Project Manager-Product Development

Job Description

What will you work on?

The Project Manager will be responsible for driving the execution of global toys portfolio, and ideally possesses a technical, manufacturing, strategy, and / or process-mapping background.

The person in this role will work closely with large cross-functional teams (Design, Marketing, Engineering, Quality, Packaging, etc.

to manage product development from concept through production. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, establishing critical path / milestones / dependencies to ensure timely and successful delivery of products, identifying risks and opportunities to pre-empt development hurdles, providing escalation management, and working with stakeholders to balance business, design, and technical objectives

How will you create impact?

• Establish project plans in collaboration with cross-functional development teams to determine tasks, milestones, resources, planned and actual dates
• Act as integration lead amongst multi-disciplinary teams and global partners, and executing project plan from concept to production
• Lead product milestone and integration meetings, in addition to creating action plans with clear deliverables
• Support licensor meetings, including coordinating approval deliverables across multiple team members and setting agendas based on development timelines
• Manage project and process optimization, working independently with limited supervision
• Lead multiple brands of low to high complexity projects from technical schedule aspects, and pre-empt any potential issues
• Manage programs to time, cost, and quality reflective of business and development objectives
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Identify, anticipate, and manage risks or issues at the project level
• Partner with global operations to provide early warning of delays and strategize appropriate solutions in development plans or processes
• Support and drive cross-functional category teams to manage projects including risks, key handoffs, and deliverables
• Report and escalate to management as needed; present verbal and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management
• Continuously improve project management toolkits, processes, and methodologies utilized for product development
• Exercise professionally mature discretion in approach to all aspects of the job

What are your skills and experience?

• Experience in project management role
• Experience with plastics, materials, and / or mechanical manufacturing is beneficial,
• Familiarity with licensor process and approval stages an asset
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification and familiarity with KPI and metrics analysis plus but is not a requirement
• Skills in MS Project, Agile, and / or other relevant tools to manage end-to-end development
• Experience in creating new processes to integrate new and existing technologies into conventional CPG development
• Advanced proficiency in creating presentation materials for executive review

While this position primarily offers remote work opportunities, occasional in-office presence approximately 15-20% per month may be required