Associate Manager, Project Management - Air Care

Associate Manager, Project Management - Air Care

Location:

Racine, Wisconsin

Join SC Johnson's International Consumer Brands Air Care team as an Associate Manager, Global Project Management, and play a key role in bringing innovative products to market. In this highly collaborative position, you will lead cross-functional teams through the End-to-End New Product Development process, ensuring projects are delivered on time, aligned to business objectives and positioned for successful commercialization.

As a project leader, you will drive alignment across functions, manage project timelines and risks, facilitate decision‑making, and ensure execution against key milestones. Working with global and regional stakeholders, you will proactively navigate challenges, lead trade‑off discussions, and help teams deliver innovative solutions that meet consumer and business needs. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on SC Johnson's Air Care portfolio by combining strategic thinking, collaboration and executional excellence to bring innovation to life.

• Lead cross‑functional project teams from Ideation through Launch for a wide range of project types (Expand Innovation, Adjacent, Core, and Portfolio Management)
• Leverage business acumen to understand market and category dynamics to optimize business results;
  Demonstrate SCJ success drivers and establish a “Mindset to Win” culture
• Execute the technical plan and coordinate activities of functional team members to meet key technical deliverables
• Influence others to drive project progress in functional areas
• Model strong R&D functional skills, including effective communication, financial acumen, integrated risk management, project management, quality, robustness, regulation & safety, scientific rigor and technical curiosity
• Pivot between front‑end ambiguity and execution, applying rigorous timeline and risk management practices
• Apply root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving skills to identify critical factors impacting successful project implementation
• Draw on scientific and functional expertise to enable successful development and commercialization
• Provide consistent communication with cross‑functional teams and internal stakeholders
• Participate in the Project Management Community of Practice

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 5+ years of experience in development and commercialization of consumer product goods, or a master’s degree with at least 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship for full‑time employment

• Proven track record working with design and manufacturing partners outside the organization
• Ability to create and utilize development methods and tools, such as DOEs, to solve technical problems and deliver claims
• Technical breadth and depth in product development and commercialization, global product experience, technology trends, competitive and IP landscape, systems, analytical test methods, sustainability, and leveraging external technologies
• Self‑driven and results‑oriented with a clear focus on high quality and timely delivery of objectives
• Natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance and is reliable, tolerant, determined and an empathic communicator
• Excellent communicator with a track record of presenting ideas with courage and conviction
• Previous demonstrated excellence in Project Management and leading front‑end Innovation projects and programs
• Experience working with international team members and partners

Full time

Up to 10% travel

Office Environment, Racine, WI;
Remote work available one day a week after 90‑day onboarding period

This role is not eligible for domestic relocation assistance.

SC Johnson’s total compensation packages are at or above industry levels. In addition to salary, total packages may include bonuses, long‑term incentives, matching 401(k) contributions and profit sharing based on company profitability, job level and years of service. SC Johnson also provides…