Project Manager, Willow
Consumer Products, Maternal Care
Wearable breast pump
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Wearable breast pump
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
Willow's mission is to build solutions to mom’s most meaningful problems.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience, with 3+ years of project or program management in consumer products or consumer electronics
- Bachelor's degree or higher preferred, or equivalent experience
- Experience bringing consumer hardware or CPG products through the full lifecycle, from concept to retail/DTC launch and sustaining
- Experience partnering with marketing, industrial design, and supply chain teams to launch products on time and on budget
- Familiarity with the maternal health, baby, or wellness product category is a plus
- Experience using Atlassian tools such as JIRA & Confluence for project management, analysis, and reporting
- An ability to communicate technical problems and solutions clearly to diverse audiences at all levels of the organization
- A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- An agile project management style, approach, and execution
- Strong familiarity with project management software tools (e.g. SmartSheet, JIRA/Atlassian), methodologies, and best practices
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification preferred
What the job involves
- Willow is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead new product development for our consumer maternal care product line.
- This role requires collaboration and coordination across industrial design, engineering, marketing, supply chain, and customer experience to bring products to moms that fit the reality of their lives.
- The Program Manager will bring together technical and business resources, drive requirements gathering and feasibility, and execute programs from concept through retail and DTC launch
- Manage complex cross-functional consumer product programs, driving new product development, packaging, and sustaining initiatives from concept to launch
- Collaborate with industrial design, engineering, marketing, and supply chain to define product requirements, set priorities, and establish scope, budget, and timelines
- Be a force-multiplier for functional leads to resolve issues, by identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks, and proactively removing obstacles
- Partner with marketing and customer insights teams to incorporate voice-of-customer feedback from moms throughout the development process
- Coordinate packaging, retail, and DTC launch readiness activities, including go-to-market timelines and cross-functional launch reviews
- Develop recommendations, gain alignment, and proactively facilitate decision making across engineering, marketing, and operations stakeholders
- Manage supplier and contract manufacturer relationships in partnership with supply chain to ensure on-time, on-quality delivery
Our take
Willow makes life easier for breastfeeding mothers with an all-in-one wearable breast pump. With 60% of mothers giving up breastfeeding before they originally planned to, Willow offers a solution that is designed to make pumping more flexible.
Willow’s pump was the first of its kind, and it is small enough to slip into a nursing bra. Battery-powered and discreet, the device comes with an app to compare data and set alerts, bringing some high-tech convenience to breastfeeding.
Willow does have several competitors within the breast pump space, including the VC-backed business Elvie. Past funding has allowed the company to invest in new products, further expand its international presence, and grow brand awareness. Its latest feature is an Apple Watch app that acts as an even more convenient way to manage pumping sessions, showcasing that the company is still committed to innovating.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2021
$26.8m
SERIES C
Sep 2020
$55m
SERIES C
Total funding: $146.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Wellness programs, health & gender affirmation reimbursement
- 401k
- Life insurance, and disability options
- Generous and flexible time off
- Flexible work schedules, including work from home opportunities and no meeting Wednesdays!
- Parental Leave - New parents receive 16 weeks paid parental leave, plus six 4-day weeks to smoothly transition back to work
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
John Chang
(CTO)Earned a BSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Previously worked for 9 years at Acclarent, holding various positions such as Founder and Vice President of R&D.
Josh Makower
(Chairman)Previously Manager of the Strategic Innovation Group at Pfizer for 6 years, Founder & Chairman at Acclarent for 5 years, and Consulting Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine for 15 years.
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