PROJECT MANAGER

Arcaea is building a new ingredient toolset for the beauty and personal care industry - one rooted in biotechnology with the aim of delivering radical performance and unparalleled sustainability that will also present new opportunities for storytelling. This role will be critical to shaping and driving Arcaea’s ethos around a “biology-first” future for the industry. Our mission is to create the most consequential personal care ingredients and brands of this century. 

We are building an organization where technology and storytelling coexist in a symbiotic relationship. To accomplish our vision we will need to be really good at two things: consumer engagement and technical innovation - and they will need to work together in concert. 

You will work cross functionally and play a critical role in implementing and streamlining processes as well as ensuring all project work stays on track.  Projects/programs will require general cross-organization coordination/facilitation and ownership of results. You will help drive the process involving cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products. Plan and direct schedules and monitor the project from initiation through release. Organize activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build strong and aligned project teams to efficiently deliver on shared goals
• Partner with project teams on planning, execution, and delivery of cross-functional initiatives
• Create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy and transparency, mastery, innovation, and learning
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define program requirements, scope, and priorities
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risk exposures at all levels
• Help team backlogs and ensure forward project momentum
• Lead efforts to resolve key project conflicts and establish appropriate resolution paths
• Prepare and present program and project status to stakeholders
• Maintain project dashboards
• Communicate changes to project plans and the impact on timeline and budget
• Work with project teams to identify the critical path of the projects and roadblocks before they occur
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify dependencies across teams manage tracking them and help remove any impediments
• Drive project communications, keeping clear communication channels open
• Lead weekly working meetings with key task owners 

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS: 

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management or related field
• 3 years of tech or beauty industry experience and 3 years of program management experience
• Experience delivering technical programs or products from inception to delivery
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent major projects/programs for both short and long term goals
• A talent for working independently in a fast-paced environment, navigating ambiguity, and creating clarity where needed
• Excellent trade-off management in achieving tactical and strategic objectives
• Comfort in setting context (urgency, dependencies, and goals) and working with teams to determine milestones
• Ability to work in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, dynamic company
• Hands-on, motivated self-starter with a strong sense of initiative and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and excellent record-keeping
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexible team player excited to collaborate
• Experience with Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and GSuite a plus
• Start-up experience preferred

We are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in all its practices. It is the policy of Arcaea to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants.