Sr. Project Manager, New Product Introduction (NPI) (Hybrid)

Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.

Compensation

The compensation target for this role is: $114,800 - $135,000

Job Summary

This is a hybrid position with a combination of remote work and onsite work at our HQ in Draper, Utah with the work arrangement determined by business needs.

Purple is building its next generation of products, and how we bring products to market matters as much as what we build. We're looking for a Senior Project Manager to drive the New Product Introduction (NPI) process from concept to commercialization for our GelFlex® Grid comfort products.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Product, you'll drive the process execution across Product Management, Development, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, Operations, and Marketing. In addition to owning new product timelines, you'll own and optimize the process itself: making stages, decisions, communication, status reports, and handoffs crystal clear, refining systems and putting automation to work so teams spend less time chasing status and more time innovating.

If you love building the system as much as running it, and you want to see your work in products that help improve people's lives, this role is for you.

Job Description

How you’ll shape the future of comfort:

• Drive NPI end to end. Own integrated plans for new products from concept to commercialization, including milestones, dependencies, critical path, launch timing. Turn Product Management's product goals into timelines, tasks and plans every team can commit to.

• Own and refine our stage-gate process. Further refine clear gate criteria, documentation, deliverables, and decision rights so every team knows what "done" looks like at each phase. Keep the process as streamlined as possible and as thorough as necessary.

• Drive builds and launch readiness. Coordinate prototype, and production-validation builds with Product, Development, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing. Manage RTS (ready to ship) dates, and keep go-to-market plans in lockstep.

• See risk early and act fast. Surface schedule risks before they become problems. Lead trade-off discussions and escalate with clear options and a recommendation.

• Make the process frictionless with automation. Find and implement tools and automations that eliminate manual status-chasing and reporting, such as auto-generated status summaries, meeting notes turned into action items, and early risk flags. Champion adoption across the team.

• Make every launch better than the last. Lead post-launch retrospectives and turn lessons learned into templates, playbooks, and standards that speed up the next launch.

• Create a single source of truth. Build dashboards and KPIs (gate on-time rate, schedule variance, development cycle time, launch readiness) and deliver concise, updates to senior leadership highlighting achievements, challenges, and actionable insights.

What we’re looking for

• 7+ years of project or program management experience, including 5+ years leading NPI for physical, manufactured products (consumer products, durable goods, hardware, or similar).

• A track record of launching multiple products from concept through production, working directly with product, development, manufacturing, marketing, sourcing, sales and leadership when needed.

• Hands-on experience running or refining a stage-gate (phase-gate) development process, and the judgment to know when to add structure and when to cut it.

• Proven results improving how work gets done, such as measurable reductions in cycle time, rework, or launch delays.

• Fluency with JIRA and leveraging tools for automation, plus the curiosity to keep improving and teach others about the optimizations.

• Exceptional communication: you drive decisions across a matrix and give crisp, honest updates.

• Bachelor's degree in project management, engineering, business, supply chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Even Better if:

• PMP or Lean / Six Sigma certification.

• Experience in sleep, furniture, textiles, foam, or other soft-goods manufacturing.

• Experience building automated workflows (e.g., Jira automation, Power Automate, Zapier, or custom AI assistants).

• Omni-channel launch experience across DTC e-commerce, showrooms, and wholesale retail partners.

• Experience in a growing or transforming organization.

BENEFITS AND PERKS

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• 401(k) Match

• Flexible PTO

• Earn a Mattress

• Purple Swag

• Amazing Purple Products

WHY WORK AT PURPLE?

• Make your mark: We value innovative thinking. At Purple, you will be empowered to bring your ideas to life as we work together to improve people’s lives through comfort.

• Gain unique experience: Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in Utah! The contributions you make will matter at Purple as the company continues to grow with you.

• Awesome culture: Join the tight-knit team at Purple and you can enjoy working alongside industry experts, making close friends, and annual employee appreciation events.

Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

About Us

Purple is the leader in comfort innovation technology. Our purpose is to improve lives through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than just great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind "Career in Comfort" because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world of comfort - one mattress, pillow, and cushion at a time.