Innovation Project Manager (CPG)
Atrium Staffing
Chicago, IL
Our client, a well-established consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, is seeking an Innovation Project Manager (CPG) to support new product and packaging initiatives within their innovation team.
Salary/Hourly Rate:
$43/hr - $45/hr
Position Overview:
This role will focus on driving cross-functional collaboration and ensuring innovation projects move efficiently from concept through execution. This is a highly visible role supporting leaders across innovation, operations, and commercial teams to bring new ideas and product improvements to market.
Responsibilities of the Innovation Project Manager (CPG):
- Lead and manage multiple innovation and product development projects from concept through commercialization.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and milestones to ensure projects remain on track.
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between teams, including marketing, operations, supply chain, R&D, and finance.
- Facilitate project meetings, align stakeholders on priorities, and drive decisions across teams.
- Identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively address project challenges.
- Track progress against key milestones and report updates to leadership.
- Support structured stage-gate innovation processes and help improve project management best practices across teams.
- Contribute to evaluating project feasibility by understanding consumer insights, business goals, operational impact, and financial considerations.
- 2 - 5 years of project or program management experience, ideally within a CPG or consumer product environment.
- Experience managing cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and project planning skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate meetings and align teams around shared goals.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Experience supporting new product development or commercialization projects.
- Familiarity with stage-gate innovation or product development processes.
- Experience within food & beverage, consumer goods, personal care, or pharmaceutical environments.
- Project Management certification (PMP or similar) is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management is required.
- Atrium Care Package available, upon eligibility (including healthcare plans, discount programs, and paid time off).
As a woman-owned firm, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Candidates who apply for roles through the Atrium website will be added to our candidate pool and may be considered for additional roles of a similar title. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
Position ID: 388971
About the Company
Atrium Staffing
Founded in 1995, Atrium is a privately held, woman-owned staffing and recruitment firm. Our mission is to find people jobs they love and create custom staffing and contingent workforce solutions for our clients’ toughest business challenges. We remain dedicated to our founding Applicant-Centric philosophy, the personalized service we offer to every client and the importance of hiring talented, hard-working internal staff who embody our core values every day! Everyone we place and every problem we solve is made that much more rewarding by the motivated, engaging people that make up our team.
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