Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thorne is a company dedicated to delivering high-quality, science-backed solutions for individual well-being. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager for Packaging & Creative Operations to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of various projects, ensuring they align with brand and regulatory standards.
Responsibilities
- Enhance and continuously improve Thorne's packaging and creative operations by integrating creative best practices, design workflows, production, and prepress into a seamless end-to-end packaging development process
- Establish, implement, and scale cross-functional project management processes that increase efficiency, visibility, and collaboration across Creative, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Product Development, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain
- Lead packaging, labeling, artwork, and marketing projects from concept through commercialization, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and timelines are met
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, resource allocations, and schedules for new product launches, packaging updates, reformulations, and line extensions
- Partner closely with Creative leadership to optimize resource planning, project prioritization, and team capacity
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners—including packaging suppliers, printers, and production vendors—to ensure successful project execution and on-time delivery
- Oversee packaging artwork workflows, including routing, approvals, version control, file management, proofing, and production readiness
- Ensure the highest standards of creative quality, design integrity, regulatory compliance, and brand consistency are maintained throughout the packaging development lifecycle
- Develop and maintain standardized workflows, templates, governance, and documentation that support a growing portfolio of packaging and marketing initiatives
- Identify and implement process improvements that streamline development cycles, improve operational efficiency, and maintain quality and compliance standards
- Facilitate packaging reviews, proof approvals, and cross-functional decision-making to keep projects moving forward efficiently
- Monitor project budgets, packaging costs, vendor performance, and overall project health, proactively identifying and mitigating risks
- Support commercialization and product launch initiatives by ensuring packaging deliverables align with business priorities and launch timelines
- Provide regular project updates to stakeholders, communicating progress, timelines, dependencies, and potential risks while driving accountability across teams
Skills
- High school diploma or GED
- 7–10+ years of project management experience supporting packaging, creative operations, brand marketing, or integrated marketing teams within a consumer packaged goods (CPG), food & beverage, health & wellness, manufacturing, or related industry
- Proven experience establishing, implementing, and scaling project management processes across multiple cross-functional teams within a high-growth organization
- Strong understanding of packaging development, packaging design workflows, artwork management, print production, prepress, labeling, and commercialization
- Experience integrating creative best practices into operational workflows while balancing business priorities, regulatory requirements, quality standards, and production timelines
- Demonstrated ability to preserve creative and brand integrity throughout the packaging development lifecycle
- Experience partnering with internal creative teams as well as external agencies, printers, packaging suppliers, and production vendors
- Exceptional project management, organizational, and process improvement skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Strong leadership and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment without direct authority
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership
- Demonstrated success leading change management initiatives and driving adoption of new tools, workflows, and operational processes
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- High attention to detail with a commitment to quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement
- Solid understanding of design principles, print production, and integrated marketing processes
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, prioritize competing demands, and consistently meet deadlines
- Collaborative, adaptable, and proactive approach with strong interpersonal skills and a customer-service mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Project Management, or a related field
- PMP certification
- Prior agency experience
- Experience within the vitamins & supplements, food & beverage, CPG, manufacturing, or related industries
- Experience working with quality management systems (ETQ preferred)
- Proficiency with Wrike or other enterprise project management platforms
Benefits
- Fully remote
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