Position Summary:
The Project Manager leads the planning, execution, and delivery of innovative technology projects that drive business growth, digital transformation, and competitive advantage. This role bridges strategic innovation with practical project execution, managing cross-functional teams to develop and implement new technologies, products, processes, or solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead Innovation Projects: Manage the full project lifecycle (initiation through closure) for technology innovation initiatives, including new product development, R&D pilots, digital transformation, AI/ML implementations, IoT solutions, and process innovations.
- Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with stakeholders (executives, R&D, product, engineering,andbusinessunits)to define project scope, objectives, and success metrics aligned with organizational innovation goals.
- Planning&Execution: Develop detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and risk management strategies. Use Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies as appropriate.
- Team Leadership: Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineers, developers, designers, data scientists, and external partners. Facilitate workshops, sprint planning, and collaboration.
- Stakeholder Management: Communicate progress, risks, and results to senior leadership and stakeholders. Manage expectations and drive consensus.
- Innovation Process Management: Identify innovation opportunities through market research, trend analysis, and internal needs assessment. Apply design thinking, Lean Startup, or other innovation frameworks.
- Risk, Quality& Compliance: Proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring deliverables meet quality, security, and regulatory standards.
- Monitoring&Reporting: Track KPIs, budgets, and timelines using project management tools. Provide regular status reports, post-project evaluations, and lessons learned.
- Change Management: Support organizational adoption of new technologies and processes.
- Vendor & Partnership Management: Oversee relationships with technology vendors, startups, or research institutions.
Competencies:
- Strategic Thinking:
- ProjectManagementExpertise
- Leadership&CrossFunctionalCollaboration
- Communication&StakeholderManagement
- Innovation&ProblemSolving
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’sdegreein ComputerScience, Engineering, Business, InformationTechnology,or a related is field preferred
- Experience:2+yearsof projectmanagementor other transferable experience
- Certifications: PMP,Agile/ScrumMaster(CSM), PRINCE2, or similar strongly preferred.Technical certifications (e.g., incloud, AI, cybersecurity) are a plus.