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Director, Project Management

Dematic
Dematic Salary
Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 8/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/9/2026
Senior leader responsible for end-to-end delivery of complex MHE projects, driving schedule, cost, quality, safety and customer satisfaction across multiple concurrent programs.

We offer:

What we offer:

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities


Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $180,000 - $210,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

Core responsibilities:

  • Own program delivery: lead planning, resourcing, budgeting, scheduling and execution for multiple, high‑complexity projects.
  • Build and run repeatable execution models, playbooks and governance to standardize delivery and capture lessons learned.
  • Lead and coach project managers, site leads and cross‑functional execution teams; set objectives, KPIs and career development.
  • Ensure commercial performance: manage project P&L, change orders, claims and supplier performance.
  • Risk & issue management: identify, mitigate and escalate critical risks; drive timely recovery plans.
  • Stakeholder management: act as primary interface to customers, senior leadership and major suppliers; provide clear, timely reporting.
  • Drive safety & quality: enforce safety, compliance and quality standards across sites.
  • Continuous improvement: lead post‑project reviews and apply learning curve gains to reduce engineering and PM effort on follow‑ons.
  • Resource & supplier strategy: optimize internal and external capacity, pre‑qualify vendors and secure critical long‑lead items.


Required qualifications & experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or related field (Master’s preferred).
  • 10 years of project delivery experience, including 5 years in a senior project leadership role.
  • Proven track record delivering complex, multi‑site industrial projects (material handling equipment/automation experience strongly preferred).
  • Demonstrable experience managing multi‑million dollar project portfolios and supplier networks.
  • Strong financial acumen with experience owning project P&L and commercial negotiations.
  • Certifications preferred: PMP, MBA


Key competencies & skills:

  • Strategic leadership and people‑management skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder, negotiation and escalation management.
  • Strong planning, scheduling and earned‑value familiarity (MS Project, Primavera or equivalent).
  • Data‑driven decision making; uses KPIs and dashboards for performance management.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable at executive and customer forums.
  • Willingness to travel frequently to sites.


KPIs / success measures:

  • On‑time delivery rate (projects completed to committed ROS).
  • Budget performance (% projects within /- target).
  • Customer satisfaction / NPS for delivered sites.
  • Safety performance (TRIR / recordable incidents).
  • Change order rate and schedule growth (%).
  • Reduction in engineering and PM hours on follow‑on sites (learning curve gains).
  • Supplier delivery reliability (OTD for long‑lead items).


Reporting & scope:

  • Reports to Sr. Director of Project Execution
  • Directs a team of project managers and site leads; dotted relationships with engineering, procurement, manufacturing and service functions.
  • Responsible for a regional or global portfolio depending on company scale.


Nice‑to‑have:

  • Prior experience with Amazon or large e‑commerce/3PL customers.
  • Background in automation, controls and systems integration.
  • Change management / transformation experience.

Salary : $180,000 - $210,000

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