Pre-Commercialization Project Manager – Innovation

Kinder's

Walnut Creek (CA)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 155,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

Kinder's in Walnut Creek, California is seeking a Senior Pre-Commercialization Project Manager to guide early-stage product opportunities from discovery through development. You’ll lead cross-functional teams across Culinary, Innovation, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to translate ideas into market-ready concepts.

This role emphasizes rigorous PMO analytics, clear dashboards in Wrike, and disciplined planning with a bias toward action to move projects forward.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in project management, innovation, product development, or cross-functional program management.
Experience guiding innovation projects through early-stage development, feasibility, and commercialization readiness.
Strong planning, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.
Demonstrated experience owning portfolio-level PMO analytics across multiple projects, dashboards and KPIs.
Proven ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams across Culinary, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Marketing.
Experience with Wrike, Smartsheet, Monday.com or similar PMO tools.
Experience in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, or high-growth environments preferred.

Responsibilities

Guide Innovation Through Pre-Commercialization: manage a portfolio of projects through discovery, feasibility, validation, and development.
Lead cross-functional alignment sessions and feasibility reviews to drive decisions and actions.
Own PMO analytics and dashboards to monitor portfolio health, timelines, risks, and resource needs.
Strengthen ways of working by adopting Pre-Commercialization tools and frameworks and sharing learnings.