PLM Project Manager

We are Reckitt, home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

In Research and Development, we’re full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance. We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you’ll have the opportunity to work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role:

PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is one of Reckitt’s most strategic global transformation programmes, redefining how we manage data, processes, and innovation across R&D, Supply, Regulatory, and IT&D. The programme will fundamentally change how we hold, manage, and use product data, creating a single source of truth that connects R&D, Procurement, Supply, and Marketing. By doing so, it will enable smarter decision-making, unlock operational efficiencies, and deliver multi-million-pound savings across the organisation. You will deliver measurable improvements in compliance, accelerate speed-to-market, and enhance innovation throughput.

As Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, and delivery of one or more projects within the PLM programme. You will drive the enterprise business integration, business processes, and data governance to support Reckitt’s future ways of working. Working jointly with external partners and internal stakeholders, you will ensure delivery excellence, compliance, and alignment with Reckitt’s strategic and operational goals. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of Reckitt’s most significant enterprise transformations, shaping the future of how we innovate, operate, and grow.

Your responsibilities:

• Plan and execute tollgate and checkpoint reviews to confirm readiness, compliance, and adherence to enterprise delivery framework and IT&D policies.
• Manage business resources assigned to the project, ensuring effective collaboration, prioritisation and clear accountability.
• Build stakeholder alignment through transparent communication, proactive risk management, and timely evidence-based decision-making.
• Ensure project execution adheres to GxP validation, data privacy, and cybersecurity principles, ensuring full traceability, audit readiness, and compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
• Set up and drive weekly operational review forums, capturing minutes, ensuring progress tracking, managing RAID items, and closure of actions.
• Publish weekly project status reports to Programme Managers and Senior Leadership, highlighting key progress updates, critical risks, issues, and decisions.
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and solutions in a clear, concise manner to non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making.
• Act as project lead within SAP PLM transformation project bridging business and technical delivery teams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and coordination across R&D, Supply, Regulatory, IT&D and external partners.

The experience we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in project or programme management, preferably within R&D, IT&D or commercial operations within a regulated environment (e.g. FDA, EMA).
• Proven ability to deliver complex transformation projects in global, matrixed organisations.
• Understanding of GxP standards, validation, data integrity principles, and cross-functional processes spanning Regulatory, R&D, and Supply Chain.
• Hands-on experience delivering digital transformation projects (PLM project delivery and Digital R&D transformation) with a proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with SAP PLM or planning and implementing related SAP workloads is preferred.
• Experience managing data migration or system integration between PLM, ERP, and Regulatory systems.
• Proficiency with project management tools and enterprise governance systems (e.g., MS Project, Agile).
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification preferred.
• Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.

What we offer:

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality:

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always 'tick all the boxes'. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.