Project Manager Baking Technology

Executive Project Manager

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA! More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal.

In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

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Salary Range: $94,300 - $122,600 Annual Bonus Eligibility Comprehensive Benefits Package Paid Time Off 401k & Company Match

The Executive Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that support enterprise priorities, business transformation, and the strategic objectives of the Baking Technology and Commercialization organization. This role blends core Enterprise PMO disciplines with Program Management responsibilities, serving as both a governance leader and execution partner. The associate will drive project and program planning, stage-gate discipline, stakeholder alignment, risk management, value realization, and executive reporting while ensuring initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives.

This role also supports the transformation and efficiency efforts of the Baking Technology and Commercialization organization by helping establish formalized processes, governance routines, standardized ways of working, and portfolio visibility that enable stronger prioritization, decision-making, and execution across initiatives. Working proactively and often with limited direction, this role determines and develops effective approaches to solutions that directly support project assignments and the evolving needs of Baking Technology and Commercialization leadership.

• The Executive Project Manager supports the VP of Baking Technology and Commercialization by leading high-priority projects and selected programs, establishing governance, enabling cross-functional execution, and providing visibility to leadership on progress, risks, dependencies, and value delivery. This role advances organizational transformation and efficiency through formalized processes, consistent governance, and structured execution practices across the Baking Technology and Commercialization portfolio.
• Lead complex, cross-functional projects and selected programs from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, business priorities, and operational goals.
• Apply ePMO standards, tools, templates, and governance practices to support consistent project execution, stage-gate reviews, issue escalation, and leadership decision-making.
• Develop and maintain detailed project and program plans, milestones, critical paths, interdependencies, RAID logs, and resource assumptions to ensure successful delivery.
• Facilitate alignment across business leaders, functional teams, subject matter experts, and external partners to clarify scope, priorities, success measures, and accountabilities.
• Drive executive-ready reporting and communication, including status updates, risk summaries, milestone reviews, and recommendations for corrective action.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage BT&C project and program risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; escalate critical concerns with recommended mitigation plans.
• Support portfolio visibility by tracking initiative health, timeline performance, resource constraints, and business value realization across assigned work streams.
• Partner with Marketing, R&D, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercialization, IT, and other functions as needed to ensure initiatives are scoped appropriately and benefits are measurable and sustained.
• Lead working sessions to build business cases, define implementation roadmaps, coordinate…