145K–180K USD / year
Director, Innovation & Commercialization Operations
OperationsRemote — United States
Published on 2026-11-10
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About this role
Lead and improve AG1’s enterprise Stage Gate governance and commercialization processes. Partner across functions to move consumer products from concept through development, manufacturing readiness, and launch with clear decisions, integrated plans, and accountability.
About the company
AG1 makes a daily foundational nutrition supplement that supports whole-body health for consumers worldwide.
What you'll do
- Design and evolve Stage Gate criteria, decision rights, evidence requirements, and escalation paths.
- Lead decision-focused gate reviews and track approvals, conditions, and follow-up actions.
- Integrate cross-functional plans, critical paths, dependencies, forecasts, risks, and launch readiness.
- Coordinate product, packaging, sourcing, regulatory, manufacturing, and channel launch requirements.
- Improve processes and documentation, establish a system of record, and drive adoption of effective practices and measures.
- Surface trade-offs and impacts of schedule changes, exceptions, and late-stage requests.
What we're looking for
- 10+ years in CPG product development, innovation operations, commercialization, or related cross-functional leadership.
- Experience owning or materially redesigning a formal Stage Gate or comparable NPD governance framework.
- Experience launching physical consumer products and understanding formulation, quality, regulatory, packaging, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial interdependencies.
- Strong judgment in setting practical governance standards and leading decision forums.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and implement change.
- Excellent planning, risk management, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
- Experience facilitating executive gate decisions, tracking approval conditions, and leading change control.
Nice to have
- Experience in both mature CPG and high-growth entrepreneurial environments.
- Beverage or supplement experience, including retail, DTC, Amazon, or international launches.
- PMP certification or equivalent project/program management training.
- Familiarity with PLM, NPD portfolio tools, or process excellence methodologies.
Benefits
- 100% remote work environment.
- Unlimited PTO, subject to country of residence.
- Paid holidays and company-wide reset and reflect days.
- Performance-based incentive plan and stock options for eligible roles.
- In-person team meetups.
- Monthly telecom stipend for eligible team members.
- Access to AG1 products and branded merchandise.