Director, Project Management, Medical Incubator Center, L'Oréal Research & Innovation

Position Title: Director, ProjectManagement, Medical Incubator Center, L'Oréal Research & Innovation

Location: Clark, New Jersey (Hybrid)

Department: Research & Innovation MedicalIncubator Center

For more than onehundred years, L'Oréal believes that beauty needs Science. In a world nowtransformed by digital technology and the emergence of new scientific domains,we are confident in our ability to turn these opportunities into majorinnovations, closely linked to the new consumer expectations all over theworld. Science & Technology are allowing us to invent safe, trustable,sustainable & responsible beauty products and experiences that will changepeople's lives.

L'Oréal Research& Innovation (R&I) has continuously invested upstream in its researchwith a high level of ambition. Our 4,100 L'Oréal R&I people are talentedand highly skilled, located in major markets, working in a cooperative way,open to the world. L'Oréal, Research & Innovation is a vast,multidisciplinary, scientific community working in more than 30 specializedfields, spread out across the world in 21 research centers across 6 regionalhubs, 14 evaluation centers, and 49 scientific and regulatory departments. Ouremployees represent over 60 nationalities and are united for one passion: toinvent and perfect innovative, high-performance products for the well-being ofall across the world.

Todiscover more on our scientific and technical functions at L'Oréal Research& Innovation, please check out our website

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Director for ProjectManagement to lead and oversee projects for our newly created Medical Incubator Center (MIC) based in our Clark, NewJersey Research facility. This initiative is a collaboration between L'Oréal Research & Innovation and L'Oréal's Dermatological Beauty division to fast-track disruptive innovations for the medical aesthetic and physician dispensing channel (focusing on the Skin Better Science and SkinCeuticals brands) and continue to build our thought leadership in this space.

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving and managing the lifecycle of the incubator's innovation projects, from conception through implementation, and aligning stakeholders of diverse teams to deliver on the incubator's strategic goals and tangible results. This role requires a profile with a passion for collaboration, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to navigate complex projects with multi-national, multi-disciplinary teams.

As a Director of Project Management in our MedicalIncubator Center, your main responsibilities are:

• Manage projects: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of innovation projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and budget.
  • Play the role of facilitator: Collaborate and ensure a good level of cooperation with cross-functional teams, senior executives, external partners, and other internal stakeholders across R&I and LDB.
  • Facilitate the scope of projects, to define the work plan and timeline, to identify milestones, costs, and risks.
• Be the guarantor of effective risk management with the team: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project objectives are met.
• Track project progress and performance: monitor project progress, prepare detailed reports and presentations for the incubator's steering committee, and communicate status updates to stakeholders.
  • Help the incubator identify alerts to communicate to stakeholders and assist with the preparation of options / consequences to bring to governance meetings.
• Manage project resources, including team members, budget, and tools, to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Make Innovation become a market reality in integrated, collaborative ways of working.

To Succeed in this Position, You Have:

• A completed degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Technology, or a related field is required; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 8-10+ years of relevant business experience in Project Management supporting complex or large-scale projects (required)
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary and multi-national teams.
• Experience in the professional care / cosmetic industry preferred, with a strong interest in the fields of dermatology and medical aesthetics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable expressing a contrary point of view, able to push for timely decisions
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is highly desirable
• The ability to be onsite, in the office as this is an essential function of the position (required)
• Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent, ongoing basis without the need for legal sponsorship now or in the future (required)

You Are . . .

• Flexible and adaptable to operate within highly demanding and ever-changing project environments with focus on flawless execution.
• Able to work independently to move projects forward.
• A positive, creative thinker and problem solver with a passion for innovation.
• Empathetic and emotionally intelligent.
• Secure being an influencer; your authority comes from your impact.
• A combination of technical prowess with excellent soft skills.
• Team-spirited, driven, tenacious, and resilient.

What's In It For You:

• Corporate Short-Term Incentives (Corporate Profit-Sharing Bonus, Individual Performance Bonuses based on level)
• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Hybrid Work Policy (Up to 2 Days per week work from home for eligible roles, subject to manager approval)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L'Oréal's Internal Shop for Discounted Products)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

Don't meet every single requirement? AtL'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovativeworkplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn'talign perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, weencourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this orother roles!

We are an EqualOpportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do notdiscriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employmentpractices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation,national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition ordisability, or any other legally protected status.

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