Senior Program Manager - R&D, MycoWorks
$132-143k
+ Equity
Office located in Emeryville, CA
Creating new materials using mycelium
Job no longer available
Creating new materials using mycelium
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$132-143k
+ Equity
Office located in Emeryville, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a platform for the highest quality materials using Fine Mycelium™.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years working in project/program management
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree - scientific discipline or business degree highly preferred
- Proven track record in leading large technical projects and building collaborations between teams with different expertise
- Exceptional data and file organization, spreadsheet/task management skills (Google Suite), and ability to work with PM software (Monday.com, Smartsheet), Slack, and cloud storage systems
- Strong people management and communication skills are required
- Flexible working in a dynamic environment remote/onsite
- Experienced in a fast-paced startup environment
- Ability to constructively give and receive feedback
- Flexible employee that can juggle competing priorities and navigate ambiguity
- Strong soft skills to engage stakeholders
What the job involves
- We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Program Manager to join our Innovation Center team, focusing on driving the company’s development strategy
- This person will work closely with the VP of Technology Development and the Director of Program Management to ensure that our development plans are aligned with company goals and the internal Innovation Center strategy
- They will develop comprehensive and concise project plans, securing buy-in from key stakeholders to drive projects to completion
- This role will involve managing the entire Innovation Center workflow, from the initial design of experiments through execution, data summary, and tech transfer to our production plant
- Key responsibilities include measuring project progress and performance using appropriate KPIs, strategically summarizing project status, learnings, and help requests for R&D Leadership, and providing visibility for decision-making
- This role will also be expected to escalate project risks and gaps, working with team members to develop clear mitigation plans and processes for smooth execution
- Additionally, they will manage vendor relationships for R&D development projects, ensuring effective collaboration and testing of non-standard materials
- Your ability to summarize project statuses, key learnings, and next steps for external stakeholders, such as investors, customers, and vendors, will be critical to our success
- This person’s strategic oversight and coordination will drive our Innovation Center’s success in achieving our R&D priorities
- Work with Director of Program Management and VP of Technology Development and Innovation in order to ensure plans are aligned with Company Goals and internal Innovation Center strategy
- Drive Innovation Center strategy and workplan according to the priorities set by R&D Leadership
- Develop comprehensive and concise, project plans and get buy-in from the key stakeholders to drive projects to completion
- Schedule and moderate key meetings to drive work plan execution, learnings, and next steps
- Consistent follow-up on open action items, ensuring all loops are closed
- Escalate project risks and gaps, working with team members to develop clear mitigation plans and outline processes for smooth team execution
- Measure project progress and performance using appropriate KPIs
- Strategically roll-up status, learnings, and help requests in clear and consistent format to give R&D Leadership visibility for decision making; Manage Innovation Center workflow from initial design of experiment, through experiment execution, data summary, and through to tech transfer in Production Plant
- Summarize project status, key learnings, and next steps for external parties (e.g. Board of Director, Investor, Client presentations)
- Vendor relationship management for R&D development projects
Our take
A growing awareness of the damaging environmental impact of animal skin clothing is leading the fashion industry to seek alternatives. Alternatives to leather products have been designed in the past, but generally result in a compromise on quality and authenticity.
MycoWorks has created a biotech platform for fashion and luxury industries to purchase fungal-based biomaterial. Existing plant-based fabric companies such as Bolt Threads and Desserto already offer alternatives through fungal and cactus-based materials. However, MycoWorks differentiates itself from the competition by focusing on making its fabrics highly durable with no compromise on quality.
MycoWorks is currently focusing on offering its Mycelium fabric as an eco-friendly material for footwear and other clothing brands. However, it aims to scale by developing materials outside of Mycelium and providing a broader range of future-proof materials.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2022
$125m
SERIES C
Nov 2020
$45m
SERIES B
Total funding: $187m
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Leadership
Sophia Wang
(Co-Founder & Chief of Culture)Sophia is both a Creative Artist and an Entrepreneur. Their creative practice includes choreography, performance, writing, curation, and producing original dance and multimedia works.
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