Project Manager, Food Commercialization

Job overview

The Project Manager, Food Commercialization role is based in the Milwaukee, WI area and works with cross-functional teams. Compensation is not specified. Palermo’s Pizza makes private-label frozen pizza and provides contract manufacturing, and its project management group coordinates work that brings ideas to market. The project manager leads projects from concept through commercialization, creating structure, accountability, and alignment across teams. The role helps deliver projects against business objectives, customer expectations, and agreed milestones without directly managing the participating staff.

What you'll do

• Lead projects from concept through commercialization
• develop and manage scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• coordinate R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, and Finance
• align stakeholders
• monitor progress
• manage risks, issues, and dependencies
• communicate status and decisions
• drive accountability
• and support standardized project-management processes and tools.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

project manager

food industry

commercialization

milwaukee wi area

cross-functional projects

project planning

risk management

stakeholder alignment

frozen pizza

palermo's pizza

r&d

supply chain

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• paid time off and holidays
• growth and development opportunities
• and 20 pizzas per month.

Why this role

The posting seeks 2–5 years of project-management or cross-functional project experience and notes food production or manufacturing experience as preferred.

About the employer

Palermo Villa, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Retail Bakeries. Sector: 31.