Master Project Manager
Summary
Master Project Manager at TemperPack (Richmond, VA, hybrid) owns the cross-functional project portfolio for this sustainable cold-chain packaging manufacturer, driving strategic priorities from decision to delivery through portfolio tracking, executive reporting, stakeholder coordination, and project-management frameworks.
Job Description:
The Master Project Manager owns the cross-functional project portfolio — enabling visibility, driving accountability and ensuring that strategic priorities move from decision to delivery without friction.
You won't manage a team of project managers. You are the standard. This role requires someone who can hold complexity, run multiple workstreams simultaneously, communicate with clarity, and build systems that outlast any single initiative.
Job Title: Master Project Manager
Supervisor’s Title: Chief of Staff
Department: Executive
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
About TemperPack
TemperPack is a rapidly growing company based in Richmond, Virginia and with locations in Las Vegas Nevada, and Holt Michigan. We design and manufacture innovative, sustainable packaging components for cold-chain shipping of food and pharmaceutical products. The markets we serve have an urgent need for disruptive, sustainable alternatives to replace the wide array of non-sustainable packaging materials conventionally used in the cold-chain such as Styrofoam coolers. Our aspiration is to provide packaging solutions that customers and end-consumers feel great about using.
Essential Job Functions:
Strategic Portfolio Management
- Manage the full cross-functional project portfolio
- Maintain a real-time view of project health, milestones, blockers, and risks
- Build and maintain the master project tracker — structured, searchable, and always current
- Create executive-ready status reporting for project portfolio
Operating Cadence
- Own project update meetings and steering committee meetings
- Partner with the CoS to translate strategic decisions into actionable workplans with clear owners and timelines
- Run post-mortem and lessons-learned cadences on completed strategic initiatives
Stakeholder Coordination
- Interface directly with project managers from each function and the leadership team to track dependencies and clear blockers
- Flag risks and conflicts proactively — never reactively
- Prepare briefing materials, project summaries, and executive updates
Systems & Tools
- Own and continuously improve the project management framework
- Drive adoption of project management tools
- Build reporting templates, RACI frameworks, and project intake processes