Associate Project Manager – Innovation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of project plans, timelines, milestones, and action logs for innovation initiatives starting from the concept phase to launch.

• Direct cross-functional execution involving Innovation, Commercial, Science & Medical Affairs, R&D, Brand, Insights, Commercialization, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Finance, and Sales.

• Anticipate risks and dependencies, formulate mitigation strategies, and escalate issues that require leadership intervention.

• Manage innovation pipeline tools and the launch calendar as the definitive source of information.

• Lead and deliver monthly updates on the pipeline.

• Facilitate weekly Innovation Operations meetings, establish agendas, drive decision-making, and ensure follow-through on tasks.

• Create and oversee a team dashboard to reflect project status, priorities, and risks.

• Evaluate team capacity and competing priorities, suggest trade-offs, and recommend priority actions for VP approval.

• Oversee the innovation project budget, vendor expenses, and purchase orders.

• Create scalable templates, trackers, and workflows.

• Develop and present materials for executive meetings and Stage Gate reviews.

• Summarize complex project information into updates, recommendations, and decision points.

• Conduct research, competitive assessments, and activities related to launch readiness.

• Cultivate an understanding of OLIPOP’s innovation strategy, category trends, and the competitive landscape.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in project management, commercialization, innovation, marketing operations, or a related discipline.

• Exceptional organizational abilities, attention to detail, and capacity to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Demonstrated success in independently leading cross-functional projects from planning stages through to delivery.

• Strong judgment in weighing speed, risk, and impact, with the capability to work autonomously and with minimal guidance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present confidently to senior and cross-functional audiences.

• Proactive, resourceful, and adept at thriving in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

• Preferably experienced in consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, or product innovation.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus

• Fully remote work

• IRL offsites

• Reasonable accommodations during the application process and employment