OluKai Senior Project Manager

Who We Are:

At OluKai we build premium products for the ocean lifestyle. Our footwear is created using the highest quality materials and crafted into beautiful functional and incredibly comfortable designs that reflect the spirit of the ocean lifestyle we all enjoy.

We are committed to creating quality products for our customers while leaving the smallest footprint possible on the planet. Our company philosophy is to be environmentally responsible as manufacturers and to pledge OluKai to actively support and work for a clean environment and a better quality of life.

Our customers and staff embody the connection that exists between people and the ocean it is our Culture. We want to build a team of individuals who embrace this culture and have a passion for providing premium products and service to our customers.

The Marketing team is responsible for creating moments of connectionfrom national brand experiences to hyper-local community engagement. We bring the brand to life through events storytelling and immersive experiences grounded in Aloha craft and culture.

About The Role:

The OluKai Senior Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading complex cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution and delivery in a production-driven retail environment. This role drives disciplined program planning dependency management risk mitigation and executive-ready reporting across functions such as Product Production Planning Finance Operations Marketing and Sales. The Senior Project Manager ensures initiatives are delivered on time within cost constraints and aligned to strategic business priorities.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Strategic Translation: Convert enterprise and portfolio priorities into clear program objectives milestones and measurable outcomes.
• End-to-End Program Planning: Develop and maintain integrated program plans spanning concept through commercialization aligning scope schedule resources and deliverables.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrate collaboration across design sourcing manufacturing coordination commercial and other functional teams to ensure cohesive execution.
• Dependency & Integration Management: Identify and actively manage cross-functional dependencies handoffs and integration points to prevent delays and operational disruption.
• Risk Issue and Change Management: Proactively assess risks resolve issues and control scope or requirement changes to protect timeline cost and quality.
• Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management: Provide clear data-driven updates to senior leadership; escalate critical decisions and align stakeholders around trade-offs and priorities.
• Governance & Accountability: Establish and enforce program governance decision rights and performance tracking to ensure transparency and ownership.
• Delivery Execution & Problem Solving: Drive milestone achievement remove blockers and apply structured problem-solving to maintain delivery momentum.
• Financial & Value Management: Monitor budgets forecast financial impact and ensure programs deliver expected business value and ROI.
• Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned refine processes and enhance program management standards to improve future execution.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree is required.
• 7 years of project management expertise leading cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing retail consumer goods apparel or supply chain driven environments.
• Demonstrated success managing complex timelines dependencies and stakeholders across multiple departments and functions.
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing and supply chain concepts such as lead times capacity planning supplier management and quality gates.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes without direct authority in matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive communication skills with expertise presenting risks trade-offs and decisions clearly.
• High proficiency with program planning and tracking tools (i.e. Asana).
• Experience with global sourcing and international supplier ecosystems.
• Familiarity with product development lifecycle (concept development production go-to-market/launch retail).
• Experience in change management and cross-functional adoption.
• PMP PgMP Agile certification or equivalent.

Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is $111000 to $140000 plus opportunity for annual bonus; salary is based on the experience that you bring to the position.

Location: This is an in-office position minimum of 4 days per week in office with the option to work from home 1 day per week in Irvine CA. This work schedule is subject to change without notice as per company guidelines.

Benefits and Perks:

• Complimentary breakfast and lunch provided Monday - Thursday
• Generous product gift program and all brand discounts
• Growth opportunities within the Archipelago family of brands: OluKai Melin Roark
• Company bonus program
• 5 year and 10 year Milestone Anniversary travel gifts
• Medical Dental Vision insurance in accordance with plan guidelines
• Company paid life insurance in accordance with plan guidelines
• 401k with employer match in accordance with plan guidelines
• 15 Days of PTO accrued annually plus one additional day of PTO every year on your anniversary and 3 Floating Holidays per year
• Paid beach and giveback days bi-annual team building events and other in person celebrations
• Work with talented and great people who share a love of the ocean lifestyle

Archipelago Companies values a diverse inclusive and entrepreneurial workforce and culture and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individuals race color sex gender identity gender expression religion age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at Archipelago will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager