Project Manager, Project Excellence Center (PEC)

Alcon
Pay Range: $108,750.00 - $181,250.00
flex time
United States, Texas, Fort Worth
6201 South Freeway (Show on map)
Apr 01, 2026
At Alcon, we're driven by our purpose to help people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care, we innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed to make a meaningful impact in the lives of our patients and customers. Here, your contributions are recognized, your growth is supported, and your career can thrive like never before. We're building a world-class Program Excellence Center (PEC) within our Portfolio Management & Design Control (PMDC) organization-and we're looking for a driven, systems-minded Manager to help lead the charge. In this high-impact role, you'll help shape the foundational capabilities that drive execution excellence across our global R&D portfolio. From embedding standardized practices to enabling transparent governance and building program management talent, you'll play a key role in delivering innovation with confidence, consistency, and speed. This position is on-site in either Fort Worth, Texas or Lake Forest, California. What You'll Do: Develop and deploy standardized project and portfolio management processes, templates, and governance frameworks. Build and maintain portfolio dashboards, KPIs, and reporting routines to enable data-driven decision-making. Partner with Program Directors and project teams to support adoption of PMDC methodologies and ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Lead training, onboarding, and capability-building programs for PMDC roles in collaboration with the Learning and Engagement team. Support the rollout and continuous improvement of project management tools and knowledge systems in partnership with IT and business stakeholders. Facilitate lessons learned capture, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the portfolio. Contribute to the long-term scalability and sustainability of PEC by identifying opportunities for innovation, simplification, and cross-functional alignment What You'll Bring: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9 yrs; M.S.+2 yrs; PhD+0 yrs) The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English 5 years of experience in project or program management, preferably in medtech, pharma, or regulated R&D. Preferred Qualifications: Proven ability to implement PMO capabilities (governance, metrics, training, tools). Strong understanding of stage-gate processes, portfolio management, and cross-functional project leadership. Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills. Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure from scratch. How You Can Thrive at Alcon: Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more! Travel Requirements: Up to 10% Alcon Careers See your impact at alcon.com.careers ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker Total Rewards Alcon's Total Rewards programs are designed to align to incentives with business goals, encourage the right values and behaviors, and deliver long-term value. The first layer of our rewards program is compensation. We offer a combination of fixed pay and variable pay, which includes short-term incentives, and long-term incentives for eligible population. Our benefits program provides security for life events through life and disability insurance, supports savings for retirement, promotes good health and well-being and supports associates and their families during times of illness. To learn more about Alcon's Corporate Social Responsibility including our Total Rewards, click here Pay Range $108,750.00 - $181,250.00 Pay Frequency Annual Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.