Technology Project Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking an early career Technology Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of technology-focused projects. This role is ideal for an early-career professional who is organized, technically curious, comfortable working with multiple stakeholders, and interested in developing a career in technology project management. 

The Technology Project Manager will work alongside Research and Development technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and project leaders to coordinate activities, track milestones, manage project documentation, identify risks, and help ensure projects are delivered according to agreed scope, schedule, and objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Help translate business requirements into clear project activities and deliverables.
• Work with engineers, developers, infrastructure teams, vendors, and other technical subject-matter experts to plan and coordinate technology projects and proposals from initiation through completion. 
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, task lists, and status reports.
• Track project deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items. Prepare concise project updates for stakeholders and leadership. 
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, value and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Actively assess risk profile and determine effective mitigation plans to minimize project risks
• Communicate project status, upcoming milestones, blockers, and dependencies clearly including managing communication with internal and external stakeholders. Escalate issues to management as needed
• Develop resource needs, availability, and allocation based on project scope.
• Coordinate activities across technical teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Facilitate project meetings and document decisions, actions, owners, and due dates.
• Follow up with stakeholders to ensure commitments and project milestones remain on track.
• Measure and analyze project performance using appropriate tools and techniques and define recovery plans where deviations to plan so demand.
• Help ensure project documentation is organized, current, and accessible to appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in project retrospectives and capture lessons learned.
• Develop a working understanding of the technologies associated with assigned projects.
• Support technology deployments, upgrades, system implementations, lab initiatives, proof-of-concept projects, and other technical programs.
• Assist with implementation readiness and project closeout activities as applicable

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent relevant education/experience.
• 2 - 5 years of professional, internship, co-op, military, or comparable experience.
• Comfortable working in an R&D environment where results are unpredictable.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and priorities simultaneously.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of productivity tools such as Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to U.S. export control regulations and the need to access information subject to ITAR requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project-management methodologies.
• Basic understanding of one or more technology areas such as Metal Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, AI, and automation.
• Familiar with managing U.S. Government technical contracts.
• Interest in Additive Manufacturing, automation, and robotics manufacturing technology and a willingness to learn new platforms, systems, and technical concepts.