Contract Senior Project Manager, Packaging & Creative Operations

At Thorne , we work to deliver high-quality, science-backed solutions to empower individuals to take a proactive approach to their well-being. Each day begins with a mission to help others discover and achieve their best health. We count on our team members to challenge and push the boundaries to make that happen. At Thorne , you’ll be joining a team of more than 750 passionate individuals committed to our cause of providing superior health solutions at every age and life stage.Reporting to the Senior Director of Production & Creative Ops, the Senior Packaging Project Manager will oversee the development, execution, and delivery of packaging, labeling, artwork, and marketing projects supporting Thorne 's product portfolio. This role serves as the central point of coordination between Creative, Marketing, Regulatory, Product Development, Operations, and external vendors to ensure packaging initiatives are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with brand and regulatory standards. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional project management expertise, a deep understanding of packaging development, creative operations, print production, and prepress processes, and has experience building scalable cross-functional workflows that support a high-growth consumer packaged goods (CPG) organization. This individual will champion operational excellence while ensuring the integrity of Thorne 's creative and packaging design is maintained throughout the development and production lifecycle.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Build upon and continuously improve existing in-house operations processes by integrating creative best practices, design workflows, production, and prepress into a seamless end-to-end packaging development process.

- Establish and scale cross-functional project management processes that improve efficiency, visibility, and collaboration across Creative, Marketing, Regulatory, Product Development, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain.

- Ensure quality, design and creative integrity are maintained throughout all stages of packaging development, artwork production, proofing, and commercialization.

- Develop standardized workflows, templates, governance, and documentation to support a growing portfolio of packaging and marketing initiatives.

- Partner closely with Creative leadership to optimize resource planning, workload management, and project prioritization.

- Identify process improvement opportunities that reduce cycle times while maintaining quality, regulatory compliance, and brand consistency.

- Lead and manage packaging, labeling, artwork, and marketing projects from concept through final production.

- Develop project timelines, resource plans, and schedules for new product launches, packaging updates, reformulations, and line extensions.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Marketing, Creative, Regulatory Affairs, Product Development, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.

- Manage packaging artwork workflows, approvals, version control, and file management processes.

- Ensure packaging and labeling projects comply with regulatory requirements, quality standards, and brand guidelines.

- Partner with internal stakeholders and external packaging suppliers, printers, and production vendors to meet project milestones.

- Facilitate packaging reviews, proof approvals, and production readiness assessments.

- Monitor project budgets, packaging costs, and vendor performance.

- Drive continuous improvement of packaging development processes and project management workflows.

- Support product launch initiatives by ensuring packaging deliverables align with commercialization timelines.

- Conduct regular project status meetings and communicate progress, risks, and timelines to stakeholders.

WHAT YOU NEED

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Experience and/or Education: By training, education, and/or experience, employee must be able to perform the essential duties of the job. High school diploma or general educa