Project Manager, Consumer Products – Maternal Care

Willow Innovations, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Innovations, Inc. seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead new product development for its consumer maternal care line.

The role requires coordinating across industrial design, engineering, marketing, supply chain, and customer experience to bring products from concept through retail and DTC launch. The successful candidate will drive requirements, feasibility, and program execution, partnering with marketing and insights teams to incorporate moms’ voice, and will manage supplier

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in program management for consumer products or consumer electronics.
• Bachelor's degree or higher preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Experience bringing consumer hardware through full lifecycle from concept to launch and sustaining.
• Experience partnering with marketing, design, and supply chain to launch products on time and on budget.
• Familiarity with maternal health, baby, or wellness product category is a plus.
• Proficient with Atlassian tools (JIRA & Confluence) for PM tasks and reporting.
• Ability to communicate technical problems and solutions clearly to diverse audiences at all levels.
• Strong ownership, urgency, and agile-project management mindset.
• Familiarity with project management software tools (SmartSheet, JIRA) and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex cross-functional consumer product programs from concept to launch and sustainment.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, marketing, and supply chain to define requirements, priorities, scope, budget, and timelines.
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolving obstacles to keep programs on track.
• Incorporate voice-of-customer feedback throughout development with moms in mind.
• Coordinate packaging, retail, and DTC launch readiness and go-to-market activities.
• Develop recommendations and facilitate cross-functional decision making among stakeholders.
• Manage supplier and contract manufacturer relationships to ensure on-time delivery and quality.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Consumer hardware

Vendor management

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

PM certification (PMP/PgMP)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

SmartSheet

MS Project

Job description

Willow is a platform for products that help improve the lives and health of women. We are a mission-driven team of experienced inventors, mothers, and fathers dedicated to making a difference in women’s lives. The Willow™ Wearable Breast Pump, selected as one of TIME's 25 Best Inventions in 2017 and 2018 CES Innovation Award for Wearable Technologies, is the first solution in our platform.

Job Overview

Willow is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead new product development for our consumer maternal care product line. This role requires collaboration and coordination across industrial design, engineering, marketing, supply chain, and customer experience to bring products to moms that fit the reality of their lives. The Program Manager will bring together technical and business resources, drive requirements gathering and feasibility, and execute programs from concept through retail and DTC launch.

What you'll do

• Manage complex cross-functional consumer product programs, driving new product development, packaging, and sustaining initiatives from concept to launch.
• Collaborate with industrial design, engineering, marketing, and supply chain to define product requirements, set priorities, and establish scope, budget, and timelines.
• Be a force-multiplier for functional leads to resolve issues, by identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks, and proactively removing obstacles.
• Partner with marketing and customer insights teams to incorporate voice-of-customer feedback from moms throughout the development process.
• Coordinate packaging, retail, and DTC launch readiness activities, including go-to-market timelines and cross-functional launch reviews.
• Develop recommendations, gain alignment, and proactively facilitate decision making across engineering, marketing, and operations stakeholders.
• Manage supplier and contract manufacturer relationships in partnership with supply chain to ensure on-time, on-quality delivery.

What you'll bring

• 6+ years of experience, with 3+ years of project or program management in consumer products or consumer electronics.
• Bachelor's degree or higher preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Experience bringing consumer hardware or CPG products through the full lifecycle, from concept to retail/DTC launch and sustaining.
• Experience partnering with marketing, industrial design, and supply chain teams to launch products on time and on budget.
• Familiarity with the maternal health, baby, or wellness product category is a plus.
• Experience using Atlassian tools such as JIRA & Confluence for project management, analysis, and reporting.
• An ability to communicate technical problems and solutions clearly to diverse audiences at all levels of the organization.
• A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• An agile project management style, approach, and execution.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools (e.g. SmartSheet, JIRA/Atlassian), methodologies, and best practices.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification preferred.

Willow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.