Sr. Associate, Project Management - Home Storage

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead with Vision: Guide projects through SCJ's End-to-End (E2E) process, ensuring every stage from scoping and ideation to development and commercialization is executed flawlessly.
• Inspire Excellence: Motivate and energize your team, setting clear deliverables, success criteria, and timelines. Navigate risks and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Embrace Challenges: Seek out complex tasks and take calculated risks to push boundaries and achieve outstanding results.
• Leverage business acumen to understand market and category dynamics to optimize business results.
• Lead project scoping to ensure a winning proposition is defined, delivering business objectives including costs, timing, and risks.
• Develop and maintain detailed timelines, project documentation, key milestones, and risk/mitigation plans.
• Ensure all cross functional team members are engaged and aligned on the technical and supply chain plans and deliver functional key deliverables on time.
• Provide consistent communication internally within the team and externally to Stakeholders, Sponsors, and Executives through sponsor updates and breakdown escalations.
• Demonstrate SCJ Success Drivers and establish a 'Mindset to Win' Culture, moving with speed, creativity, and a high degree of initiative.
• Influence without authority; keep teams working well together.
• Operate effectively in a complex, non-structured environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 2+ years of experience in product development and/or commercialization.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Experience in Project Management in the consumer package goods industry (preferred).
• Experience in new product launches, contract manufacturing, and financial analysis related to operations (preferred).
• Technical breadth and depth in product development, commercialization, technology trends, and systems (preferred).
• Strong project management skills and high degree of initiative.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas with courage and conviction.
• Experience using AI technologies and software for project management tasks including timeline generation, scheduling, risk analysis, sponsor communication, and reporting.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the consumer package goods industry.
• Experience with new product launches, contract manufacturing, and financial analysis.
• Technical knowledge in product development, commercialization, and related technologies.
• Proficiency with AI tools and project management software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in product development and/or commercialization.

Benefits & Perks

• Office environment with remote work available one day a week.
• Full-time position based in Bay City, Michigan.
• Eligible for domestic relocation.
• Opportunity for professional growth and advancement.
• Work in a dynamic, innovative environment that values creativity and forward-thinking.