Project Manager

Rees Scientific; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Rees Scientific is seeking a Project Manager to plan, execute, and close customer implementations across mid-to-large programs. You will coordinate across Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Service teams, manage timelines and budgets, and serve as the primary customer contact throughout the lifecycle.

The role requires strong communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. This is a full-time, on-site role in New Jersey, US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 2–7 years of project management experience, including customer-facing implementation projects.
• Experience managing customer implementations in SaaS, technology, healthcare, professional services, or similar environments.
• Ability to build strong relationships with customers, executive stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent presentation, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Balance customer expectations with organizational priorities and project constraints.
• Strong project planning, organizational, problem-solving, and risk management skills.
• Proficiency with project management tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com.
• Experience delivering executive-level project communications and status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple mid-to-large size customer implementation projects from initiation to deployment.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria.
• Develop and report on plans, schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, and risks.
• Serve as primary contact for customers; build relationships with stakeholders and sponsors.
• Ensure deliverables align with contracts, requirements, and business objectives.
• Facilitate kickoff meetings, status meetings, reviews, and governance sessions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet milestones.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; communicate impacts and solutions.
• Drive issue resolution and manage escalations to minimize business impact.
• Monitor performance and take corrective actions to ensure delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

Job description

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Project Manager

Full Time NJ, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1176

Salary Range: $65,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

IMPORTANT

• Must be able to handle up to 50 projects
• Must be a great multitasker willing to handle many items at one time
• Must be able to thrive in a fast paced environment

Job Summary

The Project Manager plans, executes, monitors, and closes moderate to complex customer implementation projects that support business and customer objectives. This role serves as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the implementation lifecycle, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines and budgets, mitigating risks, and ensuring successful deployment, adoption, and customer satisfaction. The Project Manager II works independently and partners with leadership, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Service and Technical teams to deliver successful customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple mid-to-large size customer implementation projects simultaneously from project initiation through successful deployment.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria in alignment with customer and business goals.
• Develop, maintain, track, and report on project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, dependencies, and risks.
• Serve as the primary project contact for customers, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Ensure project deliverables align with customer expectations, contractual commitments, implementation requirements, and business objectives.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings, customer status meetings, executive business reviews, and project governance sessions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Sales, Operations, Implementation, Service and Technical Support, and Engineering teams, to achieve project milestones.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues while proactively communicating impacts and recommended solutions.
• Maintains a proactive and flexible approach when managing scope changes, risks, and project roadblocks.
• Drive issue resolution by coordinating internal resources and managing customer escalations to minimize business impact and maintain customer confidence.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when necessary to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage stakeholder communications and provide regular project status updates, reports, and executive summaries.
• Track project budgets, expenditures, and resource utilization.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, contractual obligations, and quality standards.
• Track customer implementation metrics, including project milestones, implementation timelines, go-live success, customer satisfaction and customer feedback.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance implementation practices, operational efficiency, and the overall customer experience.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, action plans, implementation records, and lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 2–7 years of project management experience, including customer-facing implementation projects.
• Experience managing customer implementations in a SaaS, technology, healthcare, professional services, or similar environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with customers, executive stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent presentation, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance customer expectations with organizational priorities, project constraints, and business objectives.
• Strong project planning, organizational, problem-solving, and risk management skills.
• Proficiency with project management methodologies and tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Experience developing and delivering executive-level project communications and status reporting.