Procurement PMO Manager

Job Description Summary

The Procurement PMO Manager serves as a strategic partner to Procurement leadership, driving the governance, execution, and performance management of key initiatives across Latin America and Canada.

The role is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of strategic, operational, digital, and transformation programs while ensuring alignment with business priorities and organizational objectives. Through effective governance, performance management, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled insights, the role supports informed decision-making, accelerates business outcomes, and enables continuous improvement across the Procurement organization.

 

Job Description

Major Accountabilities

• Manage and govern a portfolio of Procurement strategic, operational, and transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities and objectives.

• Establish and maintain program governance, roadmaps, performance metrics, risk management processes, and executive reporting mechanisms.

• Monitor project health, risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes across multiple workstreams, driving timely issue resolution.

• Own Procurement performance management, including KPI governance, dashboards, scorecards, business reviews, and executive reporting.

• Leverage analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to generate actionable insights, improve decision-making, and enhance business visibility.

• Support Procurement digital transformation by identifying and implementing automation, digital, and AI-driven process improvements.

• Ensure compliance with governance standards, internal controls, audit requirements, and risk management frameworks while driving operational excellence.

• Build strong cross-functional partnerships and lead stakeholder engagement, change management, and adoption activities to deliver sustainable business outcomes.

Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in PMO, Program Management, Strategy & Operations, Business Transformation, Performance Management, or related functions.

• Proven experience managing complex cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives in Procurement, Supply Chain, Shared Services, Operations, or similar environments.

• Demonstrated success delivering transformation, digital enable

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

Accessibility and Accommodation: 

Novartis is committed to work with and provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message. 
 

Novartis tiene el compromiso de trabajar y proporcionar adaptaciones razonables para personas con discapacidad. Si, debido a una condición médica o discapacidad, necesita una adaptación razonable para cualquier parte del proceso de contratación, o para desempeñar las funciones esenciales de un puesto, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] y permítanos conocer la naturaleza de su solicitud y su información de contacto. Incluya el número de posición en su mensaje. 

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve

 

Skills Desired

Program Management, Project Management Office (PMO) Operations