Senior Associate Marketing Project Manager

JBS Foods • Greeley, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Pilgrim’s and JBS are expanding their portfolio of brands and bringing more products to market across retail and foodservice. The Senior Associate Marketing Project Manager coordinates the marketing work required for launches and other initiatives, ensuring deliverables—including packaging, sales materials, launch assets, product content, retail media, shopper marketing, and commerce support—are planned, completed, and ready on time. The role works across brands and channels with marketing, creative, agency, commercial, and operational partners.

The position owns marketing launch workbacks tied to sell-in, ship dates, and the stage-gate timeline; a shared calendar for launches and other marketing activity; creative intake and workflow; and visibility into status, risks, dependencies, and performance measures. The role leads through influence and process, coordinating work rather than producing creative or making brand decisions. R&D project management owns the product timeline and stage-gate process, while this role manages the marketing workstream within it.

The position is based in Greeley, Colorado. Business-related travel may be required. The role offers a base salary range of $93,000–$112,000 and eligibility to participate in the company’s annual bonus plan.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of project management experience managing cross-functional launches, campaigns, or programs, ideally in CPG, food, or an agency.
• Hands-on command of project management practices, including planning and execution, timeline and dependency management, risk tracking, stakeholder communication, and lessons learned.
• Experience building or improving a process, rather than only following an existing process.
• Confidence holding partners, including senior partners, to dates and constructively returning incomplete work.
• Experience setting up or owning a project or workflow tool, rather than only using one.
• Clear, concise written communication.
• Ability to perform the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Willingness to travel as business needs dictate.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, CAPM, or another recognized project management certification.
• Working knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban, and judgment about which approach fits the work.
• CPG launch experience, including packaging artwork, item setup, retailer content, and regulatory approval.
• Experience with Smartsheet, digital asset management and creative workflow tools such as Bynder or Manage Artworks, and product content syndication tools such as GS1, Syndigo, or Salsify.
• Experience across retail and foodservice, including trade shows and K-12.
• Agency-side production or traffic experience, or experience managing multiple outside agencies.

Responsibilities

• Build integrated marketing launch plans and workbacks for new items and major initiatives, working backward from sell-in and ship dates and aligning with the stage-gate timeline.
• Track and communicate launch readiness across packaging artwork, sales materials, launch assets, product content and syndication, and commerce support such as retail media, shopper marketing, and ratings and reviews.
• Organize Development-gate kickoffs that bring together brand, foodservice marketing, design, commerce, and regulatory partners before dates are committed.
• Track risks, dependencies, and decisions in a shared location and capture lessons learned after launches.
• Maintain a marketing calendar covering stage-gate and other work, including trade shows, the K-12 calendar, line reviews, campaigns, commerce programs, and customer requests.
• Plan predictable work well in advance and schedule kickoffs, reviews, and check-ins with the appropriate participants.
• Manage design intake, including tiering, completeness checks, routing, and status; return incomplete requests with a clear path to completion.
• Establish and maintain a consistent workflow for the internal creative team and outside agencies, including briefing, proofing, approvals, and delivery.
• Oversee how planning, creative workflow, and asset systems are set up and used, and coordinate with supporting vendors.
• Remove process obstacles so designers can focus on design work.
• Surface status, risks, and escalations early and provide recommendations.
• Track performance measures for internal teams and agencies, including on-time delivery to ship dates, request completeness, cycle time, changes after lock, and reasons for schedule slips.
• Coordinate the marketing workstream within the R&D-owned stage-gate process and product timeline.
• Travel as business needs dictate.

Benefits

• Vision, medical, and dental coverage beginning after 60 days of employment.
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and six company-observed holidays.
• 401(k) with company match beginning after the first year of service, subject to the company vesting schedule.
• Eligibility to participate in the company’s annual bonus plan.
• Continuous learning opportunities and learning and development programs supporting professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed