Summary

The Senior Project Manager will lead the end-to-end Project Management of Chobani’s 360 Soccer and Sports marketing programs. This role ensures every touchpoint — Packaging, Retail/Shopper, Sampling, Events & Activations, Social/Digital, Content, Partnerships, and Comms — moves in sync, on strategy, and on time.
You’ll serve as the hub and connective tissue of our soccer platform: keeping all workstreams aligned, maintaining momentum, clarifying priorities, driving accountability, and ensuring that our programs show up with excellence across every field of play.
Experience in the sports soccer space — leagues and, teams, agencies, or major sports properties — a plus.

Responsibilities

360 Program Leadership

• Oversee the cross-functional program management of Chobani’s 360 Soccer platform across multidisciplinary teams (Packaging, Retail/Shopper, Events/Activations, Sampling, Social/Digital, Content, Comms, Partnerships).

• Maintain a unified program plan, owning schedules, notes, weekly status, risks, and next steps across every touchpoint.

• Serve as the “connector of dots,” ensuring alignment between Marketing, Commercial, NPD, Legal, Plant Ops, Comms, and external partners.

• Keep the entire program moving with clarity, transparency, and forward momentum.

Project & Process Excellence

• Develop and continuously refine program management frameworks that ensure efficiency, predictability, and high-quality execution.

• Establish consistent communication rhythms, clear documentation, and timely feedback loops across all workstreams.

• Own 360 timelines, milestones, and cross-team interdependencies to ensure seamless execution from strategy through delivery.

Sports & Soccer Operations Integration

• Translate the realities of sports calendars, partner obligations, player/talent windows, and seasonal moments into actionable, integrated project plans.

• Partner with the Sports Partnerships team to track rights usage, approvals, deadlines, and activation opportunities.

Quality, Consistency & Continuous Improvement

• Protect the integrity of the soccer platform, ensuring consistency across all outputs and channels.

• Identify process gaps, operational bottlenecks, and opportunities for improved speed and quality.

• Build and share best practices that elevate how Chobani shows up in sports culture.

Key Traits

• Deep understanding of sports and/or soccer ecosystems

• Elite communicator and relationship-builder

• Highly organized, structured thinker with a bias toward action

• Energizing, adaptable leader who thrives in fast-moving environments

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complex cross-functional landscapes

• Skilled in resolving challenges, clarifying paths forward, and keeping teams aligned

Requirements

• 10+ years in program management, creative operations, integrated marketing, or sports/experiential production

• Experience working on major sports or soccer properties preferred (brands, agencies, leagues, federations, clubs, tournaments)

• Proven ability to lead large-scale, multi-channel programs with multiple stakeholders

• Strong financial and resource management skills

• Demonstrated success developing processes that improve organizational performance

• Ability to manage external partners, negotiate scopes, and deliver excellence under tight timelines

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