Commercial Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for customer-facing commercial projects
• Cook up project activities across engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, licensing, and other technical teams
• Track project progress against schedule, scope, and budget expectations
• Identify risks, delays, resource constraints, and execution issues early and communicate impacts to leadership and stakeholders
• Maintain organized project records, action item trackers, schedules, and closeout documentation

Customer Communication & Relationship Management

• Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned customers during project execution
• Coordinate regular customer updates, project reviews, and technical status meetings
• Communicate project progress, risks, schedule changes, and deliverable status clearly and professionally
• Ensure customer expectations are understood, documented, and aligned with internal execution capabilities
• Help maintain strong customer relationships through disciplined communication and follow-through

Technical Team Coordination

• Work closely with technical leads to define work scopes, deliverables, assumptions, and execution plans
• Translate customer needs and project requirements into actionable tasks for internal teams
• Cook up technical inputs required for project execution, reporting, and customer communication
• Support alignment between technical work, project schedules, and commercial commitments
• Track decisions, action items, open issues, and follow-ups across technical teams

Proposal & Commercial Support

• Support proposal development by coordinating technical inputs, schedules, assumptions, resource needs, and deliverables
• Aid in developing project scopes, statements of work, timelines, and execution plans for commercial opportunities
• Work with leadership and technical teams to assess feasibility, resource demand, and execution risk before commitments are made
• Support handoff from proposal to execution once projects are awarded

Resource Planning & Capacity Awareness

• Identify project resource needs across engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, and support functions
• Communicate resource demand and project priorities to leadership to support planning and decision-making
• Help evaluate what work can be realistically accepted based on current workload, technical capacity, and operational constraints
• Maintain visibility into competing project demands and support prioritization discussions

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Paid Time Off, Holidays

Work Environment

• This role is based in Oak Ridge, TN and involves a combination of office-based work and regular coordination with engineering, manufacturing, operations, quality, and commercial teams.
• The position requires frequent communication with customers and internal stakeholders, development of project plans and schedules, and participation in technical and commercial project meetings.
• Occasional time in manufacturing, laboratory, or operational environments may be required to understand project scope, status, and execution needs.
• Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.