Senior Project Manager

Description

Are you looking for a Senior Project Manager role in a technology company building mission-critical applications? Then, we need to talk!

American Innovations protects people and the environment by providing proven compliance solutions to oil and gas professionals from the field to the office. More than 30 years of experience drives innovative solutions that address the need for efficient data collection, reporting, and analysis – an integrated family of hardware, software and professional services backed by relentless customer service.

Are you ready for the next chapter in your professional career? Are you looking to join a company that is the leader in our core market and are rolling out our next generation of products now? Join our R&D team and take our company to the next level!

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive benefits focused on your physical well-being, including Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance and company provided Life and Disability.
• Programs to improve your financial well-being, including a 401(k) plan with an employer match up to 4% with immediate vesting and financial education courses.
• Opportunities to give back to the community.
• Supportive and collaborative environments, happy hours, and fun events.
• Assistance to further your learning and development, and Lunch and Learns.
• A rewarding culture, with a focus on positive business practices and protecting the environment.
  
  

What You Can Offer Us

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of new hardware and firmware products for Cathodic Protection and related application.
• Ensure launches are on time, on budget, and meet organizational quality standards.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships, including component suppliers, contract manufacturers, and testing labs to support prototyping and pilot.
• Drive cross-disciplinary project teams through all phases of the product lifecycle-from concept, design, and prototyping through pilot, product release, and launch.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, and product management teams to ensure ISO compliance and readiness for audits and regulatory reviews.
• Champion best practices for continuous improvement across R&D, manufacturing, and support operations; fostering a culture of learning and operational excellence.
• Facilitate and lead effective team meetings, cross-functional discussions, and project status updates to promote collaboration, transparency, and timely issue resolution.
  
  

Requirements

Required qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years’ experience as a Project Manager in hardware, firmware, or technology-driven product development environments, with a proven record of structured planning, execution, and successful delivery of complex technical projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing cross-functional teams to deliver hardware and/or firmware projects on time and within budget using phase-gate methodology.
• Thorough understanding and hands-on experience with full product development lifecycles, particularly New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Advanced knowledge of project management processes and best practices based on PMI standards, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, stakeholder, and quality management.
• Direct experience with hardware and/or firmware product development.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including proactive risk management and root-cause analysis.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, skilled at stakeholder management, expectation setting, and reporting across all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment, including situations without direct authority.
• High initiative, adaptability, and results orientation in dynamic R&D settings.
• Bachelor’s degree.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification highly preferred (CAPM or progress toward PMP also considered).
• Experience managing distributed teams.
• Familiarity with Agile as applied to software or subsystem teams, with demonstrated ability to coordinate and adapt where appropriate.
• Aptitude for learning and applying new technologies (such as AI or automation tools) to enhance project outcomes.
• 10 years’ experience in hardware/firmware project management in a technology or industrial product company.
  
  

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in the US (visa sponsorship is not provided at this time) and must be able to pass a pre-employment background and drug test. American Innovations is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.