Our client is a mission driven wellness brand dedicated to educating, supporting, and empowering people with safe, functional personal care solutions. Education and consumer care sit at the heart of everything the company does, and that purpose shapes every product it brings to market. The team is collaborative, inclusive, and deeply consumer focused, pairing a strong sense of mission with a high bar for product excellence. As the company builds its next generation of innovation, they are looking for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of strategic product initiatives and help bring new solutions to market.
Position Overview
This role sits at the center of the company’s innovation engine, turning strategic product opportunities into launches that reach consumers on time, on budget, and with real business impact. You will lead projects from concept through implementation, partnering closely with Product, Operations, R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Compliance, and you will regularly present progress and recommendations to executive stakeholders. Reporting to the Director of the Project Management Office, you will help shape how the organization plans, governs, and measures its most important initiatives. For a project leader who thrives on cross functional work and wants to see their efforts show up on shelves, this is a highly visible opportunity to grow with a purpose driven brand.
Position Responsibilities
– Lead the full delivery of product innovation projects from concept through launch, including project charters, plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements.
– Partner with Product Leaders to translate strategic product opportunities into executable project plans, and coordinate development, testing, validation, and launch readiness activities.
– Facilitate project governance and stage gate reviews, ensuring decisions are made at the right time with the right information.
– Identify and manage project risks, dependencies, and constraints, developing mitigation and contingency plans and escalating critical issues when needed.
– Collaborate across Product, Operations, R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Compliance to align project objectives with business strategy and resolve issues among stakeholders.
– Drive change readiness for new products and capabilities by coordinating training, communication, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
– Prepare status reports, dashboards, and executive updates, and maintain project documentation in line with PMO standards.
– Measure project outcomes against business cases, tracking milestones, value realization, and success metrics.
– Lead post implementation reviews and capture lessons learned to continuously improve how projects are delivered.
Position Qualifications Required:
– A proven track record of successfully delivering cross functional projects on schedule, within budget, and against defined business outcomes.
– A minimum of 5 years of progressive project management experience, or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
– Experience managing product development, innovation, transformation, or business change projects.
– Strong risk management, planning, and resource coordination skills across multiple concurrent initiatives.
– Experience presenting to and influencing senior leadership, with strong facilitation and negotiation skills.
Preferred:
– PMP or equivalent certification; Agile or Scrum certification is a plus.
– Experience in consumer packaged goods, personal care, or wellness.
– Experience evaluating business cases and tracking benefits realization after launch.
If you’re ready to make an impact and take your career to the next level, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.