Regional Engagement, Product Success & Deployment Planning Lead

Job ID: R170262Company: MarsLocation: Chicago, Illinois, United StatesEmployment type: full timeCategory: IT & DigitalIndustry: Food ManufacturersLevel: COMP_Job_Level_T3Salary: USD 184,320.00 - USD 276,480.00Posted: 2026-11-06

Job Description:

Regional Engagement, Product Success & Deployment Planning Lead

This role is a project-based transformation role and has a current expected end date of December 31, 2028. As we move closer to December 31, 2028, we will work with you to explore other opportunities for employment within the Mars family of companies. If a suitable alternative role is not available at that time, your employment will end.

Are you an experienced technology leader looking to drive one of the largest corporate transformations in the consumer goods industry? Do you want to play a pivotal role in creating the future of Mars Snacking and driving the Growth Transformation agenda as we build a Human-Led and Digitally Powered enterprise? As the Regional Engagement, Product Success & Deployment Planning Lead, you will play a central role within the Mars Snacking Digital Technologies Global Demand Analytics, Digital & Data organization with a focus on shaping and supporting multiple pillars as we partner with the Integration Management Office (IMO) and orchestrate the multi-year technology integration between Mars and Kellanova across global regions and divisions.

In this highly visible individual contributor role based at our Global Innovation Center (GIC), you will serve as a critical bridge between global product teams, regional stakeholders, and transformation leaders, ensuring successful deployment and adoption of digital capabilities across the business. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, DT Program & Portfolio Lead - Demand & TLT, you will help shape how new ways of working are introduced to markets, drive alignment across complex stakeholder groups, and play a key role in enabling one of the organization's most significant business transformation initiatives. Acting as a central connector across global and regional teams, you will lead through influence, helping to accelerate deployment success while ensuring business continuity and delivering a consistent, high-quality employee experience.

What Will Be Your Key Responsibilities?

Lead Regional Deployment Planning & Execution

• Develop and manage deployment roadmaps that align with overall transformation and integration priorities.
• Drive market readiness planning, milestone execution, and implementation success across regions.
• Monitor progress against key deliverables and proactively address risks and roadblocks to maintain momentum.

Drive Cross-Functional Alignment

• Partner with regional stakeholders, product teams, PMOs, and transformation leaders to ensure alignment on priorities, dependencies, and timelines.
• Facilitate governance discussions, decision-making, and issue resolution across complex stakeholder groups.
• Build strong relationships across teams to enable effective collaboration and execution.

Manage Program Risks & Integration Activities

• Oversee risk, issue, dependency, and action management across Demand DT integration initiatives.
• Identify cross-functional impacts and coordinate mitigation plans to support successful delivery.
• Provide clear reporting and insights to support informed decision-making by leadership.

Champion Change Management & Adoption

• Lead business readiness, stakeholder engagement, and adoption activities that support successful deployment of new capabilities.
• Partner with change and communications teams to prepare markets and teams for transformation.
• Monitor adoption and stakeholder feedback, identifying opportunities to improve user experience and business outcomes.

Enable Product Success & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with product and business teams to implement scalable practices that support product adoption, governance, and operational excellence.
• Support the development of standardized processes, playbooks, and tools that improve deployment consistency and effectiveness.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes and enhance value delivery.

What Are We Looking For?

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience leading complex technology, digital transformation, deployment, program management, or business transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional projects and drive results in highly matrixed organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build alignment across teams, functions, and leadership levels without direct authority.
• Experience developing and managing deployment roadmaps, governance processes, risks, dependencies, and implementation plans.
• Demonstrated success supporting organizational change, business readiness, user adoption, and transformation initiatives.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Experience working with enterprise technologies and project management tools such as Microsoft 365, Power BI, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high degree of organization, accountability, and attention to detail.

 

What can you expect from Mars? 

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. 
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. 
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. 
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. 

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 153,600.00 - USD 211,200.00