Senior Commercialization Project Manager (US, Remote)

About the role

The Senior Commercialization Project Manager leads cross-functional initiatives for new products, product updates, packaging changes, and other innovation projects from approved concept through launch and closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional commercialization initiatives for new products, product updates, packaging changes, and other innovation projects from approved concept through launch and closeout
• Own integrated commercialization plans for each project, including master timelines, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, owners, risk profiles, and launch-readiness requirements
• Own and continuously strengthen StageGate governance and cadence across the commercialization portfolio, ensuring required information, milestones, functional approvals, and decisions are in place before projects advance
• Serve as a commercialization subject-matter resource and trusted partner to functional leaders, providing structure, guidance, and recommendations on complex project and process challenges
• Facilitate commercialization and StageGate meetings, driving clear decisions, accountability, follow-through, and timely escalation across cross-functional stakeholders
• Coordinate launch readiness across Product Development, manufacturing, inventory, packaging procurement, Quality & Regulatory, eCommerce, Customer Service, Marketing, Finance, and other functions while teams retain ownership of their respective work
• Partner closely with Marketing Operations to align commercialization plans with the marketing launch plan, calendar, inventory readiness, creative dependencies, and launch timing
• Maintain project risk registers and proactively assess complex risks, blockers, resource constraints, and trade-offs, independently driving resolution where appropriate and escalating material business decisions when needed
• Evaluate cross-functional inputs and recommend whether projects should continue, pause, be re-scoped, postponed, accelerated, or reconsidered based on commercialization viability and business impact
• Maintain portfolio-level visibility across commercialization initiatives, providing leadership with clear, decision-ready insights into project health, progress, risks, resource constraints, dependencies, and opportunities to reprioritize work
• Drive go/no-go readiness by ensuring leaders and functional owners have the appropriate information, recommendations, approvals, and risk visibility required to make sound decisions
• Identify and implement improvements to commercialization systems, workflows, StageGate criteria, templates, governance practices, and cross-functional ways of working to improve speed, clarity, and execution reliability
• Lead commercialization retrospectives and translate lessons learned into scalable process improvements across future projects and the broader innovation portfolio

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, supply chain, or a related field preferred; additional relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• 6+ years of progressive experience in project management, commercialization, new product development, product launch, or a related function, including independently leading complex cross-functional initiatives
• Strong experience building and managing integrated project plans, critical paths, risk registers, dependencies, decision points, and executive-level status reporting
• Demonstrated ability to operate with substantial autonomy, navigate ambiguity, and independently resolve complex project and cross-functional challenges
• Strong business judgment and analytical thinking, with the ability to evaluate cross-functional inputs, assess implications and trade-offs, and provide clear recommendations to leadership
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information into clear risks, options, recommendations, and decisions for leaders and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements that strengthen project execution, governance, and organizational effectiveness
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Monday.com, Google Workspace, or similar platforms

Qualifications

• A passion for real food, wellness, sustainability, regenerative agriculture, or nutrient-dense nutrition

Skills

• Project Management
• Commercialization
• New Product Development
• Product Launch
• StageGate Processes

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% employer-paid dental/vision and a small monthly medical premium for employees; dependents may be added at employee cost

Generous Paid time off to support balance and rest

Paid sick time for when you need it

Six (6) paid holidays each year

Paid parental leave for growing families

100% company-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance

401(k) with up to a 4% company match after one year of service

Monthly product stipend or access to perfectly imperfect damaged product so you can enjoy the nutrient-dense foods you help bring to others