About the Wellness Pet Company

The Wellness Pet Company crafts and produces premium natural pet food, treats, and dental chews. We believe that natural, premium nutrition focused on proven health outcomes is the foundation of creating a mutual wellbeing for pets and their families. As a community of people, Wellies are positively obsessed about how to win for pets and their parents. We believe in the difference we make every single day, and we know that when we work collaboratively, Wellies are unstoppable -- Not only in providing the best nutrition to pets, but in building a better tomorrow for pets, their parents, and the world.

Your #lifeatwellnesspet

When you join Wellness Pet, you join a team whose aligned values and purpose create a unique and exciting place to work every day. Join us on our adventure to fulfill a life of wellbeing together with pets and their parents. Come for a walk with us today!

What You’ll Accomplish

Our Project Management Team within the Marketing team at Wellness Pet is made up of professionals who understand the difference our products make in the lives of pets. We are seeking to add a Project Manager to our pack! The Project Manager will report to the Senior Project Manager, based out of our Burlington, Massachusetts headquarters location. This individual will lead cross-functional teams comprised of team members from across the globe. The key measure of success for this individual will be delivering product development projects on time and on budget.

This position is based out of our Burlington, MA headquarters location, where we work a required hybrid schedule of in-office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and remote on Wednesdays and Fridays.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Lead project teams through the stage gate process, ensuring alignment with product development and commercialization
• Build interpersonal relationships, guide and coach individuals and teams through project kick-off through completion
• Create and maintain the project schedule through definition and tracking of key project milestones
• Set expectations for team members, holding members accountable and always leading by example
• Quickly gain proficiency in understanding technical information related to individual projects while simultaneously ensuring progression of projects
• Participate in various meetings related to the stage gate process, including but not limited to product change and New Product Development (NPD) meetings
• Manage communications across the cross-functional project team
• Provide consistent updates to key project stakeholders
• Manage project scope with internal customers
• Assess, manage, and mitigate project risk, including ownership of escalations when appropriate
• Track and facilitate the resolution of cross-functional team issues
• Define and track project deliverables through review while driving accountability
• Create and maintain schedules for Product Change Requests (PCRs)
• Maintain regular biweekly communication of PCRs & ensure timely reporting & milestone updates
• Participate in program management discussions to share data/key learnings with peers and provide feedback into the Product Delivery process for continuous improvement
• Provide process improvement suggestions with regards to project status reporting for new product development
• Participate in program management discussions to share data/key learnings with peers and provide feedback into the Project Management team for continuous improvement
• Build and grow business relationships and continually develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of Wellness Pet’s overall business to drive clarity on project needs and priorities
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management in partnership with the Project Management team.
• Prepare for stage gate reviews and apply quality assurance procedures
• Lead any additional projects as needed

Who We’re Looking For

Team Wellie is a group of people who are truly obsessed in all the best ways about winning for the consumer and the pets they love. And so, we are seeking an individual who:

• Is consumer focused with all they do
• Continually challenge themselves to go the extra mile to get the job done, and ensure it’s done the right way as opposed to the easy way
• Hold themselves and others accountable
• Embraces continual development through the sharing of feedback and investment in learning opportunities.
• Is a true collaborator, sharing resources, and engages in healthy debate
• Celebrates differences and strives to learn from others who are different from themselves
• Gives back to their community and supports sustainable practices

We are seeking a Project Manager with experience leading cross-functional projects. Individuals should have proven success bringing consumer products to commercialization. Successful candidates will also possess:

• A BA/BS or equivalent experience
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment required
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience leading cross-functional projects in a product delivery environment
• Experience with the stage gate process & product lifecycle activities
• Possesses general management skills such as leadership, negotiation, communication, ability to motivate, ability to influence and team building
• Detail-oriented
• Able to influence others to achieve goals
• Top-notch verbal and written communication skills; direct communication style
• Able to hold staff accountable with grace
• Able to manage across multiple projects at various stages and drive them to completion simultaneously
• Knowledge of and experience with a project management tools and practices preferred
• Provide vision, direction, sound judgement, issue and conflict resolution, and effective decision making

Why Work for Wellness Pet

We care about the wellbeing of our people, their families, and their pets. So, we treat every Wellie to a comprehensive benefits package full of extras to support their health, pets, passions, and professional Development. More information about our benefits can be found on our website.

The Wellness Pet Company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

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