Project Manager

About Branch

Branch is shaking up the $46B office furniture industry to create an office experience for the 21st century: easy, affordable and flexible so you can sit down (or stand) and get to work.

We're based in NYC and backed by the investors behind household brands like Quip, Caraway and Peloton. Our founders arrive with experience in partnerships, real estate acquisitions and venture building at leading real estate companies like Oxford Properties, SL Green and Redfin.

We're an ambitious group of problem solvers innovating across software, design and logistics, and we're looking for entrepreneurial teammates who like a challenge.
The Role

We are looking for a Project Manager to support our Director of Product Development in the growth of our portfolio of products with the highest level of quality and user experience. You'll support the departmental organization, development, and launch of beautiful, functional, and accessible office furniture and accessories for our direct to consumer, wholesale, and contract office furniture product lines.

This is an incredible opportunity to help build the product development function at a category-defining, well-funded, and rapidly-growing startup. If you're truly passionate about exceptional product development and want to improve the objects we interact with for eight plus hours a day, we'd love to meet you

Day To Day
- The Project Manager is in lock step with the Director of Development and cross functional partners across numerous projects, directly supporting the development and launch of exceptional office furniture and accessories.
- Create and maintain a nimble set of management tools to track ~30 detailed project statuses and milestones at a given time, identifying roadblocks and providing data driven solutions throughout the process. In addition, directly manage low lift product development projects, engaging with our engineering and manufacturing partners to develop products from start to finish.
- Create and maintain unique and detailed calendar timelines across multiple developments in a rolling launch cadence; updating calendars regularly as needed and socializing updates to cross functional stakeholders. Plan, organize and help direct the work of the development team; ensuring tasks, expectations, and priorities are clear.
- Keep an organized record of product costs and margin calculations across multiple developments; confirming parcel costs with our logistics teams for complete calculations.
- Schedule product testing, as well as packaging design and transit testing with cross functional partners across multiple developments, monitoring status to ensure on time results.
- Complete cross functional hand off documents at the end of each development including New Product Information sheets and Final Business Cases.
- Receive, assemble, and document furniture samples in our New York office as needed

What We're Looking For
- 3-5+ years of results oriented project management experience, owning in-depth projects with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and many moving parts - ideally in a physical product development, design, or construction environment.
- Superlative attention to detail and organization, bringing a strong sense of ownership and excellence within a fast-paced, rapidly growing startup environment.
- Deadline driven with bias towards action. Strong ability to work independently, assess tradeoffs, prioritize work, and communicate strategically.
- Motivated self-starter with a thirst to learn; thinks ahead, and can identify and navigate hurdles that are inherent to the product development process. Proactively assess risk, raise flags, and resolve issues before they become problems for the larger teams.
- Passion for defining process, implementing quality, and producing clear documentation.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; and experience working with a variety of cross functional partners and project stakeholders.
- An interest in learning and owning the product development process, with the opportunity to manage developments completely.
- You are located in the New York City area. We offer a flexible hybrid work from home + office schedule. Must be able to receive, assemble, and thoroughly evaluate furniture prototypes at our New York Office; and join a weekly Monday evening call with our team in China.
- Occasional domestic and international travel.
- PMP® and related certifications are not required, but are of interest.
- Knowledge and prior success using management programs like Google Workspace, Smartsheets, Trello, Asana, etc, is of interest.

Branch is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates individuality and uniqueness. We firmly believe that diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel innovation and creativity, ultimately making us a stronger and more effective team.
Our goal is to create a nurturing environment where all individuals are respected, appreciated, and empowered to ach