Once Upon a Farm · 1 day ago
Brand Commercialization Manager, Innovation
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $140K/yr
6+ years expOnce Upon a Farm is a purpose-driven brand focused on improving childhood nutrition through organic snacks and meals. The Brand Commercialization Manager, Innovation leads the execution of the innovation and commercialization process, driving new product development from concept through launch and ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams.
E-CommerceFood and BeverageOrganic FoodSnack Food
Responsibilities
Own and lead the end-to-end commercialization process for all projects (innovation, renovation, display, PPA & packaging graphic updates)
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, stage gates, milestones, and deliverable trackers across multiple workstreams
Lead cross-functional forums and working sessions to drive alignment, decision-making, and issue resolution
Anticipate risks, dependencies, and resourcing constraints, proactively escalating and resolving issues to keep projects on track
Partner with Operations Commercialization Manager to validate feasibility, comanufacturing strategy, and timelines
Ensure all commercialization inputs are complete and aligned ahead of stage gate reviews and leadership checkpoints
Serve as the central point of accountability for innovation commercialization, ensuring clarity across teams and stakeholders
Deliver clear and concise status updates, dashboards, and launch readiness reporting to senior leadership
Own stage gate planning across project timelines, ensuring all stage gate dates are accurate, aligned, and reflected in agendas and leadership materials
Maintain tight alignment with the Senior Brand Manager, Innovation, providing timely insights and visibility to support leadership team communication
Ensure consistency across projects by reinforcing process discipline, standard templates, and best practices
Reinforce process discipline, standard templates, and best practices across the innovation pipeline
Identify and implement improvements to workflows, tools, and ways of working to increase speed, clarity, and scalability
Lead or oversee special projects that support the evolution of the innovation and commercialization operating model
Qualification
Required
6 – 8 years of operations and or project management professional experience required
Prior professional experience leading and managing project teams required
Able to work cross-functionally among teams and allocate resources
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Exceptional multitasking and time-management skills
Organized and detail-oriented, enjoys using organization tools to clearly manage and track work activities
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs, specifically in a supply chain environment
Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity, deeply understand business needs, develop a cohesive strategy and make decisions requiring a high level of judgment
Up to 10% travel required: Although this role is a remote work-from-home position, we “Farmers” do meet as a company and/or as a department a few times a year. Anticipate possible travel up to a few times each quarter
Genuinely passionate about improving childhood nutrition for a healthier and happier planet
Desire to contribute to a dynamic high-growth, purpose-driven work environment
Preferred
Brand management experience in the CPG industry is highly preferred
Benefits
Employee Equity
Annual Bonus
Unlimited Paid Time Off
401(k) with employer match
Remote Life Stipend + Nourish and Nurture Allowance
Paid Volunteer Time
Paid Time Off to fulfill civic responsibilities including jury duty and voting in local, state, and national elections
New Parents: Up to 18 weeks of paid Parental Leave, Baby Steps Back To Work, 3 months’ supply of farm-to-fridge baby food, and Milk Stork breast milk shipping service for those who travel
Medical Insurance for the employee covered at 100% on select Kaiser and PPO plans, as well as offer additional plan options at a reduced cost to the employee
Vision and Dental Insurance covered at 100% for the employee
Employee Discounts and quarterly Farm to Fridge home deliveries
Life insurance
Flexible spending account and Health savings accounts for applicable plans
Cell and Internet Stipend
Employee assistance program (EAP)
And so much more!
Company
Once Upon a Farm
Once Upon a Farm creates nutritious food products for children.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Once Upon a Farm has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$116.8MKey Investors
CAVU Consumer PartnersS2G InvestmentsCambridge Companies
2022-03-09Series D· $52M
2021-06-15Series C· $31.7M
2020-03-16Convertible Note· $10M
Leadership Team
John M. Foraker
Co- Founder & CEO
Cassandra Curtis
Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer
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