Canon

Advisor, Program Mgmt

Canon$96K — $145K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required; Master's preferred.
  • 7+ years of related Project Management experience, particularly in strategic accounts.
  • Technical program management experience is essential.
  • Advanced skills in MS Office, Visio, and PowerPoint preferred.
  • Experience supporting large global enterprise customers with Greenfield and Brownfield projects is valued.
  • Fluency in English is required; Portuguese and Spanish preferred.
  • PMP certification required or ability to obtain within 12 months.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in developing and implementing a PMO for strategic accounts across the Americas.
  • Establish project governance standards and reporting methodologies.
  • Lead complex customer implementations and expansions across multiple countries.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
  • Support strategic customer expansion initiatives and market entry planning.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to clients, leading executive project reviews.
  • Maintain portfolio visibility, assessing project health and risks.

Benefits

  • Virtual work environment with flexibility regarding office attendance.
  • Opportunity for extensive travel across South and Central America.
  • Professional development support for PMP certification and other relevant training.
  • Potential for long-term career growth in a thriving organization.
  • Exposure to a diverse range of industries and client needs.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Canon is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Project Manager - Strategic Accounts PMO, Americas to support the expansion of strategic customer programs throughout North America, Central America, and South America.

This position will play a critical role in establishing and leading a regional Project Management Office (PMO) responsible for delivering standardized project governance, execution methodologies, risk management, and reporting across Canon Strategic Accounts.
The role will initially focus heavily on supporting the rapid expansion of large/medium- scale strategic customers while building the infrastructure, processes, and governance necessary to support future growth across additional strategic accounts throughout the Americas.
The Project Manager will serve as the primary interface between customers, Canon business units, regional organizations, third-party vendors, and executive leadership to ensure successful project delivery from concept through operational handoff.

Your Impact

PMO Development and Governance
Assist in the development and implementation of a Strategic Accounts PMO supporting North, Central, and South America.
Establish project governance standards, reporting methodologies, stage-gate reviews, and project controls.
Develop and maintain project management templates, playbooks, best practices, and standardized workflows.
Implement portfolio dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive-level status reporting.
Drive consistency across regional project execution methodologies.
Strategic Account Project Leadership
Lead complex multi-country customer implementations, expansions, retrofits, and greenfield deployments.
Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource allocations.
Coordinate cross-functional teams including: Sales , Service , Engineering , Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Facilities, IT, Legal,Finance and Safety
Ensure customer deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
Regional Expansion Support
Support strategic customer expansion initiatives across South and Central America.
Coordinate project execution activities between local Canon organizations and global customer stakeholders.
Facilitate market entry planning and deployment readiness activities.
Support localization requirements, regulatory compliance, importation planning, and regional risk assessments.
Customer Relationship Management
Act as a trusted advisor to strategic customers and internal stakeholders.
Lead executive project reviews and steering committee meetings.
Manage customer escalations and issue resolution activities.
Ensure alignment between customer objectives and Canon delivery capabilities.
Portfolio Management
Maintain visibility into project health across the strategic account portfolio.
Identify portfolio risks and resource constraints.
Support long-range planning and capacity forecasting activities.
Develop lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.

Success Measures
On-time project delivery performance.
Budget adherence across project portfolio.
Customer satisfaction scores.
PMO maturity and adoption metrics.
Reduction in project risks and escalations.
Standardization of project governance processes.
Successful support of strategic account growth throughout the Americas.

About You: The Skills & Expertise You Bring

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required, plus 7 years of related experience.Masters preferred
- Technical program management experience.
- Advanced MS Office suite, Visio, and PowerPoint preferred.
- Extensive travel may be required, up to 50% travel in multi-state sites with frequent overnight stays (valid driver's license and acceptable driving record necessary).
Preferred Experience
Experience supporting large global enterprise customers.
Experience with Greenfield and Brownfield deployment projects.
Experience working with multinational teams across the Americas.
Familiarity with import/export regulations and customs processes throughout Latin America.
Experience with production print, industrial print, fulfillment, or manufacturing
Languages
Fluent English (Required)
Fluent Portuguese (Preferred)
Fluent Spanish (Preferred)

Certifications
Project Management-Professional (PMP) certification required or ability to obtain with 12 months.

Agile, Scrum, or PRINCE2 certifications preferred.

We are providing the anticipated base salary range for this role: $96,880.-145,090 annually.

Workstyle Description

Virtual - This position is considered virtual. The office will be open 5 days a week; however, you will not be required to report to the office unless there is a specific business need. Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

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About Canon

Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers, and medical equipment. The company was founded in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida, and Takeo Maeda. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has operations in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The company is known for its EOS line of digital single-lens reflex cameras, its PIXMA line of inkjet printers, and its imageRUNNER ADVANCE line of multifunction printers.
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184,034 employees
Market Cap
$29.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$83.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+0.6%
Revenue
$3,160.2 billion
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