Sr. Project Manager, New Product Introduction (NPI) (Hybrid)

Purple • Draper, UT

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Purple is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive the New Product Introduction (NPI) process for GelFlex® Grid comfort products from concept through commercialization. The role coordinates execution across Product Management, Development, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, and other teams as needed. It owns integrated product plans and launch timelines while also refining the NPI process, clarifying stage-gate decisions and handoffs, and improving systems and automation to reduce manual status work.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project or program management experience, including 5+ years leading NPI for physical, manufactured products such as consumer products, durable goods, or hardware.
• Track record of launching multiple products from concept through production.
• Experience working directly with product, development, manufacturing, marketing, sourcing, sales, and leadership as needed.
• Hands-on experience running or refining a stage-gate (phase-gate) development process.
• Demonstrated results improving work processes, such as measurable reductions in cycle time, rework, or launch delays.
• Fluency with JIRA and experience leveraging tools for automation, with curiosity to improve processes and teach others about optimizations.
• Exceptional communication skills, including driving decisions across a matrix and delivering crisp, honest updates.
• Bachelor's degree in project management, engineering, business, supply chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• PMP or Lean / Six Sigma certification.
• Experience in sleep, furniture, textiles, foam, or other soft-goods manufacturing.
• Experience building automated workflows using tools such as Jira automation, Power Automate, Zapier, or custom AI assistants.
• Omni-channel launch experience across DTC e-commerce, showrooms, and wholesale retail partners.
• Experience in a growing or transforming organization.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated NPI plans from concept to commercialization, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and launch timing.
• Translate Product Management goals into timelines, tasks, and plans that teams can commit to.
• Refine the stage-gate process, including gate criteria, documentation, deliverables, and decision rights.
• Coordinate prototype and production-validation builds with Product, Development, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing.
• Manage ready-to-ship dates and keep go-to-market plans aligned.
• Identify schedule risks early, lead trade-off discussions, and escalate with clear options and recommendations.
• Find and implement tools and automations that reduce manual status-chasing and reporting, and champion adoption across teams.
• Lead post-launch retrospectives and convert lessons learned into templates, playbooks, and standards.
• Build dashboards and KPIs, including gate on-time rate, schedule variance, development cycle time, and launch readiness.
• Provide senior leadership with concise updates on achievements, challenges, and actionable insights.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Earn a mattress.
• Purple swag.
• Purple products.
• Annual employee appreciation events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior