Senior Packaging Programs Lead - Cross-Functional Ops

Ro; New York (NY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Wellbeing & Growth reimbursements

Parental leave & Fertility benefits

Pet insurance

Student loan refinancing

AI-assisted recruitment tools

Job summary

Ro is seeking a Packaging Program Manager to own and drive packaging initiatives across a cross-functional network including Pharmacy Operations, Product Development, and Quality. You will translate business needs into scalable packaging solutions while balancing priorities and delivering a prioritized roadmap.

You will lead collaborations with suppliers, testing labs, and engineering partners to ensure robust testing, validation, and implementation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading cross-functional programs in supply chain, operations, manufacturing, product commercialization, packaging, or related field.
• Experience with packaging, product commercialization, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical device, or consumer products.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives while keeping stakeholders aligned and projects moving forward.
• Strong program and project management skills with exceptional organization and follow-through.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting recommendations, tradeoffs, and project updates to cross-functional partners and leadership.
• A structured, analytical approach to problem-solving with the ability to translate data into practical business recommendations.
• Experience building operational workflows or driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with suppliers, contract manufacturers, testing laboratories, or other external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution of packaging initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Pharmacy Operations, Product Development, Corporate Quality, Brand, Product Marketing, Sourcing, Supply Planning, and external partners.
• Identify packaging improvement opportunities and develop data-driven business cases and tradeoff recommendations for leadership review.
• Manage packaging testing, validation, artwork change control, and implementation activities to ensure successful execution.
• Establish and maintain packaging documentation, specifications, and other governance processes that improve consistency and scalability.
• Identify and evaluate packaging improvement opportunities, developing business cases and recommendations based on operational, financial, and patient impact.
• Partner with external packaging suppliers, testing laboratories, and engineering partners to develop, validate, and implement packaging solutions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Packaging experience

Project management

Data-driven decisions

Excellent communication

Analytical problem solving

Supplier management

Job description

Ro is seeking a Packaging Program Manager to own and drive packaging initiatives across a cross-functional network including Pharmacy Operations, Product Development, and Quality. You will translate business needs into scalable packaging solutions while balancing priorities and delivering a prioritized roadmap.

You will lead collaborations with suppliers, testing labs, and engineering partners to ensure robust testing, validation, and implementation.