Technical Project Manager

TRIP is a leading wellness brand focused on creating calming products for mental wellbeing. As a Technical Project Manager, you will lead cross-functional projects to support business growth, ensuring delivery aligns with quality and sustainability goals while managing stakeholders and project budgets.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of technical projects (e.g., NPD, EPD, new packaging roll-out, co-packer transitions) including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, closure
• Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, risk registers, change control processes and status reports
• Serve as the technical liaison between R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Packaging, Marketing and external partners (co-packers, suppliers)
• Using the wider tam ensure all project deliverables meet technical, regulatory, quality and brand standards (including specification compliance, flavor/ingredient/packaging interactions)
• Lead regular project governance meetings (steering group, working groups), provide dashboards and metrics, escalate appropriately
• Manage third-party co-packers and suppliers: prepare statements of work, monitor performance, ensure alignment to project milestones and technical requirements
• Drive continuous improvement: identify process inefficiencies, packaging optimization, cost reduction, sustainability opportunities and embed change into operations
• Support New Product Development (NPD) and product commercialization: ensure technical readiness, manufacturing trials, scale-up, launch readiness, production handover
• Maintain documentation: project files, lessons learned, post-project reviews, technical reports, specifications, change logs
• Monitor project budgets and costs, ensure change management and budget control
• Promote a culture of delivery excellence: timely execution, stakeholder engagement, risk mitigation, optimization mindset

Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, Food Science/Technology, Packaging, or related discipline
• Proven experience (e.g., 5+ years) in project management within the food & drink manufacturing/packaging industry (preferably beverages)
• Strong experience of technical projects: manufacturing lines, packaging roll-out, co-packer transition, NPD launches
• Excellent project management skills: planning, risk/issue management, budget control, stakeholder management, change control
• Strong cross-functional communication and influencing skills, able to engage with senior management, operations, quality, supply chain and external suppliers
• Good understanding of beverage manufacturing, packaging processes, co-packer environment, quality/food safety requirements
• Proficient in project governance tools, MS Project, Monday.com (or equivalent), Excel, PowerPoint
• Results-oriented, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity and change in a dynamic growth business