Director of Strategic Project Delivery

nVenia, A Duravant Company; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

Paid Life Insurance & Disability

Paid time off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

nVenia seeks a Director of Project Delivery to lead the customer and project journey from order release through installation, commissioning, and acceptance. You will drive predictable execution, cross-functional alignment, and profitable project outcomes across Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Field Service.

The role requires 10+ years in manufacturing or capital equipment, with a track record of leading teams, balancing scope, cost, and schedule, and delivering exceptional customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, capital equipment, project delivery, operations, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and driving business performance through others.
• Experience managing and balancing project execution, customer relationships, and project financial performance.
• Strong understanding of project management, manufacturing operations, quality, and the customer lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, judgment, and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels.

Responsibilities

• Champion the customer experience and represent customer needs in decisions involving scope, quality, schedule, readiness, delivery, and cost.
• Own the customer and project journey from order release through installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
• Lead resolution of significant customer escalations and improve outcomes through proactive communication and cross-functional coordination.
• Lead Project Management to deliver projects safely, on time, within scope, and to customer expectations.
• Develop Project Managers as business leaders accountable for customer outcomes, risk, scope, execution, and project economics.
• Establish visibility to milestones, commitments, risks, and actions; facilitate timely cross-functional decisions and escalation.
• Drive project predictability and clear accountability across organizational handoffs.
• Own the operating actions required to protect and improve project margin in partnership with Operations, Engineering, and Finance.
• Manage the impact of labor performance, material variances, scope growth, rework, schedule decisions, and recovery actions.
• Balance customer, quality, schedule, and cost considerations to achieve responsible customer and business outcomes.
• Partner with Sales, Service, and Engineering to identify and capture legitimate incremental customer value.
• Ensure scope changes, change orders, upgrades, enhancements, and value-added solutions are identified and managed deliberately.
• Ensure seamless transitions between FAT, installation, SAT, and customer acceptance; drive lessons learned and problem-solving across functions.
• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing leaders and teams with clear decision rights and accountability.
• Lead through influence across functions and develop organizational capability and succession depth.
• Create operating cadences that surface risks early and enable issues to be resolved at the appropriate level.
• Use operational and financial data to improve customer outcomes, project execution, quality, and profitability.
• Apply disciplined problem-solving and continuous improvement tools.

Job description

nVenia seeks a Director of Project Delivery to lead the customer and project journey from order release through installation, commissioning, and acceptance. You will drive predictable execution, cross-functional alignment, and profitable project outcomes across Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Field Service.

The role requires 10+ years in manufacturing or capital equipment, with a track record of leading teams, balancing scope, cost, and schedule, and delivering exceptional customer value.