[Hiring] Temporary Project Manager @Kodiak Cakes

Role Description

The Project Manager leads cross-functional teams to deliver complex initiatives across the Kodiak portfolio - on time, on quality, and on budget. This role owns projects end-to-end from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment to the Stage Gate process and providing clear communication of status, actions, risks, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders, including executive leadership.

• Provide ownership and strategic oversight of the Frozen and Oatmeal category project portfolios, ensuring prioritization, execution, and delivery of all product launch and change initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional teams through Kodiak’s Stage Gate process, ensuring alignment to project briefs, gate document requirements, and business objectives.
• Build and maintain project plans and associated reports in Monday.com.
• Plan for and facilitate cross-functional project and category meetings, drive decision making, and ensure clear accountability for action items.
• Communicate project status, risks, and mitigation strategies to cross-functional teams and executive leadership, both verbally and in writing.
• Manage commercialization processes by following Kodiak product launch and change templates.
• Partner with external stakeholders, including contract manufacturers, suppliers, and printers to deliver project objectives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management or commercialization experience in food CPG.
• Experience leading projects through a structured Stage Gate process.
• Proven ability to manage multiple high priority projects and deliver against timelines.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, packaging suppliers, and external partners.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience influencing stakeholders at all levels, including leadership teams.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking abilities.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Demonstrated track record of high quality, detail-oriented execution.

Requirements

• Experience operating in a fast paced, high growth CPG environment.
• Experience managing product lifecycles from concept through commercialization, including post-launch optimization.
• Familiarity with Monday.com or similar project management tools.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision plans
• FSA & HSA accounts
• Eligible to participate in Kodiak’s 401K (after 1,000 logged hours worked)
• Flexible Time Off
• Sick Leave
• Life & ADD Insurance
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Mental Health Therapy Benefit & the Calm app
• Cell Phone & Internet Stipend
• A company fleet of snowboards and other equipment
• Free Kodiak Product
• Casual dress code