Project Manager

Company: Vantage Point Recruiting
Location: Cumberland Center
Posted on: February 19, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description The Project Manager will lead multidisciplinary NPI projects, ensuring predictable delivery, cost control, and on-time execution. You will serve as the primary coordinator for customers and internal stakeholders, driving project success through strong technical leadership and cross-functional coordination. Working within the PMO structure, you will manage scope, schedule, and risk, maintain clear communication with customers, and ensure alignment across technical and business stakeholders. 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. What you will have: 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. Education & Experience: 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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