Project Manager

Westinghouse; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and income protection

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid vacations

Job summary

Westinghouse - WECTEC Staffing Services is seeking a Project Manager for a 6-month contract assignment in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. You will lead the execution of a product initiative from planning through delivery, guiding team coordination and ensuring momentum.

You are an experienced delivery lead, skilled in managing timelines, priorities, and stakeholder expectations, reporting to the onsite Manager and driving adoption with a user-centered approach.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of project management or delivery leadership.
• Experience delivering in product or technology environments.
• Experience managing plans, execution, risks, and communications.
• Jira experience with backlog management, dashboards, reporting.
• Ability to challenge assumptions and guide decisions.
• Experience supporting software, digital, analytics, or innovation product teams.
• Experience guiding adoption through launch phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily delivery management for the product team and manage ceremonies.
• Maintain clear priorities with the Product Owner and defined backlogs.
• Ensure accountability for timelines, decisions, and deliverables.
• Identify risks and bottlenecks and coordinate resolution.
• Support product rollout and cross-team readiness.
• Incorporate user experience considerations into delivery planning.
• Manage and improve Jira boards, tickets, and reporting.
• Facilitate cross-team clarity on priorities and next steps.
• Apply Agile practices with flexibility based on project needs.

Skills

Delivery management

Jira

Agile practices

Product leadership

Tools

Jira

Job description

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At WECTEC Staffing Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

About the role:

We're looking for a Project Manager on behalf of our client. This is a 6-month contract assignment.(W-2) You will help lead the execution of a product initiative from planning through delivery. You will help guide team coordination, maintain momentum, and ensure work progresses, discipline, and accountability.

You are an experienced delivery lead who is comfortable managing timelines, coordinating teams, and stepping in wherever needed to help the team succeed. You will bring structure without rigidity, understand how product rollout and user experience shape successful adoption, and be comfortable constructively challenging priorities, surfacing risks, and ensuring decisions. You will report to the onsite Manager.

Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily delivery management for the product team, including planning sessions, team check-ins, retrospectives, status reviews, and follow-up actions.
• Partner with the Product Owner to maintain clear priorities, well-defined backlog items, and agreement on scope and delivery expectations.
• Guide accountability across the team for commitments, timelines, decisions, and deliverables.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and gaps, and work with teams to resolve them.
• Support product rollout activities, including coordination across business and technical teams to drive readiness and adoption.
• Bring a user-centered mindset by considering user experience, adoption, and process impact as part of delivery planning.
• Manage and improve Jira boards, tickets, workflows, and reporting to provide meaningful visibility into progress, blockers, and team capacity.
• Facilitate across team members, ensuring clarity around priorities, status, dependencies, and next steps.
• Apply Agile delivery practices while remaining practical and flexible based on team and project needs.

Qualifications:

• 6 or more years of experience in project management, program delivery management, or similar leadership roles.
• Experience leading delivery in product or technology environments.
• Experience managing project plans, execution, risks, dependencies, and team member communications.
• Jira experience, including backlog management, tracking, dashboards, and reporting.
• Confidence and judgment to challenge assumptions, surface risks, and help guide decisions.
• Experience supporting software, digital, analytics, or innovation-focused product teams.
• Experience helping teams deliver products through launch and adoption phases.

Our Safety Pledge to You:

If you are as committed to your success as we are committed to your safety, then this is the position for you! For us, our guiding principle has always been and will continue to be the safety of our people. It's that simple!

Why WECTEC Staffing Services?

WECTEC Staffing Services delivers customer-focused solutions, offering everything from high-volume, cost-effective staffing to specialized niche roles, while maintaining best-in-class service. Our employees bring expertise across technical and corporate functions, supporting international contracts in over five countries. We invite you to explore opportunities within our distinguished global talent network.

WECTEC Staffing Services offers competitive pay to all of our employees. Additionally, most positions qualify for benefits including the following:

• Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions

Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

We are committed to transparency and equity in all our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $40.00/hr. to $45.00/hr.