans including milestones dependencies and deliverables.
• Keep project plans current and reflective of changes in scope priorities or sequencing.
• Monitor progress against plans to ensure milestones are achieved as intended.
• Proactively flag schedule risks and work with owners to drive corrective actions.

Milestone Tracking & Execution

• Track progress against defined milestones deliverables and commitments.
• Follow up regularly with task and workstream owners to confirm status and completion.
• Identify slippage gaps or execution risks and raise concerns promptly.
• Maintain clear visibility into what is on track at risk or behind.

Issue Risk & Escalation Management

• Identify document and manage project risks issues and blockers.
• Partner with team members to resolve issues at the working level when possible.
• Escalate issues appropriately when leadership decisions resources or prioritization are needed.
• Ensure escalations are timely clear and supported by facts and options.

Project Governance & Cadence

• Plan and facilitate recurring project governance and status meetings.
• Prepare agendas materials and prereads to ensure productive discussions.
• Capture decisions actions and followups and ensure accountability for commitments.
• Reinforce project discipline focus and momentum across all workstreams.

Status Reporting & Communication

• Prepare regular project status reports for GBS leadership and executive audiences.
• Report on schedule milestone progress risks issues budget status and key decisions needed.
• Ensure communication is accurate concise and easy to understand.
• Serve as a central coordination point for GBS project communications.

Financial Tracking & Budget Reporting

• Track project spend against approved budgets.
• Maintain visibility into actuals vs. budget and forecasted future spend.
• Identify potential variances or overruns and flag them early.
• Partner with Finance and workstream leads to support budget discipline.

Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination

• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to track deliverables and timelines.
• Support vendor status tracking and management of interdependencies.
• Build strong working relationships that promote collaboration and execution.

Documentation & Project Discipline

• Maintain project documentation including plans timelines risks issues decisions and status reports.
• Ensure documentation is current and readily available for leadership review.
• Apply consistent practical project management practices across all GBS workstreams.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Finance Operations Information Systems or a related field.
• 5 years of project management experience supporting complex crossfunctional initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams dependencies and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong organizational planning and execution skills with high attention to detail.
• Proven experience preparing executivelevel status reporting and facilitating project governance.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g. MS Project Smartsheet Jira Monday or similar).
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 25% as business needs require.

Preferred / Highly Desired Experience

• Prior experience supporting the standup or transformation of a Global Business Services (GBS) Shared Services or Center of Excellence model.
• Experience working through largescale transformation initiatives including operating model changes process standardization or functional consolidation.
• Exposure to Finance HR IT Procurement or Operations transformation efforts.
• Experience coordinating across global multigeography teams and vendors.
• Project management certification (PMP PRINCE2 or equivalent) preferred.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Project plans are accurate current and actively managed.
• Milestones are met or risks and issues are escalated early with clear options.
• Leaders have clear reliable visibility into progress risks and spend.
• The GBS establishment effort moves forward with structure pace transparency and accountability.

Additional Information :

Benefits:
    Paid Holidays and Vacation 
    Medical Dental & Vision benefits that start on the first day of employment
    No-cost mental health support for employee and dependents
    Childcare tuition discounts
    No-cost fitness nutrition and wellness programs 
    Fertility benefits
    Adoption assistance
    401k matching contributions 
    15% off the purchase price of stock 
    Company bonus 
 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time