Project Manager, Operations Management

Project Manager

Location:

Ogden, UT (on site)

About the Role

We move fast on limited drops, trend responses, brand-moment products, and PR / influencer-seeding boxes — programs that need to be on-shelf in weeks, not months. We're hiring a
Project Manager
to own that fast lane end-to-end: the calendar, the critical path, the suppliers, and the cross-functional orchestration that turns a fast idea into an on-time launch.

You'll report to our VP of Supply Chain with a
direct dotted line to the CEO
, who sets the direction for these programs. When the CEO has an idea, you turn it into a realistic commit date and a plan — fast. This is a
build-the-process
seat, not an inherit-the-playbook seat: your job is to make "fast" mean

* disciplined
* , not chaotic.

What You'll Own

- The drop / launch calendar
— the single source of truth for every fast-turn program in flight. You keep it current, realistic, and visible to everyone.
- The critical path
— translate a brief into a realistic commit date (typically within ~48 hours), map every dependency, and drive each milestone to its date.
- A purpose-built fast-lane process
— a slimmed, time-boxed gate process designed for speed that never sacrifices quality or margin. You design it, own it, and hold teams to it.
- Supplier coordination for speed
— know which vendors can actually move fast, manage those relationships to the

* timeline
* (not just price), and surface lead-time risk before it becomes a miss.
- Cross-functional launch orchestration
— Brand, eCommerce, Marketing, and Warehouse all need to know what's coming and what they owe. You're the air-traffic controller.
- The PR / influencer-seeding box program
— curated kits across all brands: contents, packaging, recipient coordination with Marketing, and assembly with Warehouse.
- The post-launch loop
— cycle-time actuals vs. commit, what broke, what improves next cycle. The lane gets faster

* and
* tighter every round.

Success Criteria

First 30 Days
— Every active program is logged, calendared, and visible. You've met every supplier in the fast-turn network and know their

* real
* lead times, not their sales-pitch lead times.

60 Days
— First drop launched under your ownership, on commit date. The fast-lane process is documented and socialized; the cross-functional team knows you're the coordination layer.

90 Days
— Cycle time is baselined and you can show it shrinking, not growing. You can articulate the delta between the fast lane and the standard 15-month calendar, and supplier responsiveness is tracked.

What You Bring

- A bachelor's degree from an accredited university — required.
- 4–8 years in
project management, program management, product operations, brand/marketing operations, or product development
— ideally including fast-turn, limited-drop, launch, or event programs.
- A track record of
owning timelines and critical paths end-to-end
, and fluency in a project-management tool (Asana, Monday, Smartsheet, or similar).
- Vendor / supplier coordination
experience — managing partners to a deadline, not just negotiating a price.
- Cross-functional orchestration without authority
— you keep people you don't manage on schedule.
- Comfort with
high visibility and fast-changing direction
(you'll have a direct dotted line to the CEO), and the ability to turn creative intent into an operating calendar quickly.
- Physical / consumer-product experience is a strong plus — this is physical product with factory and print timelines, not software.

Speed without discipline is just chaos with urgency. The fast lane has to be genuinely faster than standard development — fewer gates, tighter timelines, pre-qualified suppliers — but every gate that exists must hold. This is an
individual-contributor seat
: your leverage is process, relationships, and calendar discipline, not headcount.

Reporting & Organization

Line — Role

Reports to (solid):
VP of Supply Chain

Dotted line:
CEO (Hayden Wadsworth) — sets program direction

Internal title:
Product Manager — Hydro Jug Rush Products

Level:
Senior individual contributor

Location:
On-site, Ogden, UT

About Hydro Jug, Inc.

Hydro Jug, Inc. is an established, profitable consumer-products company headquartered in Ogden, Utah, designing and selling premium hydration and lifestyle products through direct-to-consumer and major retail channels — now scaling a portfolio of brands.