Project Manager

Kaygen, Inc.; Georgetown (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The position involves planning, prioritization, risk management, and executive reporting to drive standardization and efficiency across regional Quality-system activities. A dynamic, collaborative environment is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional programs or technology-enabled initiatives.
• Strong planning, status reporting, issue and dependency management, and stakeholder coordination.
• Ability to organize meetings with technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate programs and projects across multiple teams and sites.
• Lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Communicate technical and business information effectively.
• Plan, prioritize, and manage risks and impediments.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate change/releases.
• Prepare executive-level updates and dashboards.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program coordination

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Microsoft 365 apps

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Teams

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Power Apps

Dashboards

Job description

Kaygen, Inc. a diverse award-winning global business services and technology solutions partner with Global Fortune 500 companies.

Title: Project Manager

Location: Georgetown, KY (PEMC / Plano, TX)

Duration: 12 Months

Overtime: 10% (Periodic Weekends when needed)

Travel: Yes - 25%

Where will they need to travel: To different Our Client Sites (typically once every two months)

If International, to/from which countries: Potential visits to Canada

Will it be for meetings/observation: Yes

How soon after the offer will they be required to travel: Immediately

If travel would be scheduled more than 3 months dispatch would be available: No

Shop floor: Yes

Which specific equipment or PPE will be required by resources to perform job duties? Example – Steel toed shoes, etc. Hard hats, Safety Glasses, Safety Shoes etc.

Out of them, which equipment or PPE would be provided by Our Client or bought by resource: Safety Jacket

Description

• The Quality Systems Program & Foundational Enablement Lead coordinates the planning, governance, implementation, and ongoing support of regional quality-system initiatives across North American manufacturing companies. The role serves as a central connection point among Quality, Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture, database, data, finance, communications, Agile delivery, and manufacturing-site stakeholders.
• The position supports major initiatives including IC The position supports major initiatives including IC

Key Responsibilities

• Program and project coordination
• Cross-functional leadership
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Technical and business communication
• Planning and prioritization
• Risk and impediment management
• Meeting facilitation
• Executive presentation
• Change and release coordination
• Adaptability and problem solving

Measures of Success

• Accurate, timely, and transparent program reporting.
• Completion of planned deliverables, dependencies, and change-control activities.
• Effective coordination of stage and production deployments.
• Timely identification and escalation of risks and impediments.
• Strong alignment among Quality, technical teams, manufacturing companies, and leadership.
• Current and reliable program documentation.
• Successful preparation of business cases, budget inputs, governance reviews, and executive updates.
• Improved standardization and efficiency across regional Quality-system activities.

Requirements

Qualifications: (Highlight Top 3-5 skills)

• Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional programs or technology-enabled business initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, status reporting, issue management, dependency management, and stakeholder coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and facilitate meetings involving technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Power Apps, and related Microsoft 365 applications.
• Experience developing and maintaining Jira epics, project records, dashboards, or equivalent program-management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities across geographically distributed organizations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation, timelines, and status information.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required

Added bonus

• Experience supporting manufacturing Quality systems or regional technology implementations.
• Familiarity with Agile planning, PI planning, Scrum teams, and quarterly business planning.
• Understanding of database, server, virtual-machine, Oracle, Postgres, testing, and production-deployment concepts.
• Experience with change-control processes, Requests for Change, and Change Advisory Boards.
• Familiarity with Lean, Hoshin Kanri, Obeya, Yokoten, continuous improvement, or similar operating practices.
• Experience supporting budget planning, business cases, value realization, and capacity discussions.

KAYGEN is an award-winning global business, providing top talent for technology-based solutions and staffing services for over 23 years. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project-based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries. For more information please visit us at www.kaygen.com