Associate Product Lifecycle Manager

Summary
We are seeking an experienced Associate Product Lifecycle Management professional to oversee end-to-end product lifecycle activities, ensuring seamless transitions and efficient execution with minimal inventory impact. This role involves leading new product launches, orchestrating cross-functional teams, and driving product optimization initiatives and reports to the Product Lifecycle Manager.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end product lifecycle activities including renovations, transitions, and delistings.

Ensure changes are executed efficiently while minimizing write-offs, obsolescence, and excess inventory.

Lead multiple new product launch projects post-approval, ensuring alignment to the approved business case in partnership with finance.

Coordinate cross-functional execution to ensure launches are delivered on time, in full, and without aged or stranded inventory.

Track launch readiness, risks, and post-launch performance.

Act as the single source of truth for product lifecycle plans, timelines, and decisions.

Align cross-functional teams around one integrated product plan, reducing confusion and duplication.

Proactively identify technical, operational, or supply chain risks related to launches, renovations, or delistings.

Drive mitigation plans in collaboration with relevant functional teams to protect service, cost, and inventory outcomes.

Required Skills

Experience in product lifecycle management within CPG or Manufacturing environments.

Strong understanding of product launches and cross‑functional execution.

Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities.

Collaborates:
Builds strong relationships and works effectively across functions to achieve shared objectives.

Product Lifecycle & Change Management:
Strong understanding of launch, transition, and delisting processes.

Cross‑Functional Coordination:
Ability to manage complex interdependencies across Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial teams.

Analytical Thinking:
Uses data to identify risks, trade‑offs, and optimization opportunities.

Execution Excellence:
Delivers against timelines and business cases in a fast‑moving environment.

Problem Solving &

Risk Management:

Anticipates issues and drives practical mitigation actions.

Project Management: strong project management and administration skills.

Salary Range
$70,000 - $90,000 CAD

What We Expect

Values‑led:  You’ll be a member of a thoughtful and compassionate team that prioritizes respect, teamwork and resourcefulness along with a good dash of fun. Sometimes, even making granola bars is hard, and life’s too short to take ourselves so seriously that we don’t enjoy the journey.

Unparalleled experiences and opportunities:  We’re still determining who we are and what we can be. Help us shape what this organization will look like and what we’ll offer the world, into the future. This means rolling up your sleeves and sometimes building the process – fast! – while employing it. At Riverside, progress occasionally means proceeding imperfectly, and we’re okay with that, as long as we’re staying true to our values and learning and improving along the way.

Access to everyone:  We’re a flat organization with few silos which means you’ll have full access to everyone from our founders to our production staff. Even when employees dress up, they wear steel‑toed shoes. So don’t be shy. Speak up, share your ideas and go places you normally wouldn’t – like the plant, or the boardroom.

Personal development:  We’ll support and empower you to chart your own path and reach any heights you set for yourself. Career paths at Riverside are carved by the people walking on them, not dictated by leaders. Count on us to give you the training and tools to grow and progress.

Gratitude:  As a growing business, we can’t always offer formal recognition like awards programs, but we do show our true gratitude and appreciation. At Riverside, we’re all in this together and we value you.

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