Project, Product Manager II

Location: Irwindale, CA - Hybrid (2 days/week onsite). Duration: 12-month contract. Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Pay Rate: $70-$75/hr.

About the role

Seeking an experienced Project/Product Manager to lead complex, high-visibility enterprise initiatives. This role will drive cross-functional teams, develop project strategies and plans, manage scope, schedules, risks, resources, and budgets, and ensure successful delivery of business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional projects from inception through completion.
• Develop project strategies, business cases, roadmaps, schedules, and risk mitigation plans.
• Build and maintain comprehensive project plans, including timelines, dependencies, and interdependencies.
• Facilitate meetings, presentations, and stakeholder discussions to drive alignment and results.
• Track project performance, deliverables, resources, and key metrics.
• Partner with leadership, internal teams, and external vendors to drive solutions and stakeholder buy-in.
• Support business readiness activities, including stakeholder engagement, change management, training, and communications.
• Identify issues and risks, develop mitigation strategies, and drive continuous improvement.
• Hold project teams accountable for milestones, deliverables, and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing projects, programs, or contracts.
• Experience delivering large-scale programs or projects with significant organizational impact.
• Proven experience facilitating cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing project scope, budget, schedule, resources, and performance reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across all levels of an organization.
• Experience supporting change management and business readiness initiatives.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Project Management certification preferred.
• Preferred: Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.