Project Manager - Technology, Hardware

Position Purpose

The Project Manager - Technology, Hardware leads the end-to-end delivery of complex, multidimensional internal product and technology development projects, owning the full project lifecycle from planning and discovery through execution, validation, launch readiness, and final delivery. This role is accountable for project scope, budget, schedule, and overall team performance.

Essential Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Successful delivery of multidimensional internal product and technology development scope, schedule, and budget

• Ensure that product vision, business priorities, and technology roadmaps are considered throughout the project lifecycle

• Clear internal communication of project status, progress, decisions, risks, and dependencies

• Leadership of final deliverables, ensuring TAIT quality throughout development and handoff

• Collaborate with customer project teams to ensure successful first-time delivery of new technology of products

• Risk monitoring and delay management

• Active management of project financials, investment tracking, and resource planning

Product & Technology Scope Development

• Lead in translating internal business, product, and technology needs into clear project language, requirements, and execution plans

• Ensure that product vision, user needs, technical feasibility, and business value are considered throughout intake, discovery, and planning

• Drive the development of creative, technical, and scalable solutions

• Lead cost estimates, resource planning, schedule assumptions, and contingency planning

• Establish internal budgets, milestone plans, funding assumptions, and approval checkpoints

Project Finances & Budgets

• Plan project spend, resource demand, and funding timing according to approved business cases and internal budgets

• Maintain budget milestones, purchase planning, and internal financial tracking

• Develop the baseline budget at the outset of a project

• Monitor and control project costs, scope changes, and approved adjustments

• Raise early flags for potential risks as well as opportunities

• Provide periodic project status reports

Organizational Relationships & Participation

• Act as the point of contact and accountable individual for the project to senior leadership, technology leadership, and executive teams

• Serve as an advocate for product and technology outcomes by ensuring high levels of collaboration, responsiveness, and service to internal stakeholders

• Develop and maintain good relationships with Project Performance and Operations groups

• Proactively, openly, and transparently communicate

• Attend (and/or organize) regular check-in meetings

• Monitor team in identifying who should be “around the table” for strategic conversations

• Utilize relationships to resolve challenges, conflicts, dependencies, or priority tradeoffs within a project or between competing projects

• Attend global and regional “All Hands” and similar organization meetings and gatherings

• Stay up to date on time clocking, expense report submittals, and other administrative tasks

Continuous Improvements

• Drive opportunities for minor and major improvements in the project process, product development practices, and technology delivery workflows

• Participate in departmental and organizational initiatives

• Ensure “Lessons Learned” discussions occur for Projects that warrant celebrations of positive outcomes and critical reflection of negative outcomes

Education and Growth

• Knowledgeable of TAIT’s history, capabilities, products, and technology platforms to represent the Enterprise brand and collaborate effectively across internal teams

• Actively seek opportunities to build new skills and hone or improve existing skills

• Focus on hard skills for tactical application and soft skills for interpersonal communication and effective leadership

• Participate in provided learning opportunities

• Encouraged to work on projects that expand their knowledge and experience in new products, platforms, markets, and submarkets

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years project management or relevant industry experience in product development, technology development, entertainment, live events, construction management, or other relevant field.
• OR Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Technical Theater, Product Development, Technology, or Live Event related field, plus 8+ years experience in product, technology, entertainment, or project management
• Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Project scheduling and roadmap management (e.g. MS Project, Asana)
• Budget management and analysis (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (e.g. Epicor, SAP)
• Product, portfolio, or lifecycle management tools (e.g. Jira, Aha!, Zendesk, Salesforce, Fusion Manage)
• Content Management System (e.g. Box, SharePoint, Google Drive)
• Familiarity with manufacturing or fabrication processes and principles
• Ability to be in office Monday - Friday, with occasional travel to TAIT locations or job sites as needed

Preferred Experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Proven track record of managing profitable projects or successful new product development
• Proven ability to prioritize across multiple projects
• Familiarity with product management and product lifecycle management
• Cost estimation and control
• Risk management
• Familiarity with Slack

TAIT Traits

• Mindful Leadership
• Coaching for Performance
• Deep Listening
• Emotional Agility
• Accountability
• Trust
• Change Engaged
• Decision Dynamics
• Systems Thinking
• Pickup Performance