Project Manager

Hunter Recruiting; Westlake (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Recruiting is seeking a Project Manager to lead large-scale technology deployment, rollout, and lifecycle management projects for enterprise customers. You will be the primary point of accountability for project planning, deployment readiness, order execution, scheduling, and successful delivery.

The role requires working across sales, operations, field services, logistics, procurement, and customer teams to drive projects from receipt to final deployment while maintaining exceptional

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of project management in tech deployments or related industries.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external customers.
• Strong planning, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Proficiency with ERP/CRM platforms.
• Advanced Excel and MS Project skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent deployment projects across locations.
• Serve as primary customer-facing PM through lifecycle.
• Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, and comms.
• Facilitate kickoff, status reviews, exec updates, readiness reviews.
• Manage scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across teams.
• Drive projects to meet contractual commitments and customer expectations.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

ERP/CRM platforms experience

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business/IT/PM

Tools

NetSuite

ServiceNow

Salesforce

SAP

Oracle

Power BI

Job description

The Project Manager is responsible for leading large-scale technology deployment, rollout, and lifecycle management projects for enterprise customers. This role serves as the primary point of accountability for project planning, customer communication, deployment readiness, order execution, scheduling, and successful delivery.The ideal candidate combines strong project management skills with a hands-on operational mindset and is comfortable working across sales, operations, field services, logistics, procurement, and customer teams to drive projects from initial order receipt through final deployment completion.This position is highly visible within the organization and requires the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining exceptional customer satisfaction and operational execution.Experience in technology deployments, managed services, device lifecycle management, mobility, POS, field services, or IT asset management environments is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent customer deployment projects ranging from hundreds to thousands of devices across multiple locations.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing project manager throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain project plans, deployment schedules, milestones, risk logs, and communication plans.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings, status reviews, executive updates, and deployment readiness reviews.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities between Sales, Operations, Inventory, Logistics, Configuration, Repair Services, and Field Services teams.
• Drive projects to successful completion while meeting customer expectations, contractual commitments, and internal performance objectives.

Deployment & Order Execution

• Manage the operational execution of customer orders required to support project deployments.
• Translate customer requirements, purchase orders, and deployment schedules into actionable work orders within company systems.
• Create, review, and maintain project-related transactions within ERP and service management platforms.
• Ensure alignment between customer demand, inventory availability, deployment schedules, and operational capacity.
• Validate project data accuracy and proactively identify discrepancies that could impact delivery timelines.
• Coordinate deployment schedules with internal teams, customers, and third-party service providers.

Project Planning & Reporting

• Build and maintain detailed project schedules and deployment forecasts.
• Monitor project progress against key milestones and service-level commitments.
• Provide regular project status reporting to customers and executive leadership.
• Track project metrics, deployment progress, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
• Develop post-project reviews, lessons learned, and process improvement recommendations.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, reporting, and system utilization.
• Participate in automation and workflow improvement initiatives.
• Support the development of standard operating procedures and best practices within the PMO.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on scalability, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior project managers and project coordinators.
• Lead cross-functional teams without direct authority to achieve project objectives.
• Support PMO initiatives and special projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Technology, Project Management, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 5–7+ years of project management experience in technology deployments, managed services, logistics, supply chain, field services, IT lifecycle management, or related industries.
• Demonstrated success managing large, multi-site deployment or rollout projects.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external customers.
• Experience working within ERP, CRM, or service management platforms (NetSuite, ServiceNow, Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Strong understanding of project planning, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology deployments involving endpoints, mobility devices, POS systems, kiosks, networking equipment, or IT infrastructure.
• Experience managing field service installations and nationwide rollout programs.
• Experience with NetSuite, ServiceNow, SharePoint, and Power BI.
• Familiarity with warehouse, logistics, inventory management, or device lifecycle management operations.
• Experience supporting customers with 1,000+ locations or 5,000+ employees.