Senior D&A Delivery Manager

at  Mars

KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE

• Overall, 7-10 years of relevant experience; Minimum 3 years of delivery experience in a product-centric organization.
• Strong track record of managing multi-functional teams, with awareness of the drivers of complexity within delivery.
• Experience of Analytics in the CPG industry preferable
• Delivery experience using Agile and Product methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and PPM tools (e.g. JIRA, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow) essential
• Experience advantageous in technology/source systems (SAP ERP, OMP/Planning, Salesforce Azure, SQL, Hive, PowerBI, React)

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business Administration, STEM subjects, or related field. Master’s level advantageous.
• Agile product delivery qualifications (e.g. Scrum, SixSigma, SaFe) highly preferred
• Change management qualification (e.g. PROSCI) a plus

• As a Senior D&A Delivery Manager you will be responsible for nurturing cross-functional teams of delivery experts, ensuring all products within are developed and sustained seamlessly, financially operable, and contribute high value towards Royal Canin’s business goals.
• Reporting into the Global Director of D&A Delivery, you will leverage a deep understanding of Agile and Product methodologies to execute the delivery strategy for Royal Canin D&A.
• You will partner with the Product Management and Regional D&A Organizations to ensure their product Strategies and Vision can become a reality by providing effective Technological and People/Vendor Capabilities.
• In this role, you will operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, and execution. As a skilled collaborator, you will help shape and maintain high-performing product teams. Your ability to navigate organizational dynamics, anticipate challenges, and broker different approaches (e.g. speed to value against technical rigor) will be crucial to your success.
• You will have an accountability for orchestrating part of the D&A product/vendor landscape, ensuring all financial, commercial and programmatic aspects are met by your delivery team(s).
• The job holder will be instrumental in helping to establish, support and reinforce a build a best-in-class data driven culture within Royal Canin. You will evangelize a product-led mindset while fostering a new way of delivering Data & Analytics products for speed and maximum impact.