CBG Project Management Leader (PMO)

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CBG Project Management Leader (PMO)

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As the CBG Project Management Leader (PMO), you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

Leadership & Strategic Alignment:

• Direct and oversee CBG workstream check-ins, ensuring initiatives align with transformative corporate objectives and approved forecasts.
• Facilitate alignment workshops, resolving interdependencies, addressing risks, and ensuring deliverables meet established targets.
• Introduce SWAT teams early in strategic initiatives to grasp project "whys" and create actionable project plans.
• Leverage key influential networkers to gather informal insights during stakeholder interactions.
• Strengthen connections with MOC (Management of Change) meetings to provide stakeholders with a broader transformative context.
• Act as the primary escalation contact for functional and cross-functional project challenges.

Program & Financial Management:

• Lead end-to-end value realization efforts, identifying financial gaps and proposing new initiatives to bridge those gaps.
• Coordinate business case development to ensure consistent savings assumptions, baseline validations, and cost-effectiveness.
• Manage critical project reporting (systems TBD), ensuring operational execution aligns with planned financial projections.
• Conduct dependency checks to avoid inefficiencies or delays caused by process gaps.

Governance & Reporting:

• Manage Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) logs across initiatives to mitigate derailments, escalating significant risks where necessary.
• Develop and execute structured and empathetic communication protocols tailored for leadership progress, project barriers, and financial attainment updates.
• Use governance frameworks designed not only for strategic productivity goals but also for minimizing business disruption.
• Directly address project detractors by reallocating roles where inefficiencies arise, streamlining process improvements.

Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Champion integration of change management systems and best practices into CBG projects.
• Conduct quarterly pulse surveys (leveraging tools like 3M Navigator) to assess and act upon team feedback effectively.
• Model and publicly recognize desired behavior shifts to drive change adoption.
• Offer structured support to leaders and teams during challenging transitions, recognizing the emotional and operational impact of organizational evolution.
• Collaborate with HR/Finance/Legal and other integral partners to deliver objectives while minimizing service disruptions during plan evolution.

Enablement & Tools:

• Define with HR and finance specific tools (headcount file, financial tracking file) to monitor, measure, and optimize project outcomes.
• Prioritize upskilling teammates for career advancements that align with visionary goals.
• Continuously refine project methodologies and train stakeholders in effective implementation practices.
• Eliminate outdated tools or roles that reinforce unproductive behaviors to enable smoother transitions.

Your Skills and Expertise   
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years of project leadership experience in a private, public, government or military environment