Senior Manager
Rubicon Research Limited
The Project Manager in the CEO’s Office will serve as the single point of accountability for driving the execution of the company's Capital Expenditure (Capex) portfolio and other strategic initiatives sponsored by the COO. With significant Capex investment envisioned across Rubicon over the next three years, this role carries a dual mandate of equal weight: (1) planning, project-managing and driving delivery of large, cross-functional Capex programs, and (2) leading a portfolio of strategic initiatives originating from the COO's office. Operating with the authority of the COO's office, the incumbent will proactively track progress, remove roadblocks, escalate decisively, and drive execution to ensure milestones are delivered on time, within budget and in full compliance with regulatory and quality standards aligned to organizational objectives.
Position / Job Title-Manager
Senior Manager
Department
Operations
Reporting To
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Location
Thane
Years Of Experience
10+ years of experience
Job Responsibilities / Deliverables
Capex Project Execution:
- Own end-to-end project management of the Capex portfolio (e.g., facility upgrades, capacity expansions, equipment installation and qualification, utilities and IT/OT infrastructure), serving as the single point of accountability from concept through commissioning and handover.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, timelines, milestones, budgets, resource allocation and interdependencies, ensuring accurate and timely updates in the Project Management System.
- Track execution against plan on behalf of the COO's office, proactively identifying slippages, and escalating risks, decisions and resource gaps to the COO and leadership with clear options and recommendations.
- Drive governance cadence — steering committees, milestone reviews and stage-gate approvals — and hold cross-functional owners accountable for committed deliverables.
- Monitor Capex spend against approved budgets in coordination with Finance, flagging overruns and driving corrective action.
- Lead and drive execution of strategic and cross-functional initiatives sponsored by the COO, structuring ambiguous problems into clear plans, owners and timelines.
- Act as an extension of the COO's office to coordinate across manufacturing, quality, engineering, supply chain, procurement, finance and IT, ensuring alignment on objectives, priorities, and driving closures for actionables from review meetings.
- Prepare crisp reviews, dashboards and decision papers for the COO and senior leadership, translating detailed program data into executive-level insight and recommendations.
- Drive continuous improvement, standardization and best-practice project management disciplines across the COO's portfolio, building a repeatable framework for initiative delivery.
- Serve as the primary liaison for internal departments, external partners, vendors and consultants, ensuring alignment on objectives and status.
- Proactively identify project and initiative risks, develop structured mitigation and contingency plans, and escalate decisively to keep execution on track.
- 10+ years of progressive experience with a proven track record of managing large Capex projects and cross-functional strategic initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience operating in or alongside a senior leadership / COO / CXO office, comfortable driving execution and escalating across a matrixed organization.
- Strong background in manufacturing environments, engineering and end-to-end project lifecycle management, with working knowledge of regulatory and quality standards.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, SAP) and in MS Excel and PowerPoint for scheduling, monitoring, reporting and executive communication.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the gravitas to hold senior stakeholders accountable.
- Solution-focused, structured and highly proactive, with strong analytical thinking and systematic problem-solving ability.
- Collaborative, team-centric approach to managing cross-functional deliverables, with a high sense of accountability and ownership.
- Adaptable to fast-paced, deadline-driven and regulatory-compliant environments; detail-oriented with a strong bias for execution.
May involve travel to plants and project sites. Operates with delegated authority from the COO's office to drive execution and escalation across functions.