Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives

SUMMARY
Traditional Medicinals began its journey with a Volkswagen van and a vision: to share the healing power of botanical medicine. Five decades later, we’re celebrating a golden legacy of wellness, sustainability, and impact that has touched millions of lives. As we honor our roots, we are looking to the future as we continue to grow and build our company.
The Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives will be the company’s first full-time program management hire --- responsible for leading complex programs, introducing PM best practices to the organization, and developing PM processes and tools. Reporting to the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and partnering closely with cross-functional leaders, the Program Manager will have broad impact across the organization, collaborating with diverse colleagues to guide programs that deliver on company goals. In addition to PM excellence, the Program Manager will also embody and bring the company’s values to life in how they lead programs, build relationships, solve problems, and facilitate decision making. The ideal candidate has led programs in multiple domains (e.g. R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing), is agnostic to program type (product, process, service), and is excited to learn and grow as a PM through leading a wide variety of initiatives.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Directly manage assigned programs through all phases (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & controlling, and closure) to ensure program goals are achieved.
• Create and maintain program plans, schedules, and budgets through collaboration with cross-functional team members.
• Ensure program objectives, scope, time and cost are clearly defined in partnership with cross-functional team members, documented, and approved by stakeholders.
• Lead productive, recurring team meetings that enable progress toward program deliverables and facilitate problem solving, issue management, and decision making.
• Transparently communicate program status (progress, issues, risks) to stakeholders.
• Escalate decisions that exceed the team’s decision-making authority to the appropriate leader(s), providing them with adequate context, alternatives, and recommendations.
• Apply change management best practices when what needs to be done represents a significant change to the company’s current way(s) of working.
• Maintain alignment of the program with the company’s strategic pillars and goals, continually anchoring the team to its “north star”.
• Act as a strategic partner for cross-functional colleagues, working jointly with others to deliver on program goals.
• Manage relationships with external partners / suppliers, as appropriate.
• Implement PM best practices and develop PM processes and tools tailored to the company’s unique business and culture.

REQUIREMENTS
Experience:

• 8-10 years of successful project/program management experience in companies that design, develop, manufacture, and/or distribute hard goods.
• Experienced PM practitioner with comprehensive, advanced knowledge of program management concepts, methods, techniques and tools as demonstrated by the successful completion of complex programs.
• Strong program schedule management (activities, deliverables, milestones) and cost management skills (estimating costs, setting budgets, and tracking spending).
• Demonstrated understanding of organizational business practices (i.e. can see beyond the PM perspective).

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or advanced degree.
• PMP credential or similar combination of training and experience.

Knowledge/Abilities/Skills:

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate with stakeholders from executive to individual contributor.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team-oriented, collaborative, positive spirit.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing priorities, balancing the need to meet deadlines with genuine care and respect for colleagues.
• “Go to” expert in program management capable of operating independently and creating PM processes and tools from scratch.
• Detail oriented with strong documentation and organizational skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills bring successful resolution to high impact, complex, and/or cross-functional problems.
• Able to resolve complex problems independently, without existing procedures or practices.
• Requires minimal guidance from manager.

Technical Skills:

• Intermediate or advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Project management tools (e.g. Monday.com, Smartsheet…etc)

Office Hours/Location:

• This position is based in Rohnert Park, CA. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 – 5:00 pm. This is a hybrid role offering the flexibility to occasionally work remotely. Expected in-offices days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Subject to change.
• Remote candidates will not be considered for this role.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Compensation range is $113,200 - $148,575.
Compensation is determined based on non-discriminatory, business-related factors, including but not limited to, training, experience, education and/or professional certifications, geographic location, and market data.
Traditional Medicinals, Inc. and its subsidiaries are proud equal-opportunity employers. We wholeheartedly embrace authenticity, diversity, and people's differences. We acknowledge, celebrate, and support individuality to the great advantage of our consumers, our stakeholders, our products, and the planet. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all our people.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.