NPD Innovation Coordinator

Momentous; Park City (KS); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k Match

Unlimited PTO

Finish Line Fridays

18 holidays observed

Job summary

Momentous in Park City is seeking an Innovation Specialist, a junior project manager to support new product development. You will work with the Sr. Product Manager and science team to keep projects on track, manage stage-gate tracking, and coordinate supplier timelines and milestones.

The role emphasizes organization, collaboration, and ownership, with responsibilities across packaging revisions, market analysis, and regulatory deliverables in a fast-growing nutraceutical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, nutrition, life sciences, or related field.
• 2–4 years of PM, product operations, supply chain experience, ideally within CPG, nutraceuticals, or related industry.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects, milestones and risks with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including concise briefing and status updates.
• High attention to detail in data entry, form submissions, file management, and sample coordination.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Asana, Monday, Notion, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the stage-gate tracker across active NPD and renovation projects, keeping status, owners, timelines, and blockers current.
• Manage new and revised product packaging from ideation through execution, coordinating internal and external resources and maintaining visibility across the organization.
• Manage packaging engineers across product- and SKU-level needs, prioritizing work and tracking deliverables against launch dates, brand specs, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate gate reviews, cross-functional briefings, and supplier calls; prepare agendas, capture decisions and action items, and distribute follow-ups.
• Identify and escalate pipeline risks, including supplier timelines, CoAs, formula approvals, and regulatory sign-offs.
• Prepare ELT briefings, pipeline dashboards, and project updates that translate complex workstreams into clear, decision-ready summaries.
• Maintain master NPD calendar across product milestones, certifications, marketing dependencies, and retailer deadlines.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Attention to detail

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, operations, nutrition, life sciences, or related field

Tools

Asana

Monday

Notion

Job description

Momentous in Park City is seeking an Innovation Specialist, a junior project manager to support new product development. You will work with the Sr. Product Manager and science team to keep projects on track, manage stage-gate tracking, and coordinate supplier timelines and milestones.

The role emphasizes organization, collaboration, and ownership, with responsibilities across packaging revisions, market analysis, and regulatory deliverables in a fast-growing nutraceutical environment.