Who You Are:
• A pragmatic project leader who thrives in ambiguity and moves with purpose.
• A self-managed stakeholder invested in seeing a product go from ideation to market.
• A communicator who earns trust across functions and motivates teams through clarity, urgency, and vision.
• Understands the value of relationships to achieve shared goals.
• Deeply curious and focused on end-user needs—you operate within a technical team guided by the goal of solving customer problems and generating end-user value.
• Not just a task manager—you think like an owner.
Responsibilities:
• Lead complex, cross-functional projects from concept through launch in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ensure alignment with business objectives and end-user requirements, serving as the connective tissue between engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and commercial teams.
• Build and manage timelines, project scopes, and resource plans while maintaining flexibility and a problem-solving mindset.
• Facilitate clear, concise communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders, driving accountability and decision-making.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks while championing a bias for execution and continuous learning
• Identifies opportunities to add process where it brings value, and challenge (or eliminate) process where it creates waste
• Drives urgency, both within the team and with external resources
• Identifies assumptions and has the confidence to challenge them
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Demonstrated familiarity with mechanical design and manufacturing processes preferred
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%, as needed or as interested.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent technical
• Previous Project Management experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in new product development, preferably within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience working directly on the development of plastic injection molded components would be nice to have.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams in complex, ambiguous environments
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and project management software.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Agile experience (a plus but not required).
