Senior Project Manager - Food Innovation & Launch (Hybrid)

Creative Alignments; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three weeks PTO

One month company holidays

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k with company match

Half-day Fridays

In-person all-team summit

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Purely Elizabeth, headquartered in Boulder, CO, seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to drive its most complex, high-impact initiatives from concept through manufacturing and distribution. You will partner with every department, lead cross-functional teams, and report to the Director of Commercialization to keep the portfolio moving.

You will influence prioritization across projects, manage dependencies, and guide teams through ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience in food or beverage, preferably in a CPG food manufacturing environment; natural foods experience is a big plus.
• Operational experience with a strong understanding of manufacturing or supply chain processes.
• Proven success leading complex, cross-functional projects or programs with interdependent workstreams, external partners, and ambiguous requirements.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders, resolving competing priorities, and mentoring project managers or colleagues.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Asana, Smartsheet, or other project management software experience preferred.
• Nice to have: TraceGains, ERP implementation experience, Six Sigma Black Belt or PMP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project lifecycle for complex, high-impact initiatives and related programs, defining an integrated approach across interdependent workstreams, internal teams, and contract manufacturing partners.
• Partner with functional and project leaders to build integrated plans and timelines; identify dependencies across projects and recommend sequencing or resource trade-offs.
• Influence prioritization of functional work and dependencies across projects, guiding teams through ambiguity and recommending changes in approach as business needs evolve.
• Lead cross-functional groups through complex work sessions, resolving competing perspectives, clarifying the decisions needed and documenting alignment.
• Anticipate roadblocks, risks, and challenges across functions and partners; lead structured problem-solving, address recurring causes, drive recovery planning when delivery is at risk, and escape with options and recommendations.
• Report project and program status to stakeholders and executive leadership with clear, visual timelines and concise summaries of impacts, trade-offs and decisions needed.
• Initiate and lead process improvements used across projects, and mentor project managers to strengthen delivery capability through feedback and shared practices.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

Smartsheet

TraceGains

ERP

Job description

Purely Elizabeth, headquartered in Boulder, CO, seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to drive its most complex, high-impact initiatives from concept through manufacturing and distribution. You will partner with every department, lead cross-functional teams, and report to the Director of Commercialization to keep the portfolio moving.

You will influence prioritization across projects, manage dependencies, and guide teams through ambiguity.