Senior Manager, Commercialization & Global Growth

Give and Go Foods; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & culture commitment

Learning & growth opportunities

Job summary

Give and Go Foods seeks a Senior Manager to lead the commercialization portfolio, coordinating ingredient and packaging changes, regulatory initiatives, and international market expansion. You will guide governance, prioritize programs, and align Commercial, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver strategic objectives.

You will translate portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities into executive insights, supporting decision-making and organizational

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and strong business acumen.
• 6–10 years of commercialization, product development, project management, or regulatory experience in CPG, food, beverage, or manufacturing.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional commercialization initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership of matrix teams and multi-project prioritization.
• Strong commercialization, portfolio management, and governance expertise.
• Advanced project management capabilities.
• Knowledge of ingredient, packaging, labeling, and spec management processes.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Experience building governance structures and performance metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influence, and coaching skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and organizational change.
• Knowledge of commercialization systems (Monday.com, SAP, PLM, Smartsheet).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the portfolio of commercialization, component change, business continuity, and market expansion initiatives.
• Establish priorities and resource allocation across projects.
• Develop commercialization strategies supporting growth, compliance, and operational objectives.
• Lead regulatory driven commercialization initiatives including ingredient substitutions, reformulations, packaging changes, labeling updates and compliance programs
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs to assess business impacts of changing regulations
• Monitor progress against international launch objectives and timelines
• Build a high-performing, engaged organization while actively role modeling company leadership expectations and values.
• Create and deliver executive-level portfolio updates and insights.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Budget management

Leadership

Decision-making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Food Science, Marketing, Supply Chain, Project Management, Regulatory Affairs, or related discipline

Tools

Monday.com

SAP

PLM

Smartsheet

Job description

Give and Go Foods seeks a Senior Manager to lead the commercialization portfolio, coordinating ingredient and packaging changes, regulatory initiatives, and international market expansion. You will guide governance, prioritize programs, and align Commercial, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver strategic objectives.

You will translate portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities into executive insights, supporting decision-making and organizational