Project Manager, Customer-Facing Tech Solutions

Cognex Corporation; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 74,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex is seeking a Project Manager with external customer facing experience who will flourish in our "Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast" culture, coordinating internal and external resources on Cognex designed solutions and pre-sales activities to assess risks and deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will develop project schedules, track milestones, and maintain communications with stakeholders while ensuring customer acceptance and alignment with Cognex growth and profitability standards.

Qualifications

• BA degree in a technical discipline (preferred) or relevant equivalent professional experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 3+ years' experience as a project manager within the service high-tech industry or for projects in a related field.
• Ability to travel between 20-50% of the time.
• Must possess English language proficiency as a minimum for the role.
• Certifications related to Project Management are preferred (PMP, CSCP, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Actively plan, organize, and align resources, both internal and external, in a cost-effective manner to win and execute against the project schedule.
• Maintain and develop effective relationship with customers both pre- and post-sale.
• Develop project schedules and track project progress against milestones while ensuring timely communications to internal and external stakeholders on project status.
• Identify, create simple, and track complex documented scope. Communicate scope changes to all key stakeholders, ensuring that project completion and customer acceptance is achieved, via all providers to the project
• Manage all project documentation through the lifecycle including providing all details on documentation to either the service team or customer to set them up for success.

Skills

PM processes

PMI standards

communication skills

customer relationship

design for manufacturability

time management

Education

BA degree in technical discipline

3+ years project management experience

Tools

Microsoft Projects

Job description

Cognex is seeking a Project Manager with external customer facing experience who will flourish in our "Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast" culture, coordinating internal and external resources on Cognex designed solutions and pre-sales activities to assess risks and deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will develop project schedules, track milestones, and maintain communications with stakeholders while ensuring customer acceptance and alignment with Cognex growth and profitability standards.