Transformation Project Manager

Role Purpose:The Transformation Project Manager is responsible for driving the execution, governance, tracking, and delivery of strategic and transformation initiatives across the organization.The role ensures alignment between business priorities, digital initiatives, operational improvements, and executive objectives through structured project management practices, governance frameworks, stakeholder coordination, and performance monitoring.This role acts as a bridge between business, product, technology, operations, and leadership teams to ensure strategic initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational goals.⸻ Key ResponsibilitiesGovernance & Execution

• Establish and maintain PM standards, methodologies, templates, and governance practices.
• Track strategic initiatives, transformation programs, and cross-functional projects.
• Monitor project timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, blockers, and delivery progress.
• Ensure proper prioritization and execution discipline across initiatives.
• Conduct project health checks and escalation management.⸻ Initiative and Project Management
• Support the execution of corporate strategic objectives and the transformation roadmap.
• Translate strategic initiatives into structured execution plans with measurable deliverables.
• Coordinate initiative owners and follow up on action items and commitments.
• Maintain strategic initiatives portfolio and status reporting.⸻ Executive Reporting & KPI Tracking
• Prepare executive-level dashboards, PMO reports, steering committee materials, and transformation updates.
• Track initiative KPIs, milestones, outcomes, and business impact metrics.
• Provide visibility to leadership regarding risks, delays, resource conflicts, and dependencies.⸻ Cross-Functional Coordination
• Coordinate across departments including Product, Technology, Data, Editorial, Operations, Commercial, Marketing, and Finance.
• Facilitate alignment meetings and workshops with stakeholders.
• Ensure communication flow between business and execution teams.⸻ Process Improvement & Transformation
• Identify operational inefficiencies and support process optimization initiatives.
• Participate in organizational transformation and digital enablement programs.
• Support change management and adoption activities for new initiatives and systems.⸻ Vendor & External Coordination
• Coordinate with vendors, partners, consultants, and implementation providers where applicable.
• Track delivery commitments, timelines, and project outputs from third parties.⸻ Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, or equivalent certification is preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in PMO, project management, strategy execution, transformation, consulting, or operational excellence.
• Experience working in digital, technology, media, fintech, analytics, or platform businesses is highly preferred.⸻ Required SkillsProject Management Skills
• Project governance
• Project planning and scheduling
• Risk and dependency management
• PMO frameworks and reporting
• Agile and waterfall delivery understanding
• Initiative portfolio management⸻ Analytical Skills
• Strategic thinking and execution orientation
• KPI management and reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to structure ambiguous initiatives⸻Communication:
• Executive communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management
• Workshop facilitation and coordination
• Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams⸻ Technical & Tools:Preferred familiarity with:
• Jira
• Confluence
• MS Project
• Monday.com / ClickUp / Asana
• Power BI / Metabase / Looker Studio
• Excel / Google Sheets
• Miro / Notion