Project Manager

Your Job

We are seeking a Project Manager to lead the day-to-day execution of product development and customer delivery projects.

This role ensures project milestones, deliverables, and cross-functional activities remain aligned to schedule, scope, and customer commitments.

The Project Manager works closely with engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality teams to coordinate work, manage dependencies, and ensure project execution stays on track.

This role surfaces risks early, manages changes, and ensures teams remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.

Location: This is an onsite role based at our headquarters in Lisle, IL.

What You Will Do


* Develop and maintain project schedules, timelines, and work breakdown structures


* Coordinate activities across engineering, supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and commercial teams


* Define, track, and manage project deliverables and milestones


* Manage the project critical path and proactively address schedule risks or delays


* Facilitate cross-functional communication, project meetings, and execution checkpoints


* Identify risks, issues, and constraints that may impact delivery and drive mitigation plans


* Escalate issues when decisions, prioritization, or resources are required


* Manage changes impacting scope, cost, schedule, or technical requirements


* Provide regular project status updates and maintain transparency on project health, risks, and decisions

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field


* 5+ years of project management experience


* Experience leading New Product Introduction (NPI) projects in an engineering or manufacturing environment


* Experience coordinating work across engineering, operations, and supply chain


* Experience presenting to key stakeholders


* Strong written and verbal communication skills


* Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and strict deadlines


* Experience operating in an ambiguous, dynamic, and frequently changing work environment


* Ability to work outside of regular working hours when necessary for global meetings

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience collaborating with international cross-functional teams


* Previous experience in an engineering role


* PMP Certified


* SAP experience


* Fiber Optics and/or molding knowledge


* Experience tracking customer orders


* Change management experience


* General supply chain knowledge - manufacturing, logistics, BOM and component structures, capacity is a plus

For this role, we anticipate paying $120,000 - $150,000 per year.

This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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