Commercial Project Manager

Description

Remote - Can be located anywhere in the US but able to accommodate all time zones for meetings with customers. Willingness to travel to corporate offices in San Diego, Marlborough or customer sites as needed for on boarding and customer facing activities. I would expect a couple of trips in the first months and then maybe a trip or two quarterly.

Extension possible

Job Summary

• Client is seeking a Commercial Project Manager responsible for supporting the planning, execution and management of strategic initiatives and projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities and the below-mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.

Project Planning & Execution:

• Collaborate with internal and external project team members to plan and drive comprehensive project plans, define project scope, set timelines and milestones.
• Coordinate team meetings, agendas, maintain record of meeting notes, action items and next steps.
• Ensure action items are resolved and documented.
• Interacts with team members, including director and senior-level staff, in driving the completion of deliverables.
• Monitor performance and track progress of key initiatives and milestones
• Escalation of project delays, identification of mitigations of project delays

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Communication with internal team members and external customers
• Collaborate with national cross-functional team members including sales, marketing, field service, project engineering, research & development, program management and others as needed.
• Communicates status of project deliverables to core team leader, team members, and stakeholders.
• Generate and share monthly update reports

Risk Management:

• Track potential project risks, capture mitigation strategies and assess the project impact.

Qualifications

Education:

• BS Degree in Science or Engineering
• Project Management coursework or certification a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP) credential a plus

Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience with at least 3 years in project management