Senior Staff Project Manager

About Plenty

Plenty is on a mission to make fresh, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables more accessible to everyone.  Our cutting-edge indoor, vertical farms produce extraordinary yields using a fraction of the land and water outdoor farms need.  Nutrient-rich, mouth-watering and locally grown, our crops help people, communities and our planet to be healthier and more resilient.

The people and teams who make up Plenty are at the core of how we do this.  We are a collaborative and innovative bunch.  We are passionate about our contributions to Plenty, the communities around us and our planet, but never take ourselves too seriously.  We’re down to Earth, we grow together, and we always find a way.  Most importantly, we’re here to improve the lives of plants, people and our planet.  

Plenty is looking for a Senior Staff Project Manager to join our Product Management  team.   The Product Management team oversees the Plenty Product Pipeline and Plenty Engineering projects from concept through launch, including conceptualization, design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and turnover to customers.  In this role, you will be responsible for the design and overall project management of state of the art,  indoor vertical farms and capital projects within farm assets from concept to deployment. In this role you will be responsible to ensure projects meet business requirements set forth in Plenty’s Plan of Record and align to the overall programmatic delivery embedded within the Product Management strategy and organization.  You will be responsible for overall project planning, overseeing completion of design, scheduling, budgeting and cost forecasting. You will help to develop and improve the stage gate delivery framework for Plenty and to ensure that cross-functional leaders from Plenty and their teams deliver on stage gate requirements, making strategic decisions throughout the process.  You will be part of a passionate and dynamic team that is developing new technology from the ground up and deploying it at a global scale, all with the goal of making delicious, healthy produce accessible to all.

• Ensure the Design of the Farm Product is capable of meeting schedule, cost and performance requirements of the Farm
• Project manage a cross functional team of Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, external design agents and external consultants to ensure appropriate resource loading for activities in all stages of development according to farm requirements, business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Research & Development (R&D) resourcing needs
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to innovate in our design to drive down costs, shorten deployment durations and iterate improvements through successive deployments 
• Develop and define procurement strategies and approaches in collaboration with the Supply Chain team and execute against them 
• Further develop and improve the Plenty stage gate process including business and technical requirements to ensure repeatable and reliable delivery of programs and projects
• Responsible for integrating design and procurement plans into the end to end Farm Project Plan that complies with stage gate requirements judiciously resourced
• Allocate and manage budget and schedule across Farm Areas and align with cross-functional team responsible for delivering against budget and schedule; comprised of engineering, supply chain, construction management, controls, and others to develop architecture and designs across automation, electronics, devices, and firmware 
• Align with Technical Product Managers to specify Plenty Intellectual Property (IP) included in each Farm instance and assess tech development and supply chain risk to ensure R&D delivery in alignment with Farm Project schedule
• Author and maintain risk registers for projects and oversee completion of mitigations for technical and business risk 
• Support in other upstream Farm Asset planning initiatives including Plenty selection of future sites, including review of surveys, titles and zoning, environmental and geotechnical reports in conjunction with external consultants, solicitation of utility services, analysis power and energy  markets, and preparation of utility agreements
• During construction phase, accountable for change control decision making process and escalation through balance of influence and decision making
• Generate Technical content and run Governance meetings on a regular cadence
• Prepare content for Board updates as needed
• Other duties as assigned