R&D Project Manager — New Product Development

Good Foods Group, LLC; Pleasant Prairie (WI); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Foods Group, LLC seeks an Associate Project Manager to coordinate new product development, commercialization, and ongoing product initiatives. You’ll develop timelines, track milestones, and escalate risks while working with cross-functional teams to ensure Stage Gate readiness and timely product launches.

You will partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing to keep projects on track and maintain documentation in PM systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; field related to PM preferred.
• 1–3 years of project management, product development, or related environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; Monday.com or MS Project preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project schedules, timelines, and milestones.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities for NPD, commercialization, and related initiatives.
• Organize and facilitate project meetings to review progress.
• Track deliverables and follow up with cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing.
• Maintain project documentation in PM systems.
• Support Stage Gate processes with required docs and input.
• Identify delays and risks; escalate when needed.
• Communicate updates to stakeholders to maintain alignment.
• Assist with commercialization activities and launch readiness.
• Identify opportunities to improve PM processes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Verbal and written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Analytical problem-solving

PM principles knowledge

Product development familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business, Engineering, Science, Operations, or related field

Tools

Monday.com

Microsoft Project

Job description

Good Foods Group, LLC seeks an Associate Project Manager to coordinate new product development, commercialization, and ongoing product initiatives. You’ll develop timelines, track milestones, and escalate risks while working with cross-functional teams to ensure Stage Gate readiness and timely product launches.

You will partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing to keep projects on track and maintain documentation in PM systems.