The Culinary Edge, a CORE foodservice company, is the USA’s leading food & beverage innovation consultancy. We work with over 30% of the top 200 restaurant brands in the USA. At TCE you’ll find classically trained chefs working alongside designers, branding experts and food anthropologists. We fuse culinary excellence with human-centered design, to forge the future of how we eat and drink.

We work at a fast pace on multiple projects, simultaneously traveling, exploring, tasting, learning, communicating and planning. If this sounds like the food & beverage adventure of your dreams, we want to hear from you.

Our method is simple:

● Lead with empathy.

● Follow through with know-how.

● See and solve from every angle.

● Inspire action.

TCE has a Project Manager opportunity in San Francisco, CA!

What are WE looking for?

Project Managers make life on each project the best it can be. Project Managers partner with a close-knit team of Strategy and Culinary leads, designing project plans from inception through completion, and are responsible for keeping teams on task and deliverables on time.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties for the flawless execution of projects.

• Translate project scope and requirements into tasks and schedule.

• Consult with your team-leads, to develop a clear plan of action on your programs.

• Convey the process and work plan to clients and your teams.

• Ensure all deliverables are clearly specified.

• Keep the team current with critical information, and filtering information effectively.

• Keep studio resourcing and time-tracking systems up-to-date.

Experience And Skills

• 3+ years of work experience in a range of project management and/or problem solving contexts.

• Strong critical thinking and verbal communication.

• Business writing skills and ability to produce project documentation.

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, prioritization and stakeholder management.

• Experienced user of MS/Apple/Gsuite toolset (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and equivalents).

• Ability to work well with large and/or diverse teams.

• Ability to travel to client sites when required.

• Communication: Demonstrated excellent written and verbal skills. To develop and maintain schedules, you will need to be aware of the challenges or obstacles that team members may be facing.

• Team oriented problem-solving: We are looking for proactive, collaborative and creative thinkers, ready to lead and to follow in the rapid ebb and flow of consultancy life.

• Flexibility and adaptability: A self-starter, you bring structure to ambiguous situations where we are breaking new ground.

• Time management: One stage of a project often relies on another stage meeting its deadline or maintaining its schedule. This kind of coordination makes it vital that project Managers keep tight schedules.

Department

TCE

Employment Type

FT

Minimum Experience

Mid-level

Compensation

$75,000-$90,000/year