Senior Fellow: Early Career & Leadership Development Program

Job Description

Senior Fellow, Early Career & Leadership Development Program | Philip Morris International U.S.

The Tone:
This is a full-time management training role at Philip Morris International U.S., located in Stamford, Connecticut, with significant domestic travel required. Philip Morris International U.S. is transforming its business to deliver a smoke-free future, committed to innovation and continuous improvement. This role is crucial for highly ambitious early-career professionals ready to operate at the center of a complex organization, shaping the business’s future and advancing its mission to unsmoke America.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Stamford, CT
• Pay: $90000–$110000 yearly
• Team: Reports to Chief of Staff to CEO
• Mission: Help shape the business’s future and advance its mission to unsmoke America through hands-on contributions and ownership in core business functions.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Leadership Engagement: Work directly with PMI U.S.’s senior leadership, including the Office of the CEO, to shape the business’s future and advance its mission.
• Functional Rotation: Rotate into one to three core business functions, such as Finance, Corporate Strategy, and/or Commercial, to broaden strategic exposure.
• Direct Contribution: Contribute meaningfully from day one across all rotations, ensuring hands-on contributions and ownership rather than just observation.
• Financial Development: Develop proficiency in budget planning, cost management, and financial decision-making in preparation for a permanent leadership role.
• Strategic Communication: Craft compelling executive-level communications and engage stakeholders for corporate brand building and marketing efforts.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree required, for an early-career professional aiming for leadership roles within a complex organization.
• Experience: 2–3 years of professional experience, with prior exposure to budget planning or cost management preferred.
• Skills: Exceptional writing and presentation skills, strong instincts for corporate brand building and marketing, ability to manage budgets and exercise rigorous cost discipline, comfort navigating ambiguity and operating with significant independence, sound judgment and discretion when supporting senior leadership on sensitive priorities.
• Bonus: MBA strongly preferred, financial acumen, hyper-ambitious, detail-oriented, highly adaptable, willingness to travel extensively, age 21 or older as of start date, authorized to work in the US.