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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<h1>Purpose:</h1>\n<p>Dole Packaged Foods is a purpose led organization that is a champion of accessible fruit nutrition and builds a brighter future for people through the goodness of fruit.</p>\n<p>At Dole, our culture is uniquely driven by core Values. Our commitment to these Values transforms our work into a meaningful journey toward a brighter future together. Here, you'll be part of a respectful, inclusive culture that deeply values our colleagues, customers, and global communities. We strive for excellence, empowering each other to confidently overcome challenges, continuously learn, and achieve world-class results. Guided by unwavering integrity, our actions consistently reflect our commitment to always doing what's right, fostering lasting trust and strong relationships. Through a spirit of collaboration, we cultivate positivity, generosity, and genuine teamwork, enabling collective success toward our One Dole Purpose. Our innovative spirit leads directly to meaningful outcomes and business success.</p>\n<p>Senior Project Managers (SPMs) lead complex, high-impact, enterprise-level projects beyond the innovation pipeline—such as capability building, digital transformation, regulatory compliance, sourcing optimization, and commercial strategic programs. These projects often span multiple regions, functions, and leadership levels.</p>\n<p>As a lead role within the PMO (Project Management Office), the Senior Project Manager (SPM) is responsible for leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives across the organization, ensuring disciplined end-to-end execution, governance, and value realization. This role applies appropriate delivery frameworks (Stage Gate, Agile, hybrid, or non-product methodologies) based on project type, business need, and enterprise priorities-not limited to innovation projects.</p>\n<p>This role provides flexibility to work in a hybrid environment of home and our Westlake Village, CA office. (Hybrid is defined as 3 times per week in the office).</p>\n<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<h1>Primary Accountabilities:</h1>\n<p><em>Enterprise Portfolio & Strategic Initiative Leadership</em></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Leads comprehensive E2E project management discipline, scope, timelines, resources, success criteria, governance, risk management, and cross-functional alignment, by delivering projects on time and budget.</li>\n <li>Drive enterprise-level strategic decision making by aligning initiatives to corporate strategy, financial targets, risk posture, and long-term capability objectives. 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able to manage stakeholders effectively and in a timely manner.</li>\n <li>Able to work within a global footprint and cross-functionality among factories and ODMs/OEMs, marketing managers, sales teams, supply chain operations, procurement personnel, and quality assurance teams to execute effectively.</li>\n <li>Proven experience leading complex enterprise initiatives across multiple functions and regions, including innovation/renovation, transformation, operational, digital, and/or regulatory projects.</li>\n <li>Drives effective team management, team empowerment, critical thinking mindset, assessing product/packaging/processing feasibility, business/financial viability, and projects readiness throughout the appropriate enterprise delivery frameworks (e.g., stage gate, waterfall, hybrid), ensuring rigor aligned to project type and risk .</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>What You’ll Need to Succeed:</h1>\n<ul>\n <li>Passionate about a purpose driven career</li>\n <li>Committed to fostering inclusive environments that support employee development and well-being</li>\n <li>Sets clear expectations, encourages innovation, and drives continuous improvement</li>\n <li>Models and coaches towards transparency and integrity in decision-making</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>Effectively facilitates cross-team communication and teamwork</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>Education & Certification:</h1>\n<ul>\n <li>Bachelor’s degree in Business (or equivalent), Food Science/Technology, Engineering (or science-based equivalent) is required.</li>\n <li>PMP Certification is strongly preferred.</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>Physical Requirements:</h1>\n<ul>\n <li>Ability to sit and use the computer for extended periods of time; 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