Project Manager/Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities

• Direct major cross-functional initiatives from initial planning through completion, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and business outcomes remain on track.
• Collaborate with executives and department leaders to shape project goals, confirm priorities, define success measures, and establish realistic schedules and staffing needs.
• Develop and maintain consolidated project and portfolio plans using Microsoft Project and related tools to improve visibility, coordination, and resource planning.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and team capacity while identifying risks, dependencies, and constraints early and putting practical mitigation plans in place.
• Lead teams across engineering, product management, marketing, sales, supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and external partners to achieve program objectives.
• Facilitate alignment among stakeholders by supporting informed decisions, resolving competing priorities, and removing obstacles that affect delivery.
• Track performance through metrics and key indicators, then provide clear executive updates and recommendations to support strategic decisions.
• Oversee governance activities, stage-gate reviews, and project health evaluations to maintain compliance with business standards and organizational expectations.
• Ensure project records, workflows, and deliverables meet internal procedures, regulatory obligations, and recognized quality frameworks such as ISO 9001 where applicable.
• Drive continuous improvement by leading lessons learned, mentoring team members on project management practices, and strengthening templates, governance, and delivery methods.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading complex programs or portfolios involving product development, business improvement, or strategic transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of project management disciplines, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Hands-on experience with Agile or Scrum practices and project management platforms such as Microsoft Project and Atlassian Jira.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management credential preferred.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Background working within manufacturing or automotive-related environments is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with product development processes and quality planning practices, including APQP, is highly desirable.

Qualifications

Preferably a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field. Relevant certifications such as PMP are advantageous.

Skills

• Project Management
• Agile/Scrum Practices
• Microsoft Project
• Atlassian Jira
• Product Development Processes
• Quality Planning Practices

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

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Schedule

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