Project Manager III

Minuteman Security & Life Safety; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Minuteman Security & Life Safety is seeking a Project Manager III to lead highly complex security installation programs in the Andover, MA area. You will guide scope, schedules, budgets, procurement, and resources across multi-technology systems.

You will mentor junior PMs, manage vendor negotiations, and deliver executive-level status updates while safeguarding margins and project outcomes. This role requires strong leadership and financial acumen in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading large, complex security installations.
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Proven experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across technical, operations, and executive levels.
• Strong financial management skills including cost control and procurement strategies.
• Experience with ConnectWise and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of highly complex security installation projects.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans including scope, schedules, budgets, procurement strategies, and resource allocation.
• Manage project financials by controlling costs, negotiating with vendors, optimizing procurement, and protecting project margins.
• Identify project risks and scope changes early, negotiating change orders and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate across internal and external stakeholders including executives, engineers, technicians, subcontractors, suppliers, and clients.
• Oversee complex multi-technology system integrations and support troubleshooting for network or interoperability issues.
• Communicate project status, financial performance, risks, and key metrics through executive-level updates and stakeholder reporting.
• Mentor junior project managers and team members while ensuring installation quality standards and continuous improvement across projects
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ConnectWise

Microsoft Office Suite

Project management software

Job description

Job Overview Summary

The Project Manager III is responsible for leading highly complex and large-scale security installation projects. This role requires advanced expertise in project delivery, financial management, stakeholder leadership, and technical system integration. The Project Manager III serves as a senior leader on projects, driving strategic decision-making, mentoring junior project managers, and ensuring operational excellence across the entire project lifecycle.

Job Overview Summary

The Project Manager III is responsible for leading highly complex and large-scale security installation projects. This role requires advanced expertise in project delivery, financial management, stakeholder leadership, and technical system integration. The Project Manager III serves as a senior leader on projects, driving strategic decision-making, mentoring junior project managers, and ensuring operational excellence across the entire project lifecycle.

What you’ll be doing (and doing well!):

• Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of highly complex security installation projects.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans including scope, schedules, budgets, procurement strategies, and resource allocation.
• Manage project financials by controlling costs, negotiating with vendors, optimizing procurement, and protecting project margins.
• Identify project risks and scope changes early, negotiating change orders and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate across internal and external stakeholders including executives, engineers, technicians, subcontractors, suppliers, and clients.
• Oversee complex multi-technology system integrations and support troubleshooting for network or interoperability issues.
• Communicate project status, financial performance, risks, and key metrics through executive-level updates and stakeholder reporting.
• Mentor junior project managers and team members while ensuring installation quality standards and continuous improvement across projects
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Own It: Focus on excellence in everything you do and every interaction you have with clients.
• Learn: Become an expert on our portfolio of security solutions, systems, and technologies.
• Represent: Serve as a trusted advisor and senior representative of the company to customers and project partners.
• Diversity: Embrace the variety of project environments, technologies, and challenges encountered daily.
• Work as One Team: Collaborate closely with sales, engineering, operations, and leadership teams to deliver exceptional results.
• Find a Way: Turn challenges into opportunities through proactive problem-solving and strategic thinking.
• Play to Win: Drive projects toward successful outcomes that benefit both the customer and the organization.

What We Like About You

• A sense of humor, creativity, and a positive attitude.
• Strong leadership presence and ability to confidently manage high-visibility projects.
• Ability to make sound decisions quickly, even with incomplete information.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence customers while maintaining strong relationships.
• A proactive mindset toward risk identification and problem resolution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, complex projects.
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders across technical, operational, and executive levels.
• Strong financial management skills including cost control, procurement strategies, and margin protection.
• Proficiency with project management platforms such as ConnectWise and Microsoft Office Suite.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Pay Transparency Statement

The base salary range for this role is $87,700 - $140,000. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience and may vary from the amounts listed above. This position may also be eligible for a variable bonus in addition to base salary as well as health coverage, paid holidays, and other benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Minuteman Security & Life Safety is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability or genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Minuteman Security & Life Safety provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of these protected characteristics. Further, Minuteman Security & Life Safety takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants and employees are treated without regard to any of these protected characteristics in all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and separation from employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Drug-Free Workplace Statement

Minuteman Security Technologies, Inc is an equal opportunity employer, that offers a smoke-free and drug-free workplace.