Vow is a food company – a very different one. We create real meat products from animal cells, bringing together cutting edge innovations in science, engineering, culinary and design. We're on a mission to feed billions with food that's good for your taste buds and your planet. Want to join us?
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The RoleAs a Project Manager at Vow, you'll be responsible for ensuring the successful build out of Vow's second facility right here in Sydney and future global facilities. The factory is already under construction, but we'll be looking to scale manufacturing lines to ensure that this factory can produce Vow's products at scale and distribute them across Asia and Australia - critical goals that help to bring the cost of our products down to create delicious, sustainable food.
This role will see you coordinating across many stakeholders with a variety of technical skills and diverse backgrounds, ranging from bioreactor operators to automation engineers to food processing and quality. We're looking for a highly organised, efficient coordinator who can map out and manage project planning one day but also drill down into the technical details, challenge timelines, and support our teams with high-priority execution. This role is about getting the best out of an amazing team through ambitious goal setting, clear communication, and an unrelenting determination to clear the path ahead. We're open to project managers that come both from technical or generalist backgrounds; we're more focused on your ability to manage complex pieces of work, learn quickly, rally people around you, and bring a "can do" attitude to the floor every single day.
ResponsibilitiesDefine the goals and key monthly objectives in Vow's Factory 2 project plan.Ensure the team is executing on the project plan in the most timely and effective way possible.Ensure that there are sufficient lines of communication across workstreams in manufacturing when required and also provide succinct but relevant updates to leadership.Ensure that manufacturing costs are being effectively tracked so that the team can make informed financial decisions throughout the project.Challenge the team to think creatively about the way in which problems that arise in the factory are resolved.Report to Vow's Head of Manufacturing and be responsible for directly managing a team of technical contributors.Minimum QualificationsExperience working as a project manager in a fast-paced environment (e.g. manufacturing, startups) with exposure to technical teams. The core project management skills we're looking for include:Project planning (scope)Cost management (budget)Speed (time)1-2 years experience being a direct people manager.Great communication skills and an ability to empathise with and effectively lead diverse teams.Top notch organisational skills.Clear track record of reliability and ability to consistently deliver on tight timelines, especially in high-pressure situations.Either a relevant or applicable technical background (e.g. engineering, biotechnology, science) or a generalist with a strong technical inclination or experience.Passion for learning and continued growth, and an eagerness to operate and create clarity in ambiguous environments.Note: you do not need to satisfy 100% of the points listed above. If you have some of the skills and believe you could make an impact in this role, please apply - we want to hear from you! In the first month, you'll ramp up on all things Vow and cultured meat and develop a holistic understanding of the happenings in Vow's second factory. You'll spend a lot of time being a "sponge" by getting to know people across all teams at Vow but specifically those within manufacturing.
In your first year at Vow, you'll become an expert in the happenings of Factory 2. You will have developed a strong trust with the various workstream leads involved in delivering on critical aspects of Vow's mission by building out the physical space that allows us to create our products. You will have played a key role in ramping up the capacity of Vow's production capability and ensuring we can sell irresistible food to a great number of people.
A diverse, mission-led, dream team of VowzersOur mission is to feed billions, which means making food products for everyone. To do this we need a team that's representative of the people we serve. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and have built a culture to match. Be yourself and come as you are.
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