Agile Project Manager

Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics

$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in project management or related technical field
  • Experience with Agile practices and tools like Jira
  • Proven track record in coordinating cross-functional teams
  • Solid understanding of project management principles
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt to change
  • Bachelor's degree in Management, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate technical workstreams across various teams
  • Maintain project schedules, milestones, and documentation
  • Facilitate sprint planning and project reviews
  • Proactively follow up on tasks with workstream leads
  • Communicate project progress and escalate issues
  • Support pilot installations and manufacturing launch activities

Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k)
  • Profit Sharing
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Support for personal growth in multiple areas
Full Job Description
In your day to day activities, you'll work with multiple customers, as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwood's areas of expertise of Systems Integration, Injury Prevention and Systems Engineering. You'll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwood's deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

The Technical Project Manager will join a growing team supporting the development, pilot implementation, and production launch of manufacturing technology products.

Responsibilities will include coordinating multiple technical workstreams across software development, engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams. The Project Manager will maintain project schedules, product-development milestones, Jira dashboards, burndown reporting, resource plans, financial forecasts, and project documentation. They will facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, project reviews, and recurring status meetings while proactively following up with workstream leads, escalating blocked activities, and communicating project progress and risks to stakeholders.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong project coordination foundation who takes initiative, enjoys bringing structure to complex technical environments, and can communicate effectively with engineers, software teams, manufacturing stakeholders, customers, and leadership.

Successful candidates will have the following attributes:
  • 2+ years of experience in project management, project coordination, manufacturing, engineering, IT, software, or a related technical environment.
    • Experience with Agile project practices (running sprints, defining user stories, etc.), Jira, software development, IT projects, product launches, manufacturing systems, or stage-gate processes is strongly preferred
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, project schedules, deliverables, risks, issues, and action items
  • Working knowledge of project management practices, including schedule management, budget tracking, resource planning, status reporting, and stakeholder communication
  • Experience leading meetings and proactively following up with project contributors to maintain progress
  • Strong technical curiosity and the ability to understand project complexities and translate technical information into clear stakeholder updates
  • Strong initiative, work ethic, organization, attention to detail, judgment, and problem-solving skills
  • Support continuous improvement of project processes, templates, and communication practices.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and a team player
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and adjust to changing project needs
  • Willingness to support pilot installations, training, commissioning, and manufacturing launch activities
  • Experience with project financial forecasting, resource-allocation planning, or customer-facing project work is a plus

Requirements
  • 2+ experience managing technical projects
  • Experience in manufacturing environments
  • Bachelor's degree in Management, Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Ability to provide full time daily onsite PM services at our client's facility in Redford, MI


Benefits
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k)
  • Profit Sharing
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Support to grow in multiple areas

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