Senior Project Manager

Posted 16 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Cannabis • Retail • Pharmaceutical
We are growing green for good and championing everyone's journey to well-being.
The Role
The Senior Project Manager will lead teams to deliver multi-business unit projects, ensuring on-time project delivery and managing the complete project lifecycle. Responsibilities include managing resources, schedules, financials, risks, and contributing to process improvements. The role requires monitoring project success metrics and reporting results to stakeholders, along with fostering team motivation and accountability.
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The Role  

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead teams to deliver projects that span across multiple business units - including a dual portfolio of product category innovation initiatives and regional market expansion projects - and ensure successful and on-time project delivery.  You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of your projects, including managing resources, schedules, financials, issues & risks, and for the adherence to stage-gate principles.  You will also contribute to process improvement initiatives as they relate to improving project delivery.   


Essential functions:  

  • Own the full project life cycle - successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to launch for multiple initiatives simultaneously 
  • Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives 
  • Lead project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhere to their responsibilities and execute project milestones 
  • Monitor and report on project success criteria results as well as portfolio performance metrics 
  • Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence 
  • Participate in establishing practices, processes, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature the PM capabilities for the organization 
  • Demonstrate an acumen of your markets' operations and your categories’ technical aspects to support how solutions will address project goals  
  • Oversee the risk management and contingency planning process  
  • Develop and deliver appropriate and effective progress reports, proposals, and presentations to various audiences including project team, sponsors, executive leadership, and key stakeholders 
  • Continue professional development to keep abreast of emerging industry trends and technologies, and PM methods and best practices 
  • Ensure that your team is equipped with the right resources and tools to stay motivated, accountable and highly engaged through direction, mentorship and recognition. 

 

Safety & Compliance:  

  • Be aware of hazards in the workspace. 
  • Retain and understand department specific training. 
  • Report safety incidents/ concerns and comply with follow-up actions. 
  • Be compliant with area safety requirements, state regulations and PPE requirements. 
  • Follow GMP, biosecurity, sanitation or other quality and compliance requirements. 
  • Perform record keeping accurately and completely as directed by a lead or supervisor. 
  • Report and escalate safety & quality concerns. 

 

Working Conditions 

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform reaching, grasping, bending, stooping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. 
  • Must be able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time while maintaining focus. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment 
  • Work involves occasional exposure to allergens (such as cannabis, tree nuts, and coconut oil).  

 

Qualifications 

  • 5+ years of project management in management consulting, operations, manufacturing, and/or high growth startup environment 
  • Experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance 
  • Proven success in leading projects and programs to on-time and within budget close  
  • Advanced proficiency with project management tools including Microsoft Suite, MS Project, and other PM software 
  • Self-motivated, decisive, innovative, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands 
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills – an analytical, innovative, and creative mindset 
  • High degree of emotional intelligence to effectively deal with increasingly diverse clients and teams 
  • Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information 

 

 

Additional Requirements 

  • Must be at a minimum of 21 years of age. 
  • Must possess valid state ID. 
  • Must be able to obtain, and maintain, state badging requirements to work in the cannabis industry (requires background check and state review) 
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
4,700 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

We are a national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and retailer. Our mission is to promote well-being through the power of cannabis while giving back to the communities in which we serve. Established in 2014, Green Thumb employs over 4,800 people and serves thousands of patients and customers each year.

Green Thumb manufactures and distributes a portfolio of branded cannabis products including RYTHM, Dogwalkers, Beboe, Good Green, incredibles, Doctor Solomon’s, &Shine, and owns and operates rapidly growing national retail cannabis stores called RISE.

Why Work With Us

Cannabis is a rapidly growing industry. It's the Great American Growth story, and it is much more than revenue numbers. It's a story about people first. From our commitment to helping right the wrongs caused by the War on Drugs to our passionate team members, people and their well-being are at the core of everything we do at Green Thumb.

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