Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Here at Scotts Miracle-Gro there is no such thing as a typical day. Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace. Below are details on an open job. If the role interests you and you would like to be considered we encourage you to apply!

plays a critical role in enabling enterprise transformation by driving disciplined execution, transparency, and value realization across strategic initiatives. This role partners closely with leaders, functional teams, and executive stakeholders to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned to expected business outcomes.

This position serves as both a portfolio enabler—supporting enterprise reporting, value tracking, and tool adoption—and a “utility” project manager, flexing across transformation initiatives where project management support is required.

• Own consolidated enterprise TMO status reporting, including milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and executive-level insights.
• Prepare clear, concise materials for steering committees and executive reviews, highlighting decision needs and trade-offs.
• Ensure consistent application of project management standards, templates, and cadence across transformation efforts.

• Partner with initiative leads and Finance to support value realization planning, benefit definition, and measurement.
• Track and report progress against expected benefits, identifying gaps, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Support post-implementation reviews and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.

• Support the rollout, adoption, and ongoing optimization of Planview (or similar portfolio and work management tools).
• Maintain accurate, current portfolio data to enable effective prioritization, capacity planning, and investment decisions.
• Provide user guidance, data quality oversight, and continuous improvement recommendations.

• Facilitate regular project and stakeholder communications to ensure alignment, transparency, and momentum.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and change impacts; elevate as appropriate with clear recommendations.
• Partner with change management and transformation leadership to support adoption of new ways of working.

• Lead and support cross‑functional transformation initiatives, ensuring adherence to scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Act as a utility PM, providing hands‑on project management support across multiple initiatives as priorities shift.
• Maintain integrated project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and dependency tracking across assigned initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience managing cross‑functional initiatives with executive visibility.
• Familiarity with portfolio management tools such as Planview (or similar platforms).
• Strong understanding of value realization, benefits tracking, and KPI reporting.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification preferred.

• Strong execution discipline with the ability to flex across initiatives and priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High comfort with ambiguity, complex dependencies, and fast‑paced transformation environments.
• Data‑driven mindset with strong reporting and analytical capabilities.
• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions‑oriented approach.

The starting budgeted pay range for this role will generally fall between $87,600.00 – $ per year. Scotts will consider various factors in determining the actual pay including your skills, qualifications, experience, and geographical location. In addition to the determined base salary, this role is also incentive eligible under our corporate bonus programs. For remote roles where the final candidate resides in Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon or Washington, state required pay…