Job Description
Title: Hybrid Project Manager – New Product Development
Location: Chicago, IL
Position Type: Full-Time Hybrid (3 days in office per week)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Salary: $120,000 - $145,000 per year plus annual incentive plan (AIP) and ESOP participation
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Salary: $120,000 - $145,000 per year plus annual incentive plan (AIP) and ESOP participation
Compensation & Benefits:
- Hybrid schedule
- Full medical, dental and vision and life insurance coverage
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with 3% of salary in company stock
- Paid 7-10 day shutdown in December each year
- Matching 401k up to 6%
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, 5 sick days
- Hybrid schedule
- Full medical, dental and vision and life insurance coverage
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with 3% of salary in company stock
- Paid 7-10 day shutdown in December each year
- Matching 401k up to 6%
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, 5 sick days
In this role, you'll lead complex, cross-functional new product development initiatives from initial planning through execution and launch. You'll have the authority to direct multidisciplinary project teams, manage budgets and resources, guide technical discussions, and ensure projects meet their objectives, timelines, and organizational performance goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project management activities for hardware and software product development initiatives, including associated manufacturing processes.
- Translate customer and market needs into defined product requirements, project scope, deliverables, and execution plans.
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), budgets, resource plans, milestones, and quality gates.
- Assemble and lead multidisciplinary project teams, coordinating internal subject matter experts and external partners as needed.
- Manage project financials, forecast costs, develop financial justifications, and maintain accountability for project budgets.
- Facilitate project meetings, planning sessions, risk assessments, and stakeholder discussions to maintain alignment and drive execution.
- Identify project risks, develop mitigation and contingency plans, and proactively address obstacles that could impact delivery.
- Track project performance against established KPIs, timelines, budgets, and customer expectations.
- Communicate project status, risks, schedule changes, and financial updates to customers, leadership, project teams, and external partners.
- Apply Lean Project Management and Product Development methodologies to improve project execution and organizational effectiveness.
Required Qualifications
- Must have a Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Technology, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Must have a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Must have 4+ years of project management experience supporting hardware and software development within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of products and engineering principles, with the ability to lead technical discussions.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex project portfolios and delivering challenging product development initiatives.
- Proficiency with project management tools, including Microsoft Project Professional.
- Experience developing detailed project plans, defining scope, establishing schedules, managing milestones, and overseeing project budgets.
- Strong financial acumen, analytical capabilities, and business judgment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $120,000–$145,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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