Innovation Operations Manager
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BiOptimizersDietary supplements
US location required., Overlap with EST is required. Standard collaboration window: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST.Full-TimeManager
Salary100,000 - 150,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- Minimum 7 years of demonstrated success as a project manager.
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMicrosoft ExcelAsana
Requirements
- At least 7 years of demonstrated success as a project manager.
- Experience in dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, food and beverage, CPG, or pharmaceutical industries.
- Extensive experience with R&D and formulation processes, manufacturing technical capabilities, and regulatory frameworks such as FDA, DSHEA, and cGMP.
- Strong background in ingredients and their technical use in dietary supplements.
- Hands-on experience with novel delivery formats such as liposomal or encapsulation technologies, softgels, gummies or jellies, sprays, sachets, or functional beverages.
- At least one novel or first-of-its-kind product, format, or process personally taken from early concept through commercial launch.
- Fluency in project management systems such as Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, MS Project, or Jira.
- Ability to build COGS, margin, and break-even models and simple business cases in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Ability to critically evaluate scientific literature, supplier technical packets, specifications, and certificates of analysis.
- Availability during US business hours and required overlap with EST.
- Preferred: bachelor's degree in a relevant field; PMP or equivalent certification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Research and investigate innovation concepts, assessing technical and commercial feasibility beyond existing product formats and categories.
- Work with formulators and R&D teams to understand concepts, scientific foundations, technical requirements, and constraints.
- Conduct structured feasibility analyses covering technical viability, manufacturing, cost, regulation, timelines, and commercial potential.
- Identify, vet, and manage vendors, contract manufacturers, labs, consultants, and specialists; prepare RFQs and manage the quote and award process.
- Develop business cases, COGS build-ups, MOQ and landed-cost scenarios, pricing and margin models, break-even volumes, and capital estimates.
- Manage project plans, budgets, timelines, milestones, and stakeholder communications across concurrent initiatives.
- Own concept intake, initial screening, prioritization, stage-gate reviews, phase budgets, and kill criteria.
- Assess patent landscape, freedom to operate, ingredient regulatory status, label and claims substantiation, and non-ingestible product considerations.
- Coordinate samples, pilot and scale-up trials, stability and shelf-life testing, sensory evaluation, analytical methods, and draft specifications.
- Drive greenlit concepts through first commercial production and hand off complete specifications, vendor agreements, cost models, and documentation.
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