Governance Operations Leader

Governance Operations Leader

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

The Enterprise Capital Engineering Organization are looking for a dynamic leader to oversee North America Capital administration and Compliance, with equal responsibility for Enterprise capital governance system ownership and management.  

This role drives capital admin process efficiency, ensures adherence to certain Corporate Financial Instructions (CFIs) and is the central point of contact for our Enterprise capital systems including CPC and CARS+. The ideal candidate brings cross-functional experience, strong system literacy, and a passion for advancing capital governance across the enterprise, delivered through targeted training to advance global capability.

In this role, you will:

Capital Administration & Compliance:

Provide leadership and oversight for the North America Capital Administration function, guiding and supporting two direct team members who are responsible for driving process efficiency and ensuring compliance. The team will:

• Manage the routing of Capital Project lifecycle documentation through CARS+ (Capital Approval Routing System), ensuring compliance with CFI’s (Corporate Financial Instructions) through regular audits.
• Review and approve a range of North America capital project administration documents, including Appropriations, PERs, Fast-Tracks, First Additions, Change-in-Scope, Placed in Service, Close-Outs, and PEARLs.
• Support the development and standardization of capital administration processes, identifying and promoting best practices to enhance global capability and consistency.
• Lead the preparation and submission of monthly CIP (Construction in Progress) status reports, highlighting outstanding requirements and recommending actions for resolution.
• Own the administration of contingent workers within the North America Engineering Contractor program.

CPC & CARS+ Management & Ownership:

• Provide overall leadership for the CPC (Capital Planning & Control)  & CARS+ systems and recommend changes to improve/update policies and procedures (How CPC is reflected in CFI’s).
• Identify and advise on business information system needs for capital management systems, ensuring alignment with enterprise structure.
• Act as a technical consultant for CPC & CARS+ systems, supporting integration and testing to ensure data integrity and system interaction quality.
• Maintain system integrity by managing access controls, updating prepopulated lists, and reflecting personnel or plant/BU changes.
• Lead systems governance, recommend policy/procedure updates, and support long and short-term system plans in collaboration with system architects in DTS space.

Capital Administration & System Upskilling:

• Lead the design and delivery of targeted capital administration training programs to address evolving business needs, with an initial focus on North America and a strategic expansion to Enterprise-wide implementation.
• Champion the identification and adoption of best practices across the Enterprise in key Governance Operations areas, such as CPC management & Project Maturity scoring amongst others.
• Provide expert guidance and support to cross-functional and Segment teams on complex capital administration matters, ensuring alignment with governance standards.
• Collaborate when requested, with Segment Capital Portfolio Leaders and the Controller’s Office to ensure adherence to CFI Group policies 50 and 51, supporting robust compliance and governance frameworks.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.