A Little About Us

We imagine a world where our children are eating lunches packed full of real food, where plastic wrapped snacks are a thing of the past and where parenting isn’t about out-perfecting but inspiring community and connection.

We created PlanetBox because we believe small acts can have a huge impact and that healthy habits start at home. Our lunch boxes were designed to make it easy to fill up on real food while using less disposable bags and containers. That way, our children can learn to care for themselves and their planet from the start.

A Little About The Job

PlanetBox is a contagious brand with an engaged and passionate consumer base. We are looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Project Manager to help lead product launches through timeline development and schedule adherence efforts. As we continue to expand efforts towards more sustainable products, this role will also be supporting the launch of an exciting new eco-conscious brand.

While various departments carry the responsibility of different scopes of work, it is the responsibility of the PM to ensure that all departments work cohesively and in a timely manner to complete the overall goal of delivering product on-time to our retail partners. The PM will manage the operational execution of each program, coordinating internal resources, leading cross-functional teams and ensuring stakeholders are fulfilling their responsibilities by meeting program requirements and deadlines.

We are looking for someone who is excited about the product development cycle, can prioritize their workload and who has a proven track record of on-time delivery with projects. This position reports into the Director of Product Development Operations.

Key Responsibilities

Timeline Development and Tracking

• Responsible for realistic creation and maintenance of the Master Timeline for each new product launch. Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure that project requirements are factored in prior to timeline development and proactively provides solutions to hit the original deadline, should potential time constraints apply.
• Must consistently report on and communicate timeline changes across all departments.
• Actively engages with Lifetime stakeholders and vendors in China to ensure deliverables are communicated and being met.

Meeting Ownership

• Facilitates weekly NPD (new product development) meetings for each brand to discuss timeline status and launch updates. Clearly communicates any delays with recommendation on how best to proceed to ensure deliverables are met on-time. Clearly communicates written recaps to all stake-holders post-NPD meetings.
• Schedules key product development gate meetings for each brand and communicates outcomes in a written recaps to the team.
• Organizes and hosts post-mortem meetings after the completion of projects to discuss the successes and challenges, and how the team can make improvements for the next project.

Skills

• Proven ability problem solve and find resolutions quickly and efficiently
• Ability to build and maintain relationships to ensure greater success with accountability towards project deliverables
• Comfortable speaking in-front of a large audience of key stakeholders
• Provide process structure while remaining flexible
• Clear and concise communicator

Qualifications

• College education required (BA/BS preferred)
• 2-3 years of Project Management experience required
• 1-2 years of Consumer Products experience (preferred)
• 1 year of Microsoft Project experience (preferred)
• Highly organized and resourceful
• Self-starting team player
• Passion for housewares innovation

Work Location: Hybrid- Seattle, WA

Salary Range: $75,000 to $85,000