Director of Project Management

Job title: Director of Project Management

About the Role The Director of Project Management is accountable for managing and continuously improving an effective engineering project management function to meet the company’s delivery demands. Provides company-wide oversight of project performance, project manager capacity, and high-risk project needs. Leads improvement efforts focused on project management tools, methodologies, standards, and training.

What You'll Do

• Monitor project and project manager performance, including project health, PM KPIs, monthly revenue recognition, and financial risk indicators; communicate trends, risks, and needed actions to executive leadership.
• Identify and triage troubled or high-risk projects; coordinate recovery support, escalation, and corrective action follow-through as needed.
• Own and continuously improve project management processes, tools, standards, templates, and training materials.
• Champion and enforce consistent adoption of the company’s project management methodology and work practices.
• Assign project managers and project leads to opportunities and projects; coordinate with Business Development and Engineering Leadership to support upcoming work.
• Monitor and adjust project manager loading, capacity, and resource needs.
• Review quality audit results and monitor compliance with project management-related operating documents, standards, and procedures.
• Facilitate the process of capturing lessons learned, performing root cause analysis, mitigation planning, and implementing corrective or preventive actions for all project management activities.
• Lead hiring and onboarding for project managers.
• Mentor project managers and project leads and support their career development.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum B.S. degree in engineering and 10+ years of experience in management in the systems integration or similar industry.
• Formal project management training such as PMP or PMI-ACP.
• Proven track record of successful project leadership including the mentoring of project managers.
• Sufficient technical knowledge to enable clear understanding and communication between technical engineers and customer stakeholders.
• Thorough understanding of project management principles and planning; recognized as an authority in this domain.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-up skills.
• Excellent analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to lead through others and influence outside of direct reporting lines.

Nice to Have

• Experience with project management tools, standards, and templates.
• Experience coordinating with Business Development and Engineering Leadership on upcoming work.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not listed in the posting.