Seniority Level:
#Ownership
Brewing the world’s most loved beers and building brands consumers love, AB InBev is where ownership, ambition, and action thrive. Our portfolio of iconic brands includes global classics like Stella Artois and Corona, and well-known favorites such as Samson, Leffe, and Hoegaarden.
We empower you to dream big, lead change, and create a long-lasting legacy. We value relentless problem-solvers who take accountability, embrace challenges, and turn bold goals into results through resilience and hard work.
That’s Who We Are: Come and OWN IT.
Job purpose
The team is responsible for leading the Digital Transformation of AB InBev’s Financial Systems and Processes. The candidate should lead the seamless integration of both new tools and processes into the Zone, Country and Functions across all stages of product development, collaborating closely with stakeholders from Commercial, Finance, and Customer Experience Teams ensuring the deployments enhance processes and drive incremental value to our teams. For certain projects, a broader scope across EMEA region and global products might apply. This can be realized in multiple ways including EBITDA, Time, Risk Avoidance & Cyber Security.
This role involves overseeing the development and execution of a company’s program strategy, from ideation through to go-live and post-go-live analysis. The Senior Program Manager is responsible for ensuring that ABI programs are successful in the market and meet the needs of the Business. Senior Program Manager’s responsibilities also include defining the vision, strategy, and roadmap.
Foster value-driven partnerships with internal and external implementation teams, effectively prioritizing features to boost team efficiency while jointly crafting optimal solutions with our architecture, Data and Technical Operations streams for the end users to determine the program direction, alignment with the company’s strategy and secure successful development launch
Drive stakeholder management efforts, actively contributing to shaping the team’s long-term vision.
Key accountabilities
- Job holder is accountable towards Solutions Europe, Finance & ERP Lead for the delivery of identified Product Management & Deployment
- Lead the program lifecycle, from ideation to launch, for a specific process or portfolio
- Define and communicate the vision, strategy, and roadmap, aligning it with the company’s overall goals and market trends
- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise and define program requirements, ensuring they align with business objectives and customer expectations
- Work closely with the engineering team to ensure efficient and timely delivery of product features, using agile methodologies
- Define and track key product metrics and success criteria, analysing data to drive data-informed decision making
- Provide leadership and mentorship to junior product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in operating programs, bringing new ideas and approaches to the team
- Perform other duties as requested by the Manager
Partners with:
- Full Solutions Team Scope, including Tech Ops, Logistics, BEES & Digital Core
- Digital Transformation & ERP Lead
- Full Finance Scope, including Control, Sales Finance & FP&A and Finance Operations. These teams are based both locally, in countries across EUR and broader EMEA and our Capability Centre in Bengaluru and Prague
- Procurement
- 3rd Party Vendors
- Global Process and Product Owners
- Local & Country Process Owners
