Innovation Project Manager – Fertiliser & AgriTech Growth

GC Group Management Ltd; Inglewood; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GC Group Management Ltd in Inglewood, North Island, seeks a Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives, incl. fertiliser trials, to commercial scale, while aligning work with soil health and sustainability.

You will coordinate internal teams and external partners, manage budgets, build business cases, and guide projects through stage-gated governance with focus on pace, rigour and measurable ROI.

Qualifications

• Five years of project management experience, ideally including new product development or innovation delivery.
• Proven ability to plan and deliver projects, preferably in agriculture, food, or related industries.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Effective communicator across teams, customers, and industry partners.
• Financially literate with confidence building and interrogating cost models, business cases and ROI analysis.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver assigned projects on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable project plans and milestones.
• Work with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and deliverables, and elevate as needed.
• Prepare regular updates, reports, and recommendations for the Leadership Team.
• Lead initiatives through the Group's stage-gated innovation process with necessary business cases.
• Build robust business cases including cost, revenue, and investment assumptions with functional leads.
• Facilitate structured sessions to capture knowledge and reconcile inputs into a single view.
• Coordinate external partners, contractors, and research providers to keep workstreams on track.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in business/engineering/agribusiness

Tools

MS Project

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

GC Group Management Ltd in Inglewood, North Island, seeks a Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives, incl. fertiliser trials, to commercial scale, while aligning work with soil health and sustainability.

You will coordinate internal teams and external partners, manage budgets, build business cases, and guide projects through stage-gated governance with focus on pace, rigour and measurable ROI.