Project Manager

Project Manager

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DEPARTMENT: Research & Development

 REPORTS TO: VP of R&D

FLSA: Exempt

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (Hybrid)

Why You Should Join Us!

• A comprehensive health plan that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage to ensure you and your family have access to the care you need
• A 401(k)-retirement plan with a generous company match to help you save for your future and achieve your financial goals
• Other fringe benefits including Birthday & Anniversary bonus, company-wide discounts, life insurance, Telemedicine access, short & long-term disability, and more!
• Positive work environments that offer work/life balance and professional growth
• Mission-driven work making a global impact with local roots
• The opportunity to have hands on work experience with industry leading, innovative technology

Position Summary 

We are seeking a proactive and technically adept Project Manager to lead and coordinate cross-functional product development initiatives within our R&D and IT departments. This role is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of hardware and software projects—from concept through production—ensuring alignment with strategic goals, timelines, and budgets. The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in Agile methodologies, technical project management, and a passion for innovation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, IT, QA, and external vendors) to deliver new products and enhancements on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with R&D and IT Directors to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables aligned with business goals.
• Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation using tools like JIRA and MS Project.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and ensure adherence to Agile best practices.
• Oversee proof-of-concept development, prototype testing, and debugging.
• Ensure seamless integration of new products with IT/POS systems.
• Coordinate structured QA testing and ensure product changes meet expectations.
• Maintain accurate and current documentation, including technical manuals and training materials.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, escalating issues as needed.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend innovations that align with business needs.
• Support administrative tasks such as expense reports and travel coordination for R&D and IT leadership as needed.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in technical project management required, experience in product development or R&D environments preferred
• Project Management certification required (e.g. PMP, CAPM, CSM).
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience using JIRA or similar tools required
• Proficiency in MS Project or other project scheduling tools required
• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills required
• Ability to manage multiple projects across departments in a dynamic, fast-paced environment required
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field preferred

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.

The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.