R&D Project Manager
US$116 / hr base salary
Posted 8 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Senior R&D Project Manager (CPG)”
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- Expected experience
- 7+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Contract
| Base salary | US$116 / hr |
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Field of studyEngineering, Science (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsProject Management Professional
Title: Senior R&D Project Manager (CPG)
Location: Solon, OH
Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing _(FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)
_Initial term: 14 months (position expected to run longer)
Schedule: on site Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
About This Role:
In this position, you will:
- Lead several R&D projects / programs within the product technology center, with a focus on top priority Innovation and Renovation projects across the frozen foods businesses (meals, pizza and snacking).
- Plan projects end-to-end, ensuring alignment with Idea-to-Launch (I2L) and key corporate strategies and commitments.
- Orchestrate a cross-functional and multi-disciplinary team (R&D, SBU, Zone, Markets) to achieve the project defined key success criteria and deliver against the business case
- Manage project stakeholders; negotiating with key decision makers and leveraging with internal and external networks will be essential for your success. Reporting to the product technology center project management office lead, this is a key role to ensure projects are delivered according to key performance criteria and to the satisfaction of key stakeholders.
The position requires strong project management/leadership, communication, organization, and presentation skills.
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What You'll Do:**
Project Management/Leadership:
- Contribute to the future commercial success of the business by considering the whole picture of the project (E2E).
- Be responsible for project management of cross-functional teams of marketing, quality assurance, engineering, product development, etc., promoting a team-building atmosphere for efficient, effective, and flawless execution of the projects along the entire flow.
- Communicate project status using excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Effectively control scope changes through proactive and open communication with stakeholders.
- Manage parallel and sequential project tasks.
- Identify and communicate project costs and accelerated timing opportunities and risks.
- Generate and effectively record new knowledge.
People and Resource Management:
- Define roles and responsibilities required for the project.
- Perform effective resource planning.
- Ensure resources are available for the project.
- Create project team spirit to deliver high quality results on time, on cost, and on quality.
Stakeholder engagement: