Strategic Program Manager, Global Product Lifecycle

Carma Laboratories Inc; Franklin (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Carma Laboratories Inc is seeking a Program Manager to lead cross-functional new product development and commercialization efforts from concept through post-launch. You will manage complex schedules, governance, risks, and stakeholder communications across R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain.

You will partner with leadership to optimize roadmaps, allocate resources, and drive continuous improvement within a Stage Gate framework.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive, hands-on project or program management experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to independently build and manage complex, integrated program schedules and to manage risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, scope changes, and schedule recovery actions.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and facilitation skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority, challenge constructively, resolve conflict, and drive timely decisions and accountability.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent programs, establish priorities, monitor progress, and maintain accurate program data and documentation.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the judgment to communicate program status, tradeoffs, risks, recommendations, and escalation needs clearly to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and OneNote, as well as collaborative project or program management tools.
• Experience managing new product development and commercialization programs within consumer-packaged goods or related industries.
• Experience with portfolio prioritization, resource demand and capacity planning, financial or business-case management, and program performance metrics.
• CAPM, PMP or PgMP certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define program scope, requirements, deliverables, resources, capacity, schedule, budget, success measures, and timing for new initiatives.
• Lead programs from planning through execution and closeout within approved scope, timing, budget, quality, and Stage Gate requirements.
• Develop and maintain detailed, integrated program schedules with activities, sequencing, dependencies, milestones, and critical paths.
• Establish governance, meeting cadence, agendas, decision/action tracking, documentation, and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate cross-functional core team meetings; drive decisions, ownership, due dates, and follow-through.
• Drive accountability through influence; escalate barriers and risks as needed.
• Identify, assess, document, and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities using risk-based methods.
• Monitor progress, propose corrective actions, and update plans with change control as needed.
• Provide concise updates to seniors on status, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations.
• Support portfolio planning with data-driven resource and priority recommendations.
• Partner with leaders to secure resources, budgets, and capabilities for prioritized programs.
• Lead resource demand and capacity assessments; communicate constraints and mitigation plans.
• Work with Finance to ensure program financials and metrics are current and integrated into reviews.
• Review deliverables to ensure they meet requirements, quality, and executive expectations.
• Provide feedback and support collaborative, solution-focused behaviors.
• Develop and maintain program tools, templates, dashboards, and documentation for consistency.
• Ensure proper onboarding for new program participants.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Decision making

Presentation skills

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, science

CAPM/PMP/PgMP certification preferred

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project/Planner

Monday.com

Teams

Job description

Carma Laboratories Inc is seeking a Program Manager to lead cross-functional new product development and commercialization efforts from concept through post-launch. You will manage complex schedules, governance, risks, and stakeholder communications across R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain.

You will partner with leadership to optimize roadmaps, allocate resources, and drive continuous improvement within a Stage Gate framework.