Project Manager
Vantage Point Recruiting
Cumberland, ME
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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Cumberland, ME
POSTED
30+ days ago
Primary Responsibilities:
- Own the successful delivery of assigned projects, ensuring delivery of scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
- Act as the primary customer interface for the duration of assigned projects, maintaining clear communication and alignment on expectations and deliverables.
- Lead cross-functional teams in developing NPD and NPI project proposals, including defining scope, schedule, cost estimates, and resource requirements.
- Plan, coordinate, and manage all phases of projects from concept through manufacturing transfer, ensuring alignment of scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
- Coordinate deliverables and communication among design engineering, quality, procurement, and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, providing regular status updates and reports to internal stakeholders, the PMO Manager, and customers.
- Track project milestones, manage task dependencies, and proactively identify and resolve issues or risks that could impact project success.
- Communicate project status, risks, and next steps clearly to internal stakeholders and customers.
- You will manage scope changes in coordination with the PMO Manager and Account Managers, ensuring alignment on priorities and impacts.
- Support continuous improvement by contributing to the development of PMO processes, templates, and tools.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable project environment that emphasizes quality, efficiency, and technical excellence.
- Identify opportunities to add value for customers and the company beyond baseline project scope and constraints.
- Proven ability to coordinate technical teams and balance competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Solid technical understanding of electronics, embedded systems, and multidisciplinary product development processes.
- Familiarity with manufacturing and NPI principles such as DFM/DFT, verification/validation, and transfer to production.
- Pproficiency with project planning, scheduling, and shared resource management tools; Microsoft Project experience is desirable.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and follow-through skills, with attention to quality, schedule, and cost.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey both business and technical concepts clearly and concisely to a diverse group of stakeholders.
- Ability to translate complex technical requirements into actionable project plans, balancing customer priorities, technical feasibility, and internal resources.
- 2+ years of experience managing technical projects in electronics product development, engineering services, or contract manufacturing.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field strongly preferred.
- Experience in regulated industries such as medical devices, defense, or aerospace desirable.
- PMP or equivalent certification desirable; Lean/Six Sigma or similar process improvement experience a plus.
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