Ketone-IQ

Owns product and project execution from concept to market, manages systems and processes for scalable product commercialization, and leads physical packaging initiatives. | Requires 5+ years in product operations or related fields, experience with packaging/vendor management, and ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. | About Ketone-IQ Born in elite performance and trusted by Tour de France cyclists, Olympic athletes, Navy SEALs, and high-performers across every major league, Ketone-IQ is redefining what energy means. From the frontlines to finish lines, Ketone-IQ fuels physical and cognitive endurance. We’re not just building a brand; we’re leading the global ketone movement and reshaping the energy category. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Defense SOCOM awarded us a $6M contract to pioneer next-generation ketone fuels, marking the start of our mission to democratize elite energy. Ketone-IQ is High-Performance Energy. We’re scaling fast, innovating faster, and unlocking new frontiers in nutrition, biotech, and human performance. We’re changing the way people fuel and rapidly expanding as we lead the ketone movement. The Role We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Product Operations & Commercialization to own the connective tissue between Product, Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, and external partners. This role is equal parts project leader, systems builder, and operator — ensuring that products move from concept to market smoothly, sustainably, and at scale. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves complexity, thrives in cross-functional environments, and takes pride in building processes that make teams faster and better. What You’ll Own Cross-Functional Product and Project Execution: Own integrated product execution across all physical Product at Ketone-IQ — including consumables, packaging, retail merchandising, and branded materials — guiding project initiatives from concept through commercialization. Define and manage launch plans, dependencies, and decision gates to balance speed, cost (COGS), quality, and operational feasibility. Drive alignment across Product, Marketing, Sales, Creative, Quality, and Supply Chain, ensuring clarity of ownership and momentum across complex initiatives. Ensure downstream needs of GTM Teams (Sales, E-commerce, and Marketing — e.g., product pages, creative assets, sales materials, and operational readiness) are considered early and sequenced appropriately. Partner with stakeholders post-launch to monitor Product performance metrics and identify optimization opportunities, upgrades, cost-savings, and operational improvements. Systems, Process & Operating Rhythm: Design and maintain scalable systems for project tracking, documentation, and cross-functional visibility (e.g., Notion; PJM tools like Asana, Smartsheets, Instagantt, Google Suite). Build clear, repeatable workflows for product development, specification management, packaging changes, and commercialization that enable teams to move faster without sacrificing rigor. Continuously identify friction points and operational gaps. Evolve processes to improve execution quality and decision-making as the business scales. Packaging and Physical Goods Commercialization: Lead RFPs and supplier sourcing/evaluation for packaging, merchandising, merch, and other physical components, assessing options across cost, quality, scalability, sustainability, and risk. Partner closely with Quality, Creative, and Supply Chain to ensure new components and vendors are properly qualified, prototyped, press-checked (if printed), and produced to quality first time and at scale. Own primary product packaging holistically — including development, component changes, custom development, sustainability improvements, and vendor qualifications. Support onboarding of new partners and transitions between vendors to ensure continuity and quality. Strategic and Special Initiatives: Jump into high-priority initiatives as needed — especially where structure, coordination, and execution are required to unblock progress. Act as a thought partner to the VP of Product on how to scale product execution, operating cadence, and cross-functional collaboration as the business grows. Help embed sustainability and broader stewardship impact considerations into decision-making, Product pipeline development and manufacturing, reporting, and KPI tracking. High Performer Traits Thrive in complex, cross-functional environments. Systems thinker who naturally builds structure where there is ambiguity. Clear communicator across creative, technical, and operational teams. High-ownership mindset with a bias toward action. Comfortable navigating evolving priorities in a fast-growing business. Energized by building scalable processes that improve execution quality. Experience & Background 5+ years of experience in product operations, project management, commercialization, or adjacent roles within CPG, food & beverage, wellness, or regulated consumer products. Proven experience leading cross-functional product and packaging initiatives from concept through launch. Demonstrated ability to manage external partners (co-manufacturers, packaging vendors, creative production partners). Strong comfort owning packaging projects (even if not a packaging engineer) — including sourcing, vendor qualification, sustainability trade-offs, and cost considerations. Experience working in fast-growing, ambiguous environments where priorities evolve. What Makes You a Winner You instinctively connect teams and remove friction before it slows execution. You see around corners by anticipating risks, bottlenecks, and trade-offs early. You treat commercialization as a strategic advantage, not just a handoff. You build systems that scale with the business. You take pride in delivering products to market that are operationally sound from day one.

Lead and manage a global supply chain team, drive automation and workflow optimization, own integrated planning processes, ensure retailer onboarding compliance, optimize costs, and collaborate with finance on budgeting and forecasting. | 5+ years in supply chain operations within CPG, expertise in workflow automation tools and ERP integrations, team management experience, strong business acumen, excellent communication skills, and ability to thrive in a fully remote, high-growth startup environment. | At Ketone-IQ, we're revolutionizing the way the world thinks about energy. Our cutting-edge approach to fueling the body transcends conventional expectations, pushing the boundaries of what's possible. We're the trusted choice of elite endurance athletes, special operators, and high performers across diverse fields – from cyclists conquering the Tour de France to EMTs working double shifts on the front lines. In 2019, our innovative ketone nutritional superfuel caught the attention of the US Department of Defense SOCOM, securing a $6MM contract to power their elite forces. But our ambitions don't stop there. We're on a mission to disrupt the entire energy market, bringing our high-performance fuel to everyone, from professional athletes to busy professionals and active individuals. Ketone-IQ is High Performance Energy. We’re changing the way people fuel and rapidly expanding as we lead the ketone movement and we're looking for a passionate, driven individual to join us on this exciting journey. Position Overview We’re scaling into the retail world rapidly and looking for someone exceptional to join our growing team! Reporting to our VP of Operations & Finance, you’ll play a critical role helping to set and execute the Supply Chain strategy as the company continues to undergo high sales growth. If this sounds like you, please read on. Key Responsibilitiies As our Senior Supply Chain Operations Manager, you will be responsible for supporting Ketone-IQ’s Supply Chain through: • Builds, directs, manages, and leads a junior global Supply Chain team, providing guidance, coaching, and support to drive performance and foster a culture of continuous improvement. • Drives automation and workflow optimization: actively identifies manual, repetitive tasks and implements automations(Zapier, Make, Parabola, ERP integrations, etc.) to eliminate waste, reduce error rates, and free team capacity. • Owns holistic Planning across demand, supply, and production: builds and maintains SIOP/S&OP processes that align Marketing, Sales, Product, and Finance inputs into a single integrated plan, ensuring the right product is in the right place at the right time. • Leads flawless retailer onboarding and compliance: takes vendor onboarding guides from major retailers (Target, Costco, Publix, Whole Foods, etc.) and translates them into internal SOPs and partner requirements so orders flow accurately and compliantly from day one. • Cost Optimization: Develop and implement cost reduction initiatives within the supply chain without compromising quality, efficiency, or sustainability, and manage the supply chain budget effectively. • Own Supply Chain’s Month’s End deliverables, working closely with Finance to provide timely, accurate information to close the books on time. • Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, and cost control measures are in place for the Supply Chain team. Make every decision through a viewpoint of how those dollars will grow and impact the business. What we're looking for • 5+ years Supply Chain Operations experience working within the CPG industry with a strong understanding of Retail and DTC end to end Supply Chains. Food & Beverage experience heavily preferred. • Must be fluent in workflow automation tools (Zapier, Make, Parabola, etc.) and ERP/3PL integrations to drive operational efficiency. You have a proven track record of identifying and eliminating manual, repetitive tasks and implement workflow automation tools to eliminate waste, reduce error rates, and free team capacity. • Team Management Experience: You’ll be managing a global Supply Chain team and you should have experience managing multiple direct reports. • Demonstrated ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment with imperfect resources and limited supervision (including proactively seeking guidance when needed). You are a self-starter with superior work ethic and personal integrity who WANTS TO WIN. • High Business Acumen: a true business partner; understands business implications of decisions; displays orientation to profitability with strong understanding of Supply Chain finance; demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; aligns work with strategic goals; foundational understanding of statistical forecasting methods and planning principles. • Excellent people person who can holistically own relationships with our key Supply Chain partners and leverage them to help us smash our business goals. • Extremely tech and data savvy. You know Excel like the back of your hand and have the ability to create advanced analytical reports to help you make data oriented, high quality decisions. You also can identify gaps in our systems and known how and when to find the right software/solutions to implement. • Extremely process-oriented with the ability to identify and define issues, create scalable processes, and implement those processes with team members both in and out of the department. • Killer instinct mentality: Willing to roll up sleeves, figure stuff out, and get things done even when they don't seem to be in your wheelhouse. No task is too small and you will go out of your way to make sure you solve every problem with a sense of purpose. • The thought of being at a rapidly growing company where you’ll wear many hats, juggle shifting priorities, and establish and build processes and best practices excites you! • Excellent(best of the best) written and verbal communication skills in a customer-facing role. • Able to thrive in a fully remote work environment under minimal supervision. Ideal candidates will have: • Experience working in a high growth, startup environment. • Ability to think creatively (“out of the box”) with high curiosity and vigor to learn, grow, and challenge the status quo. • Experience working with Kehe/UNFI/Target/Club or other distributors, grocery, convenience, and/or big box partners. • Knowledge of Supplement industry regulations. • Has interest in Ketones/fitness/health optimization.