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$61,200.00 - $79,400.00JOB OVERVIEW:
Help bring Blue Diamond’s next products, packaging and business ideas to market while building a career in project leadership.This is an early-career development role with real project ownership. You’ll lead defined projects from the start, with coaching as needed, and take on increasingly complex work as your skills grow. You’ll work across Marketing, Innovation, R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance and other functions to turn ideas into executable plans, solve barriers and keep teams moving toward launch. Along the way, you’ll build broad exposure to how a CPG business works, develop your leadership and communication skills, and help shape a growing Commercial Project Management function.
Built to grow: This role is designed as an entry point into Blue Diamond’s Project Management career path, with increasing project complexity, leadership responsibility and senior-level exposure as capability develops.
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What You’ll Do:
- Own defined commercialization and business projects from project start through completion, including product renovations, packaging changes, line extensions and other lower-complexity initiatives.
- Build and drive integrated project plans, aligning milestones, owners, dependencies and timing across cross-functional teams.
- Lead cross-functional project teams - facilitate productive meetings, drive follow-through and keep teams focused on the decisions and actions needed to move forward.
- Manage project scope, timing and commercialization budgets, identifying changes, risks and barriers early and escalating when support or decisions are needed.
- Turn issues into action by tracking risks, decisions and dependencies and helping teams identify practical paths forward.
- Lead projects through Blue Diamond’s Idea-to-Launch (I2L) Stage Gate process, ensuring project requirements, documentation and Gate readiness are complete and accurate.
- Communicate project health clearly and concisely, including progress, risks, business impact, recommendations and decisions needed.
- Support higher-complexity projects led by team members to build exposure to more challenging commercialization work and senior stakeholders.
- Help improve how we work, bringing forward practical ideas that make project execution simpler, faster and more effective.
How You Lead:
- Positive and solutions-oriented - brings constructive energy to challenges and helps teams see a path forward.
- Proactive and accountable - takes ownership, follows through and addresses issues before they become bigger problems.
- Confident and collaborative - comfortable bringing people together, asking strong questions and leading without formal authority.
- Clear communicator - simplifies information, adapts to the audience and communicates what matters most.
- Organized without losing the big picture - manages details while staying focused on the project objective and business outcome.
- Curious and adaptable - learns quickly, seeks feedback and adjusts as priorities, assumptions and project needs change.
- Comfortable with healthy challenge - respectfully raises concerns, encourages problem solving and helps teams make decisions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 1–3 years of project management, commercialization or related cross-functional project experience.
- CPG experience strongly preferred; food and beverage experience a plus.
- Experience supporting or leading work involving multiple functions, stakeholders and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to build plans, organize complex information and drive work through completion.
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify risks, clarify issues and recommend next steps.
- Ability to work effectively across multiple projects and changing priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Preferred:
- Formal project management training or certification, including CAPM or PMP. Experience with Stage Gate, product development or commercialization processes.
Position Location: This is a hybrid role based out of Sacramento, CA with at least 3 days per week on-site (in Sacramento).
Reports To: Group Marketing Manager, Innovation
WHY BLUE DIAMOND?
In addition to working at the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE .
Grow your career. Partner with us. We Are the Almond People!Ready to get started? Apply now!
Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Government's Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.Skills Required
- 1-3 years of project management, commercialization, or related cross-functional project experience
- Experience supporting or leading work involving multiple functions, stakeholders, and deadlines
- Ability to build plans, organize complex information, and drive work through completion
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, including identifying risks, clarifying issues, and recommending next steps
- Ability to work effectively across multiple projects and changing priorities
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience
- CPG experience
- Food and beverage experience
- Formal project management training or certification, including CAPM or PMP
- Experience with Stage Gate, product development, or commercialization processes
Blue Diamond Growers Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Blue Diamond Growers and has not been reviewed or approved by Blue Diamond Growers.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits menu includes multiple HMO/PPO medical options, dental and vision coverage, an EAP, life and long‑term disability, plus optional protections and a wellness program. The breadth and add‑ons present a comprehensive health and protection suite.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a tiered employer match and Roth/in‑plan conversion is offered, with indications of immediate vesting. This structure is positioned as a solid component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and family or statutory leaves (parental, bereavement, military, jury duty) are available, with eligibility varying by status/tenure. The portfolio covers common leave needs across life events.
Blue Diamond Growers Insights
What We Do
Blue Diamond Growers is on a global mission to share the benefits of almonds with the world. Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest almond processing and marketing company. We are the world’s leading almond brand, and we’re focused on building markets and creating new products to deliver the benefits of almonds to the world. Made up of more than 3,000 growers, we’re cooperatively owned by half of the state's almond growers who produce over 80 percent of the world almond supply. The California almond crop is marketed to all 50 states and more than 90 foreign countries, making almonds California's largest food export, the sixth largest U.S. food export and the #1 specialty crop in America. We keep that market-leading position by remaining strategically ahead of the curve, with continual innovations in our award-winning processing plants and information technology systems that have grown by leaps and bounds to support global growth. Our biggest point of differentiation, though, is our people. Through cooperation and teamwork, we, the Almond People as we’re affectionately known, deliver the best-tasting, highest-value almonds and almond products in the world. This is an exciting time at Blue Diamond where every team member can showcase their talents and contribute in new and innovative ways to drive accomplishments. The opportunity is here for each of us to step up, take our futures in hand and find new ways to achieve at Blue Diamond. We’re building on our strengths, learning as we go, trusting one another and realizing unprecedented levels of success. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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