Job title : Senior Project Manager
Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally .
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be . For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.
At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands , our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com .
About the job:
Opella Digital is building a Global Project Management Practice within Strategy & Transformation to drive delivery predictability, cost efficiency and methodology consistency across the entire Digital portfolio — including Butterfly, the digital transformation programme, and the full spectrum of Digital BAU projects.
The Project Manager leads the successful delivery of one or more Digital projects — on scope, on time, on budget and to the expected quality — applying Opella's SIMPLE methodology as the single standard. Beyond the mechanics of delivery, the PM is accountable for the judgment calls, governance and stakeholder alignment that determine whether a project actually lands.
This is an AI-augmented role. As routine project administration — status reporting, scheduling, resource allocation and first-draft communications — is increasingly handled by AI, the role elevates toward judgment-based, relationship-driven work. Our PMs direct and validate AI outputs, keep a human in the loop on high-stakes calls, and turn AI-generated insight into clear decisions for stakeholders. AI augments the role; it does not replace the accountability that sits with the PM.
As a consumer-health company, delivery decisions must respect compliance, quality and patient-safety standards. The PM ensures that project outcomes — and any AI-assisted recommendations — stay aligned with Opella's regulatory obligations and risk tolerance.
Main responsibilities:
1. Project delivery & planning (AI-augmented)
- Plan and deliver one or more Digital projects within scope, time, cost and quality, applying the SIMPLE methodology end-to-end.
- Define and schedule deliverables, milestones, activities and dependencies; build and maintain the project plan.
- Use AI-augmented tooling for scheduling, reporting and resource views — validating AI-generated plans and allocations rather than simply accepting them.
- Manage budget and resources so the right people are on the right work, at the right time and cost.
2. AI-enabled governance & decision ownership
- Validate AI-generated recommendations (prioritisation, resource allocation, risk and anomaly detection) before acting on them.
- Apply clear escalation protocols — when to trust AI, when to override it, when to escalate — keeping governance lightweight and scaled to project criticality.
- Own the judgment calls AI cannot make: cross-functional trade-offs, strategic ambiguity and stakeholder conflict, with human-in-the-loop checkpoints for high-stakes or compliance-sensitive approvals.
3. Risk, quality & compliance
- Identify, track and mitigate risks and issues; maintain gate reviews and documentation in line with SIMPLE.
- Ensure project outcomes and AI-assisted decisions align with healthcare compliance, quality and patient-safety standards and Opella's risk tolerance.
4. Stakeholder orchestration & consensus
- Orchestrate delivery across technical, business and, where relevant quality stakeholders, broker consensus across competing priorities.
- Set and manage expectations, sustain stakeholder trust, and influence without authority across teams the PM does not directly control.
5. Data storytelling & reporting
- Translate AI-generated dashboards, forecasts and trade-off scenarios into clear, actionable narratives for sponsors and executives.
- Provide consistent, transparent status and decisions — helping stakeholders understand what the data means and what to do with it.
6. Agent & tool orchestration
- Direct how AI tools and agents execute routine project tasks (status roll-ups, scheduling, drafting communications), review their outputs and manage exceptions.
- Keep AI behaviour aligned with project goals and Opella standards.
7. Methodology adherence & continuous improvement
- Apply and uphold the SIMPLE methodology; complete methodology onboarding and the Project Readiness Checklist before project activation.
- Coach team members on delivery discipline; at senior levels, coach and mentor junior project managers and review external providers' delivery plans.
- Continuously improve delivery practice and maintain the manual competence needed to audit and sanity-check AI logic (guarding against skill atrophy).
About you:
Foundational skills (timeless)
· Strategic judgment and decision-making under ambiguity.
· Stakeholder influence, consensus-building and negotiation across competing priorities.
· Ethical, accountable ownership — taking responsibility for outcomes and considered risks.
Role-specific skills (current)
· Proven delivery of IT / Digital projects on scope, time, budget and quality.
· Agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery; risk management and organizational change management.
· Budget management and resource planning.
· Hands-on experience with enterprise PPM and collaboration tooling (Planisware, Jira, Confluence or equivalent).
· Team coaching and clear written and verbal communication.
Emerging AI skills (forward-looking)
· Comfort directing and validating AI / GenAI tools within delivery workflows.
· AI governance and human-in-the-loop decision-making.
· Agent orchestration — directing and reviewing AI agents and digital tools.
· Data interpretation and storytelling.
· A continuous-learning mindset to keep pace with evolving AI tooling.
Experience
· Senior / Expert: ~7+ years, including 5 years managing complex, higher-risk projects; coaching junior PMs; reviewing and approving external providers' delivery plans.
Preferred
· Experience in healthcare, consumer health (FMCH) or pharmaceuticals.
· Familiarity with AI-augmented PPM platforms and GenAI collaboration tools.
· PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent — a plus, not a requirement.
Why us?
Opella Digital delivers value through projects. The Project Manager is the person who makes delivery predictable, simple and trustworthy — combining human judgment with AI, not in place of it. It is a role that lives our culture: All In Together, Courageous, Outcome-Obsessed and Radically Simple.
Health. In your hands.
All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.
Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.
Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.
Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.
Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.
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