Senior Commercialization Project Manager

Rise Baking Company, LLC; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Baking Company, LLC in Georgia is seeking a Project Manager to lead key customer NPD initiatives and drive successful commercialization. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams across Sales, R&D, and Operations to meet customer expectations and project milestones.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in NPD project management, excellent communication, and experience in the food industry. This role emphasizes collaboration to support profitable growth and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing complex new product development projects.
• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in project management, marketing, or related field.
• Understanding of revenue, pricing models, and profit and loss.

Responsibilities

• Deliver customer‑driven NPD projects on time and in full.
• Align with Sales and R&D on briefs and milestones to meet expectations.
• Create and manage project timelines, lead team meetings, and track progress.
• Lead cross‑functional project teams through the NPD process and milestones.
• Maintain comprehensive and up‑to‑date project documentation.
• Identify, mitigate, and elevate risks to milestones.
• Conduct post‑mortem analyses to improve execution.
• Support cross‑functional processes and food safety program compliance.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Documentation

Risk management

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in project management, marketing, or related discipline

Associate’s degree in related field (optional)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management software

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Purpose

Support profitable business growth with key customers by managing and successfully delivering new product development (NPD) projects. Lead cross‑functional teams to develop projects that meet customers’ expectations and ensure projects are commercialized on time and in full.

Essential Functions

• Deliver customer‑driven NPD projects for key customers on time and in full
• Align with Sales and R&D on clear project briefs and understand the customer’s NPD process and milestones to ensure their expectations are met
• Create and manage project timelines, lead team meetings, identify resource requirements, set expectations, assign tasks and responsibilities, follow up, and track/report progress
• Lead cross‑functional project team through NPD process and ensure adherence to key milestones and overall timeline
• Create and maintain comprehensive and up‑to‑date project documentation
• Identify, mitigate, and elevate risks to the achievement of project milestones as required
• Conduct post‑mortem analysis for key projects to identify root cause of successful/unsuccessful project execution
• Understand our business, our key customers’ business, and the competitive environment and encourage strategic insight‑driven NPD
• Attend and support customer calls, meetings, presentations, and ideation sessions as needed
• Support the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of cross‑functional processes and ways of working
• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies)

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in project/business management, marketing, or related discipline preferred
• 5+ years of experience managing complex new product development projects
• Project management certification preferred
• B2B or B2C food industry experience preferred
• Understanding of basic revenue and pricing models, and profit and loss
• Working knowledge of project management tools/software
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Self‑motivated leader with a collaborative and positive attitude
• Demonstrated ability to influence, engage, and motivate cross‑functional teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in customer‑facing and internal situations
• Ability to relate and connect the product, consumer, and competitors
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and work effectively under pressure