Project Manager

at  Better Dairy

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience, especially with agile methodologies
• Natural Sciences undergraduate/masters degree, ideally Biology or Chemistry
• Strong scientific acumen, with an interest in the interface between science and business functions
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to effectively synthesize technical information and translate it to commercial contexts, and vice-versa
• Proactive, self-driven and results-oriented with the ability to work with high levels of ambiguity

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

• PhD in relevant field
• Project Management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)
• Practical experience in a laboratory environment
• Experience with Project Management tools/software
• Experience within a startup environment

THE ROLE

We are looking to recruit a project manager with a scientific background to join our mission to create a more sustainable future. A successful candidate will be managing various projects within Better Dairy, principally related to R&D activities. This is a critical role to design, and manage cross-team collaboration in our protein and end-product production journey to ensure timely delivery of key milestones. We would love to meet candidates who thrive in fast-paced environments and have a passion for sustainability and food.
We are looking for project management skills, experience with agile methodologies, and the ability to manage commercial milestones within scope, budget, and timeline constraints whilst establishing constructive working relationships with internal project teams and external stakeholders. A strong bonus would be an understanding of the experimental process and risks/considerations involved, e.g. through previous hands-on experience in a lab research environment.
Influencing effectively without direct authority and successful stakeholder management are so important in this role. The successful candidate will also be comfortable presenting at every level and enjoys a high accountability/high autonomy environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Internal Project Management:

• Own the internal cross-functional reporting process and Gantt. This includes identifying key goals, risks and working with relevant stakeholders to track and troubleshoot. This includes proactively raising issues with the senior team and C-suite and managing mitigating actions to closure.
• Further improve the cross-functional communication and reporting (between scientific and commercial senior team inc. C-suite) to ensure clarity and transparency against our key company goals in a timely manner.
• Drive internal projects of high strategic and operational importance, such as migration to a lab IT system, execution of cross-functional process changes, and coordination of grant applications.

External Project Management:

• Support with management of external projects with partners (e.g. in R&D for recombinant proteins or formulation testing for end-products like cheese, yogurt, etc.)
• Support with management of scale up or manufacturing activities with external partners (such as contract manufacturing organizations at the protein or end-product level.

Some of the benefits you can expect as part of this role include:

• 25 days of holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to Private Healthcare & Mental Health support apps
• Share Option Scheme
• Weekly team breakfast and monthly team lunch
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• On site Gym
• Cycle2Work
• Eye-care voucher