Project Manager - Product Innovation

Insight Global • Lake Forest, IL • 2d ago

Job Description

Program Leadership: Own/initiate project structures (charters, schedules, RAID, communications) and run governance cadences (steerco/tollgates).

Commercialization: Orchestrate R&D ? pilot ? scale handoffs; manage launch readiness (supply, labeling/regulatory, training, enablement).

Brand Renovation: Lead refresh initiatives (pack/formula/positioning/visual identity) with Marketing, Regulatory, Ops, and Quality.

Process Management: Implement/iterate frameworks (Stage Gate, Lean/6s) and maintain a single source of truth in Smartsheet/PLM.

Change Management: Build impact assessments, stakeholder maps, comms/training plans; track adoption and mitigate resistance.

Stakeholder Management: Partner with R&D, Commercial, Operations, Finance, Regulatory, Quality; facilitate decisions and resolve conflicts.

Continuous Improvement: Identify bottlenecks, reduce cycle times, improve launch predictability, and standardize playbooks across the merged org.

Drive integration of Pactiv and Novolex ways of working-merging innovation processes and best practices without losing effectiveness.

Focus initially on establishing simple, systematized frameworks and scalable processes across the merged organization.

Leverage the early-stage opportunity to standardize and streamline how innovation moves from idea to commercialization.

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Skills and Requirements

CPG/GTM (go-to-market) commercialization experience (bringing physical products to market)

o Need product innovation/commercialization expereince

Experience bands:

o Startup: 3-5 years (comfort with ambiguity and speed), and/or

o Structured enterprise: 5-7 years (governance, scale, cross functional orchestration).

Certification: PMP (highly preferred / required by enterprise leadership).

Strong program/process management skills with evidence of standardized artifacts (charters, RAID, KPIs).

Proven ability to translate technical info from scientists/engineers into plans and executive-ready narratives.

Tool proficiency: Smartsheet (current preference), plus familiarity with MS Project, Jira/Confluence, SharePoint, PLM/MDM.

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