Non-it PM #100649

Swoon; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Swoon is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Alpharetta, GA for a 24-month contract role requiring on-site presence from day one. The position demands 5-7 years of PMP experience, a bachelor's degree (or associate with PMP), and strong cross-functional coordination across tech and business teams.

You'll plan, track milestones, manage risks, and report to stakeholders, with daily 8–5 hours and options to convert to full-time.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Present and explain proposals, reports and findings to clients.
• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.
• Analyze technology, resource needs and market demand, to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.
• Confer with management, production and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures.
• Review and recommend or approve contracts and cost estimates.

Job description

Location: onsite Alpharetta, GA 100% M-F; open to relocation candidates but MUST be able to be onsite day 1 of contract (max 2 weeks from offer) and relocate at own costs (swoon nor client provide relocation services)

Type: Contract

Hours: 8-5 M-F (40 hour work week) - or 7-4 if that is preferred

Pay: $47.33/hr w2- exact rate no flex (w2 only for conversion, exact rate no flex)

Length: 24 months-possibility to convert to full time

Screenings: tech prior to submission, full panel drug and background once hired

IV process: 2 rounds

+optional benefits, long term contract with ability to extend or convert to full time

Must Haves

Education & Experience Required

• MINIMUM Years of experience: 5-7 years of PMP experience
• MINIMUM Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree preferred, will accept associate’s degree with additional PMP experience.
• Cross-functional project planning and execution; Demonstrated ability to convert business needs into structured project plans, establish milestones and ownership, monitor dependencies and risks, and drive projects to completion across multiple functional teams.
• Stakeholder and relationship management; Demonstrated ability to build credible working relationships, serve as a dependable point of contact, manage stakeholder expectations, facilitate decisions, and communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Business-process automation and improvement; Experience supporting business-process improvement or automation projects, including requirements gathering, process mapping, testing coordination, implementation planning, change management, and user adoption.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications used for project documentation, presentations, collaboration, and status reporting.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, milestone plans, action-item logs, risk and issue logs, and executive-level status reports.
• Experience creating or interpreting process maps and workflow documentation using Visio or a comparable tool.
• Ability to organize project information in a shared collaboration environment.
• Experience managing projects involving Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, databases, workflow systems, or comparable business-automation technologies.
• Ability to interpret dashboard information and work with developers or analysts to define meaningful status and performance measures.
• Familiarity with requirements gathering, user acceptance testing, implementation readiness, change control, and solution adoption.
• Experience with Agile, hybrid, or iterative development practices.

Soft Skills

(Required)

• Builds trust and maintains productive relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Communicates clearly with executives, managers, technical contributors, and business users.
• Uses tact and persistence to obtain updates, reinforce commitments, and keep work moving.
• Facilitates discussions that result in clear decisions, owners, and next steps.
• Recognizes project risks and escalates them early with appropriate context and recommended options.
• Balances competing requests and helps stakeholders establish realistic priorities.
• Works effectively without direct authority over project participants.
• Produces concise, accurate, and dependable project documentation.
• Is comfortable working in situations where processes or requirements are initially undefined.
• Demonstrates ownership and closes communication loops rather than only recording project status.
• Uncomfortable with a full-time on-site work arrangement or the stated travel expectations.
• Experience is limited to maintaining schedules or producing status reports without demonstrated ownership for project outcomes.
• Primarily a technical developer with limited stakeholder-management or project-leadership experience.
• Primarily an administrative coordinator without experience managing dependencies, risks, decisions, and cross-functional deliverables.
• Unable to provide examples of influencing contributors or obtaining commitments without direct authority.

Summary:

The main function of a non-IT project manager is to plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as engineering, research and development, financial systems and product roll-out, etc or any other non-IT based project.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Present and explain proposals, reports and findings to clients.
• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.
• Analyze technology, resource needs and market demand, to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.
• Confer with management, production and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures.
• Review and recommend or approve contracts and cost estimates.

Skills

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
• Knowledge of computer software, such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio etc.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field.
• 5-7 years experience required.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

This position will serve as the primary project coordination and relationship-management contact between the Technical Sales Support team and the CLIENT NAME REMOVED Oil & Gas and Mining teams. The individual will build and maintain effective working relationships with these partner organizations, coordinate incoming requests, clarify priorities and deliverables, and provide consistent communication regarding status, risks, decisions, and next steps.

The position will also manage the planning and execution of business-process automation initiatives, including the Feedback Tool and other workflow, reporting, and process-improvement projects. The project manager will work with business stakeholders, process owners, developers, and leadership to define requirements, establish project plans, track milestones and dependencies, facilitate decisions, manage risks, and drive projects through implementation and adoption.

Reason/motivation for request

Addition. The team needs dedicated project-management capacity to keep multiple business-process automation efforts organized, prioritized, and progressing to completion. The role is also needed to establish a consistent point of contact for the COG and Mining teams, improve coordination across organizations, maintain visibility to commitments and open actions, and strengthen long-term working relationships with these internal partners.

Typical task breakdown:

• Interacting with the Sales and Engineering Manager requests from the COG and Mining teams, interact with the Technical Sales Support (TSS) team as required to respond to the COG and Mining teams. Manage the timelines and task completion of the feedback tool development and various business process automation projects.

Interaction with team

• Interacting with Mining & Oil & Gas Team (virtual) as well as onsite teammates in Alpharetta. Maybe a trip every now and then for a face-to-face introduction.

Team Structure

• TSS and Developer currently report to Manager

Work environment

• The office utilizes a traditional cubicle layout with assigned workspaces.