Manager, Project Management

Coreforce; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid schedule

Free chef-inspired lunch Mon–Thu

15 PTO days + floating holiday

Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with 4

Annual bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth in a fast-growing, issue

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Coreforce, based in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Manager of Project Management to lead a team of Project Managers and Coordinators. The role focuses on directing complex customer-facing initiatives, establishing standards, and coordinating across multiple internal groups in a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate will bring PMP certification, 7+ years of PM experience, and strong leadership and communication skills to ensure successful project delivery and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations, technology, or related field.
• PMP certification required.
• 7+ years of progressive project management experience including complex customer-facing implementations.
• 5+ years leading project management professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers and Project Coordinators.
• Manage complex, high-priority projects from handoff to closeout.
• Balance workload based on scope, risk, timing, and capacity.
• Establish project standards, templates, reporting, and cadences.
• Define scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead kickoff, status, risk, and closeout meetings with customers.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

PMP Certification

Job description

Join Our Team as Manager, Project Management

Company: Coreforce

Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Based on Experience

Company Overview

Coreforce is an innovative technology company providing public safety organizations a comprehensive technology suite from dispatch to the courtroom. Coreforce delivers integrated technology designed to support public safety entities, regardless of organizational size. Our products - body cameras, in-car videos, mobile routers, and digital evidence systems, help public safety officers and first responders save lives, strengthen community trust, and enhance accountability.

Manager, Project Management – Build Your Career with Purpose

Join Coreforce and use your project management skills to support innovative technology that strengthens communities.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Flexible hybrid schedule.
• Free chef-inspired lunch Monday–Thursday.
• 15 PTO days + floating holiday.
• Competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k). We provide 401 (k) matching per the terms of the 401(k) plan.
• Annual bonus.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career growth in a fast-growing, mission-driven company.
• Collaborative, purpose-driven culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers and Project Coordinator(s), including work allocation, performance management, and professional development.
• Personally manage complex, high-priority, or customer-facing projects from handoff through stabilization and closeout.
• Assign projects and balance team workload based on scope, complexity, risk, timing, and available capacity.
• Establish and maintain practical project standards, templates, reporting expectations, and operating cadences.
• Ensure projects have defined scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, acceptance criteria, and customer responsibilities.
• Lead customer kickoff, status, readiness, risk, and closeout meetings and document decisions and commitments.
• Coordinate delivery across Sales, Product, Engineering, Field Engineering, Training, Support, Client Success, Production, Warehouse, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Identify and elevate customer, schedule, resource, technical, financial, and scope risks with recommended actions.
• Manage scope changes and document impacts on schedules, resources, costs, and customer commitments.
• Provide leadership with accurate portfolio status, resource needs, risks, recovery plans, and decisions required.
• Improve project handoffs, accountability, delivery predictability, and customer experience.
• Perform other related duties and operational initiatives as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervises Project Managers and Project Coordinator(s) and is accountable for work allocation, coaching, performance management, professional development, and team results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations, technology, project management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• 7 or more years of progressive project management experience, including complex customer-facing implementations or operational projects.
• 5 or more years of leading project management professionals or demonstrated responsibility for coaching and directing project professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects directly while managing team performance, capacity, priorities, and escalations.
• Strong project planning, risk and issue management, change control, stakeholder communication, and executive reporting skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to coordinate technical and nontechnical teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor direct report staff.
• Advanced Problem-solving skills.
• Advanced client-facing soft skills, such as de-escalation and persuasion.
• Proven stakeholder management experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Ability to perform in high-stress situations.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Presentation and public speaking skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public safety technology, SaaS, hardware/software implementations, field deployments, or government customers.
• Experience building or improving project management practices in a growing organization.
• PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, or another relevant agile or delivery credential.
• This is an Atlanta-based position with regular on-site presence is required. One remote workday per week may be available, subject to business, customer, project, and team needs.
• Occasional travel may be required based on customer and project needs.
• Must be available for on-site meetings and critical project events when business needs require it.

Coreforce is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.