Merchandise Manager - Social Impact & Strategic Decisions

Social Innovation Lab; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 156,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Learning budget

Weekly coaching

Job summary

Social Innovation Lab in Tacoma, WA seeks a Merchandise Manager to own projects that directly shape outcomes. The role reports from a Tacoma-based operation and offers a competitive salary range of $108,000–$156,000 per year with stock options and growth support.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, challenge briefs, and ensure delivery with a hands-on, customer-focused mindset, while balancing a realistic part-time cadence.

Qualifications

• Integrity to flag your own mistakes first.
• Hands-on strategic planning sharpened by side projects.
• Strong working knowledge of decision making and public speaking.
• Comfort with the part-time cadence of a Tacoma-based operation.

Responsibilities

• Carry the Decision Making thread across three time zones and two tools.
• Question the brief when it doesn’t match reality.
• Notice the gap between spec and shipped product.
• Hand off work clean enough that nobody has to ask twice.
• Find a people-first workaround when the official path is blocked.
• Chase root cause rather than applying patches.
• Map handoffs between WA teams to prevent slips.

Skills

Integrity

Strategic Planning

Critical Thinking

Public Speaking

Time Management

Job description

Social Innovation Lab in Tacoma, WA seeks a Merchandise Manager to own projects that directly shape outcomes. The role reports from a Tacoma-based operation and offers a competitive salary range of $108,000–$156,000 per year with stock options and growth support.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, challenge briefs, and ensure delivery with a hands-on, customer-focused mindset, while balancing a realistic part-time cadence.