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Manager, Portfolio & Project Management - Household

City: Schiphol

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.

Research & Development

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 learn and 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

As a Project & Portfolio Management Leader, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of R&D project portfolios within your assigned categories or segments. You will ensure projects are delivered against agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards while managing risks, resources, and priorities across a complex, cross‑functional environment. This role plays a critical part in translating business strategy into executable project plans, enabling strong decision‑making, and ensuring transparency across the innovation pipeline. You will lead and develop a team of Project Managers and partner closely with R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and senior leaders across multiple geographies.

Your responsibilities

Lead a portfolio of R&D projects, ensuring delivery against scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
Manage portfolio risks, dependencies, and resourcing, proactively identifying issues and driving resolution.
Provide clear, accurate portfolio insights, acting as a single source of reliable project data and KPIs.
Support and oversee project governance, including milestone and approval processes, enabling effective and timely decision‑making.
Partner with R&D and Commercial leadership to prioritise initiatives and balance portfolio trade‑offs.
Coordinate and facilitate portfolio review and leadership decision forums.
Build, lead, and develop a team of Project Managers through coaching, feedback, and performance management.
Strengthen project and portfolio management practices through continuous improvement and best‑practice sharing.

The experience we're looking for

Proven experience leading complex projects and portfolios within R&D, innovation, or product development environments, preferably in FMCG or Consumer Health.
People leadership experience, including building, managing, and developing project management teams.
Strong background in cross‑functional collaboration, working with disciplines such as R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance
Experience operating within structured portfolio or governance frameworks.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Project management certification (e.g. PMP) is an advantage.

The skills for success

Project & Portfolio Management, R&D, Innovation Delivery, Portfolio Prioritisation & Governance, Cross‑functional Leadership, Stakeholder Management (senior level), Risk, Dependency & Resource Management, Data‑driven Decision Making, People Leadership & Team Development, Strategic Thinking, Change Management, Strong Communication & InfluenceProblem Solving in Ambiguous Environments.

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.

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