Senior Project Manager

The Role

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead teams to deliver projects that span across multiple business units - including a dual portfolio of product category innovation initiatives and regional market expansion projects - and ensure successful and on-time project delivery. You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of your projects, including managing resources, schedules, financials, issues & risks, and for the adherence to stage-gate principles. You will also contribute to process improvement initiatives as they relate to improving project delivery.

Essential functions:

• Own the full project life cycle - successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to launch for multiple initiatives simultaneously

• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives

• Lead project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhere to their responsibilities and execute project milestones

• Monitor and report on project success criteria results as well as portfolio performance metrics

• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence

• Participate in establishing practices, processes, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature the PM capabilities for the organization

• Demonstrate an acumen of your markets' operations and your categories' technical aspects to support how solutions will address project goals

• Oversee the risk management and contingency planning process

• Develop and deliver appropriate and effective progress reports, proposals, and presentations to various audiences including project team, sponsors, executive leadership, and key stakeholders

• Continue professional development to keep abreast of emerging industry trends and technologies, and PM methods and best practices

• Ensure that your team is equipped with the right resources and tools to stay motivated, accountable and highly engaged through direction, mentorship and recognition.

Safety & Compliance:

• Be aware of hazards in the workspace.

• Retain and understand department specific training.

• Report safety incidents/ concerns and comply with follow-up actions.

• Be compliant with area safety requirements, state regulations and PPE requirements.

• Follow GMP, biosecurity, sanitation or other quality and compliance requirements.

• Perform record keeping accurately and completely as directed by a lead or supervisor.

• Report and escalate safety & quality concerns.

Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform reaching, grasping, bending, stooping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

• Must be able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time while maintaining focus.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment

• Work involves occasional exposure to allergens (such as cannabis, tree nuts, and coconut oil).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management in management consulting, operations, manufacturing, and/or high growth startup environment

• Experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance

• Proven success in leading projects and programs to on-time and within budget close

• Advanced proficiency with project management tools including Microsoft Suite, MS Project, and other PM software

• Self-motivated, decisive, innovative, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands

• Exceptional problem-solving skills - an analytical, innovative, and creative mindset

• High degree of emotional intelligence to effectively deal with increasingly diverse clients and teams

• Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information

Additional Requirements

• Must be at a minimum of 21 years of age.

• Must possess valid state ID.
• Must be able to obtain, and maintain, state badging requirements to work in the cannabis industry (requires background check and state review)