JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Conquest Strategy and Execution Define and drive the Project Conquest roadmap aligned with organizational priorities and business strategy.

Translate Project Conquest objectives into clear workstreams, milestones, governance cadence, and measurable outcomes.

Partner with Technical, Formulation, R&D;, Field Stations, Regulatory, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams to ensure aligned execution.

Establish structured review mechanisms to monitor progress, risks, interdependencies, and decision points.

Ensure Project Conquest delivers sustainable process improvements that improve speed, quality, cost efficiency, and market readiness Project Conquest Leadership Lead Project Conquest, focused on building sustainable and efficient process flows to enhance business outcomes.

Identify bottlenecks in current workflows and implement process optimization and standardization.

Enable better cross-functional collaboration to improve speed-to-market and innovation excellence.

Track and deliver measurable improvements in cycle time, quality, cost efficiency, and market readiness.

Drive initiatives to position UPL as: First in Technical

First in Formulation

First in Go-To-Market (GTM) Cross-Functional Collaboration Act as a bridge between Technical Development, R&D;, Field Stations, Regulatory, Commercial, Supply Chain, and other enabling functions.

Work with functional teams to map current-state and future-state process flows, clarify ownership, and remove execution roadblocks.

Partner with Global and Regional Marketing teams to align on strategic priorities, ensure seamless execution of Project Conquest initiatives, and strengthen the link between Technical, Formulation, and Go-To-Market (GTM) objectives

Collaborate with leadership to prioritize Project Conquest interventions and allocate resources effectively.

Influence stakeholders to drive alignment on transformation goals,



governance expectations, and change initiatives.

Performance

Governance and Tracking Develop and maintain Project Conquest dashboards and review formats for real-time progress monitoring and decision-making.

Define KPIs and success metrics across cycle time, quality, cost, speed-to-market, and market readiness.

Ensure timely escalation of risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks with clear mitigation actions and ownership.

Process

Excellence and Innovation Introduce best-in-class practices and continuous improvement methodologies across Project Conquest workstreams.

Drive standardization, simplification, and removal of redundancies in key workflows connected with Technical, Formulation, and GTM priorities.

Identify opportunities to enhance innovation throughput, execution reliability, and value realization.

Benchmark against industry best practices to continuously improve processes and delivery effectiveness.

Change

Management and Capability Building Lead change initiatives to ensure smooth adoption of Project Conquest process changes and governance mechanisms.

Build capability within participating teams through training, enablement, workstream reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Foster a culture of ownership, agility, innovation, and business outcome orientation.

Required Skills / Experience: Postgraduate degree in Science, Agriculture, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field; MBA is a plus.

10–15 years of experience in R&D;, Technical Development, Formulation, Project Management, Business Transformation, or Process Excellence roles.

Proven experience in leading strategic cross-functional transformation programs with measurable business impact.

Robust understanding of R&D;, Technical, Formulation, and GTM processes in Agri/Chemical/Pharma or related industries.

Experience working with cross-functional and global teams, with strong stakeholder management and governance skills.

📌 Project Lead - Conquest (Navi Mumbai)
🏢 Upllimited
📍 Navi Mumbai