What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Project Manager position at Mindtris?
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Onsite in Atlanta, GA
Duration: 6-12 months
Work authorization: USC or GC.
Job Description
We are looking for a leader with strong hands-on experience in engineering and R&D environments, specifically managing SPDP stage-gate processes, product development cycles, and New Product Introduction (NPI). Candidates whose background is primarily IT program management without direct engineering or product development experience will not be a strong match.
Department: Business Transformation (PMO)
Responsibilities
Mindtris is committed to fostering workforce diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Location: Onsite in Atlanta, GA
Duration: 6-12 months
Work authorization: USC or GC.
Job Description
We are looking for a leader with strong hands-on experience in engineering and R&D environments, specifically managing SPDP stage-gate processes, product development cycles, and New Product Introduction (NPI). Candidates whose background is primarily IT program management without direct engineering or product development experience will not be a strong match.
Department: Business Transformation (PMO)
Responsibilities
- Lead NPI and product development programs across full lifecycle (concept design validation industrialization launch)
- Drive adherence to SPDP stage-gate governance, ensuring clear decision points, deliverables, and readiness criteria
- Manage cross-functional engineering execution across R&D, testing, manufacturing engineering, procurement, and operations
- Develop and maintain integrated program schedules aligned to product development cycles and commercialization milestones
- Identify and manage technical, schedule, and cost risks with clear mitigation plans
- Facilitate design reviews, gate reviews, and readiness assessments
- Ensure alignment between product design and manufacturing capability (DFM/DFA, pilot builds, ramp-up)
- Track program KPIs including schedule, engineering maturity, quality, and launch readiness
- Coordinate prototype builds, validation testing, and industrialization activities
- Drive issue resolution and key trade-off decisions across engineering, cost, quality, and schedule
- Support engineering change processes (ECR/ECO), scope control, and requirements traceability
- Ensure supplier readiness and component availability for product launches
- Contribute to continuous improvement of SPDP and product development processes
- Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related technical field required
- 7 10 years of experience leading engineering, product development, or NPI programs
- Experience with SPDP, Stage-Gate, or equivalent product development methodologies
- Strong understanding of engineering development cycles, validation processes, and industrialization
- Experience in cross-functional environments across R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain
- Ability to manage technical complexity, dependencies, and cross-functional risk
- PMP preferred; Agile or hybrid methodology experience is a plus
- Strong communication and stakeholder alignment skills across engineering and operations
Mindtris is committed to fostering workforce diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.