Project Manager: Development Engineering team

Responsibilities:

• Manages product development projects in accordance with Intralox development processes.
• Develops, monitors, and controls a detailed project plan that includes a scope of work and schedule.
• Plans, directs, and manages project related tasks.
• Work with internal stakeholders, commercial team and customers to determine requirements of projects.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for all project stakeholders and communicate information at the right time, to the right audience.
• Conduct risk assessment on projects and mitigate risks for work that is activated.
• Manages project team capacity, identifies resource constraints and facilitates prioritization and trade off decisions with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Apply expert level project management concepts, practices, and procedures to drive project work to completion.

Skills needed to be successful:

• Ability to navigate within complex topics
• Ability to problem solve, remove obstacles, and resolve project issues that may slow project progress.
• Ability to manage projects with large development scope including many interdependencies
• Ability to turn very loose front-end problem or opportunity statements into actionable requirements
• Outstanding communication skills:
• Communicates concisely and clearly
• Ensures alignment on project goals and checks for understanding
• Clarifies expectations, builds trust, engages stakeholders
• Ability to tailor communication and task management depending on development stage and team members involved
• Holds well planned and productive meetings
• Active listener and seeks to understand
• Creates clear and concise documentation
• Simplifies complex information where possible
• Understands how and when to take risks, make assumptions, and create plans to validate those assumptions.
• Technically minded with the ability to understand and communicate different technical concepts related to both mechanical and electrical design.
• Adaptable-able to pivot quickly when new information is learned
• Self-driven and motivated
• Inquisitive: Great at asking questions to get to truth

Requirements

• B.S. or B.A. from an accredited university
• 5+ years Project Management experience
• Understanding of Project Management processes and best practices
• Experience working in cross functional teams
• Proficient with MS Project, Word, Excel and AutoCAD
• Effective communication (verbal and written)
• Strong interpersonal skills with engineering groups, operations groups, customers, suppliers, and contractors
• Travel Required (~10%)

Desired Qualifications

• PMP or formal Project Management training
• Product Development Project experience
• Experience working in manufacturing organizations
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of Smartsheet