Commercial Pipeline Project Manager - Modern Oral - Fixed Term

BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. With products like VELO, VUSE and GLO we are on a mission to decrease the health impact of our industry

To achieve our ambition, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to Be The Change. Come, join us on this journey!

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, and passionate individual to join our marketing team and be a part of an exciting opportunity to make Modern Oral not only the fastest growing, most profitable NC brand, but the largest contributor to our future of a Building a Smokeless World.  As part of the dedicated central marketing team within our New Categories division, you’ll be responsible for supporting the planning, developing, and executing of strategy that drives category growth through our powerful global brand - VELO.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to commercialize the global pipeline, ensuring the successful delivery of product initiatives for the MO category. This role involves overseeing global pipeline projects, initiatives, and deployment guidelines, covering all aspects of the product mix—from the final stages of product development to qualification, positioning, and deployment principles. Additionally, you will support a variety of specific product portfolio projects, ensuring they are delivered according to brief, while producing clear deployment plans and positioning recommendations, informed by insightful market analysis.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing comprehensive deployment plans for global pipeline activities, including:
  • Strategic justification for deployment scenarios.
  • Coordination of financial assessments & coordination of business case preparations.
  • Portfolio application and geo roll-out planning alongside portfolio deployment team.
• Pipeline Projects Coordination and Deployment: Leading coordination of global pipeline product deployment projects, being the owner of the key deliverables.
• New Product Introduction (NPI): Coordinating NPI project teams, led by the Innovation Project Manager (IPM), ensuring alignment with project timelines and objectives.
• Developing product propositions and brief brand teams to ensure alignment with the product's unique selling points for effective communication development.
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): Administering and managing PLM-related tasks to ensure products are accurately tracked and updated throughout their lifecycle.
• Product Portfolio Deployment Guidelines: Leading the creation and continuous improvement of product portfolio deployment guidelines, ensuring alignment with company strategy and needs of different market typologies.
• Claims Management: Overseeing and managing claims on technical features across relevant product initiatives, ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulations.
• Naming Convention Deployment: Support Divisional Regional Business Units (DRBUs) and regions on product naming conventions, including trademark assessments and global legal/CORA evaluations of proposed names.
• Compliance and Regulatory Coordination: Working closely with the compliance team to prioritize Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Consumer Product Safety (CPS) tasks, ensuring deployment activities adhere to markets’ timelines.
• Budget Management: coordinating the product pipeline budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and tracking of expenditures related to product deployment activities.
• Collaborating with a broad, cross-functional team: Category Pipeline & Brand Teams, Finance, Operations, R&D, Legal, & External Relations, and our key region leads.
• Serving as a steward of portfolio and pipeline strategy amongst cross functional teams & regions.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum undergraduate degree required
• Marketing professional with in-depth experience (>~4 years) in all aspects of project management and innovations development gained within an international environment, international blue chip FMCG companies, and/or entrepreneurial consumer-facing companies
• Experience in product and project management and a deep understanding of the marketing mix development are key to this role
• Demonstrated track record of successful, innovative problem solving and leadership that resulted in successful projects deployment and share gains and/or business improvement
• Functional Area expertise and working understanding of the product development and marketing process.
• Proven ability to passionately lead and motivate others to achieve superior performance.
• Superior understanding of brand and consumer values
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and team leadership
• Creative thinker with an open mind to learn and explore new areas and opportunities.
• Strong analytic capability and planning skills
• A comfort level in managing process and discipline through the organization.
• A willingness to take responsibility and accountability.
• The ability to facilitate and manage conflicting demands to meet strategic business direction.
• Inquisitive nature and ability to translate consumer attitudes and behaviors into hypothesis and business opportunities.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity while progressing to achieve key milestones.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills with ability to influence at more senior levels within the organization.
• Extremely resourceful and highly results oriented with a high level of energy to champion projects.
• Passion for pushing beyond what has been done in the past to identify new ways of approaching ideation, development, and marketing.

What we offer you?

• We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
• Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives
• Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.
• You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills
• We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes

WHY JOIN BAT?

We’re one of the few companies named as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute – certified in offering excellent employee conditions.

At BAT, we champion collaboration, inclusion, and partnership as the bedrock of our values. We wish to foster an environment where every individual can thrive, irrespective of factors such as gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio-economic and professional background, as well as diverse perspectives and thinking styles. We recognise that our strength lies in embracing talent from all walks of life, empowering us to develop our culture of inclusivity and better achieve our business objectives.

We view career breaks not as obstacles but as opportunities and encourage everyone, without hesitation, to apply. Through our Global Returners program, we provide support to professionals seeking to re-enter the workforce after an extended absence, be it for family care, parental leave, national service, sabbatical, or starting their own venture.

Come bring your difference and see what is possible for you at BAT. Learn more about our culture and our award winning employee experiencehere.

We take pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process to support you performing at your best, please inform the recruitment partner who will be in touch should your profile be selected for the role you applied for. We are wholeheartedly committed to optimising your prospects of success by making suitable arrangements so that you may showcase your full potential.