Global R&D Project Manager

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials. The Global R&D Project Manager will manage and drive a portfolio of research and development projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and overseeing planning, documentation, reporting, budgeting, risk management, and execution. The role also supports new business opportunities, project pipeline development, stage-gate processes, and resolution of urgent business challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate the portfolio of R&D projects and their execution following the OneMativ stage-gate, business development, and sound project management processes for the Release Liners, Tapes, Protective & Engineered Solutions and Healthcare groups
• For key projects, lead and establish a cadence of project work sessions and reviews with project team members and key stakeholders to ensure requirements and deliverables are agreed-upon and projects remain on track for schedule, scope, and budget
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure a strong pipeline of projects, prioritized based on business need/value
• Actively participate and identify ideas for filling the project pipeline
• Develop and manage project documentation for each project including project / product requirements, schedules / key milestones, resources, costing / financial assessment, risk assessment and gate documents/status updates
• Translate project requirements into project objectives and tasks
• Manage key projects to ensure on-time delivery of key milestones, with required performance and cost
• Develop and present next-step recommendations for projects in the stage gate and business development processes
• Facilitate the onboarding of complex new business opportunities with key customers to ensure successful business wins
• Provide and/or obtain support for administrative aspects of project management
• Utilize required tools to track project pipeline metrics, key project data used for project status and metrics reporting
• Develop and maintain strong relationships within cross-functional team across the company to ensure project execution
• Provide recommendations for required underlying systems support and implement when appropriate
• Coach and develop others within the team to properly execute the stage gate process and become an SME for sound project management practices and the stage gate process
• Work with other functional teams to coordinate and resolve urgent business challenges such as raw material supply disruptions, manufacturing constraints, or quality issues
• As this is a global position, global travel will be required

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, the Sciences, Chemical Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of professional job-related experience with a history of impactful results
• Demonstrated experience working with cross functional teams
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
• Research & Development experience in the areas of lab evaluations, new product development trials, and new product scale up is preferred
• Adhesive, release liner or polymer chemistry experience is desirable
• Knowledge of Healthcare product development lifecycle is desirable
• Desire to take on future people leadership roles