Manager Project Managment

What you will do in the role:

• Lead, coach, and develop project management team members, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

• Set clear expectations, manage performance, strengthen leadership capability, and support succession and career development for team members.

• Provide oversight for a portfolio of concurrent modernization and upgrade projects of varying scope and complexity, including controls, software, mechanical, electrical, installation, system upgrade, and capacity expansion workstreams.

• Ensure effective transition from Sales to Operations, including pre-contract support, estimating input, and leadership of project kickoff processes.

• Drive the development and execution of comprehensive project plans, including implementation, testing, acceptance, cutover, and go-live strategies.

• Act as the primary point of escalation for complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues, ensuring timely resolution.

• Ensure alignment and coordination across project management, software, controls, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, installation, vendors, subcontractors, and integrator partners supporting project delivery.

• Own financial performance across the assigned project portfolio, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete, invoicing, cash flow, and profitability analysis.

• Establish and monitor project milestones, billable deliverables, and invoicing schedules.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring proactive issue management and governance.

• Ensure accurate project closeout and turnover to service and support organizations.

• Serve as a customer interface, building trusted relationships and ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded.

• Support identification of follow-on business opportunities in collaboration with sales and lifecycle services teams.

• Represent Project Management in strategic planning, operational reviews, customer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong customer focus with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• Advanced project and program management skills, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality management.

• Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of successful experience leading projects or project function, preferably in automation, logistics, manufacturing, lifecycle services, or large customer-dedicated portfolio environments.
• Proven experience managing large-scale project portfolios, and significant customer-facing revenue responsibility.
• Strong understanding of automation systems, controls architectures, and systems integration; solid working knowledge of industrial and enterprise software systems.

• Experience with schedule and change management, demonstrated leadership in safety excellence, permit and installation processes, material supply chains, contract administration, subcontractor management, and risk management.

• Proficiency with project management tools and MS Office; Microsoft Project or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management,

• Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification preferred but not required.