Senior Project Manager, NDT

Position Summary:

The Senior Project Manager leads complex, cross-functional programs from concept through launch, ensuring alignment with business objectives and delivery of quality outcomes on time and within budget.  This role is responsible for project management from R&D product development to commercialization of highly technical NDT device projects.  Projects managed may range from multiple smaller maintenance projects to larger high growth new platform development initiatives. Other projects may include pre-concept, early development projects and post-launch related projects - all involving individuals from a broad range of cross-functional departments.

Position Responsibilities:

•    Ensures program scope and objectives incorporates input from all functional areas including Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Legal, Regulatory, and Service.
•    Partners with functional management to clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and ensure optimal team structure and resource alignment.
•    Identifies key stakeholders and builds strong relationships to understand and manage their expectations for project success.
•    Develops and maintains integrated project schedules and budgets, working with core team members to define task durations, dependencies, and milestones.
•    Analyzes and optimizes schedules to identify critical paths and major risks.  Drives consensus on the integrated schedule, ensuring plans address the stage-gate exit deliverables.
•    Oversees project execution and manages project performance ensuring financial, safety, quality and customer objectives are in line with the established project plan. Drives teams to execute on tasks and deliverables.
•    Drives timely decision-making and establishes a sense of urgency when key deliverables are at risk; leads to resolve problems and removes obstacles to maintain momentum.
•    Engages and aligns functional leaders and subject matter experts to address complex challenges, achieve decisive consensus, and uphold accountability for project commitments and results.
•    Proactively manages risks, issues, and change requests; prepares impact analyses and presents recommendations to stakeholders and Gatekeepers.
•    Leads project communications, including status updates, gate reviews, and presentations to executive and business leadership.
•    Promotes a collaborative, high-performing team environment built on trust, transparency, and shared 

Required Skills & Education:

•    BS in Engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science) and/or STEM discipline
•    Minimum 8 years of experience managing projects in a highly technical and regulated environment through a stage/phase gate type product development process. 
•    Minimum of 5 years of experience with Project Management of complex HW/SW products including experience with verification, validation, and systems integration.
•    Prior experience managing complex industrial device projects from concept to successful launch helpful.
•    Technically savvy; must be able to discuss, understand and make decisions regarding a wide array of engineering disciplines and complex technical/logistical issues.
•    Expert-level skills using Project Management tools and techniques.  Adept in the use of key project performance indicators.  Must have successfully managed multiple projects from concept through commercialization.

Desired Skills:

Leadership, Soft Skills:

•    Must possess executive presence to serve as the department representative to senior company leaders during project reviews.
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, negotiating; managing change; goal setting; planning and organizing; teamwork; ability to address difficult situations; able to understand technical information.
•    Must possess managerial courage; must be confident managing risks and making decisions that will likely have a large impact on organizational objectives.
•    Must be flexible in a dynamic environment.
•    Ability to manage matrixed and multi-site teams comprised of individuals with diverse backgrounds, including Hardware, Software, Regulatory, Operations, Quality, Service and Marketing.
•    Ability to interact effectively with Product Line Managers to ensure that project scopes and requirements are clearly defined and executable. Must possess the communication and personal skills required to resolve ambiguous and conflicting requirements.
•    Must have leadership skills and personal strength to protect programs from unsubstantial change requests while ensuring project focus remains in place.
•    Provide leadership to core team members and provide feedback to functional leaders regarding team performance.
•    Negotiate and resolve project conflicts and drive consensus among team/functional leaders to accomplish project and business goals.
•    Foster continuous improvement in the organization’s ability to execute projects, throughout the stage-gate product development process.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

• MS in Engineering
• PMP Certification
• Proven success managing projects commercializing electromechanical systems controlled by embedded firmware and application software.
• Knowledge of digital radiography technology and image science
• Pipeline Integrity experience
• Working knowledge of NDE methodologies
• Knowledge of industry standards such as AWS,ASME, API (510, 570, 1169)

Work Environment:

 Traditional Office Environment:  This position is primarily an office setting with standard temperature and humidity controls, moderate to light noise, fluorescent lighting, primarily sitting with standing desks available, extensive computer and keyboard use, etc.   

Physical Requirements:

10-30% travel required