Senior Project Manager

safetychain; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation plan

Stock options

Health benefits

Self Care PTO Plan

Flex Schedule

Work From Home Flexibility

Professional development investment

Job summary

SafetyChain is seeking a driven Senior Software Project Manager to join its Professional Services team in Illinois. This role focuses on managing new client onboarding, current client expansions, and enterprise-level projects, ensuring customer satisfaction and efficient software implementation.

The ideal candidate must have 5+ years of experience in food/beverage manufacturing and be skilled in project management and customer success. The position offers flexibility, mentoring opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Continuous Improvement Manager/Project Manager in a food/beverage manufacturing plant.
• Experience deploying SaaS software for manufacturing companies, particularly in Food & Beverage manufacturing.
• Strong motivation to succeed and committed to customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage new client onboarding and current client expansions for complex projects.
• Provide mentorship and develop training modules for Project Manager team.
• Coordinate cross-functional team efforts to ensure project success.

Skills

Project Management

Customer Success

Microsoft Office

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Summary

SafetyChain Software is looking for a driven, skilled and experienced Senior Software Project Manager to join our Professional Services team. Reporting to the PM Team Manager, this role will work closely with our sales, customer success, and support teams to ensure successful onboarding of our software to maximize value for our customers.

Do you like to solve problems in a fast-paced environment? Love collaborating with colleagues to help customers? Like the idea of a flexible, autonomous work environment to get the job done the way you like to work? This may just be what you are looking for – let’s get into the details!

Who We Are

SafetyChain is a rapidly scaling B2B SaaS provider revolutionizing plant management for Food and Beverage manufacturers by improving yield, maximizing productivity, and ensuring compliance. Our impressive client base includes renowned brands like Albertsons, Clif Bar, Tyson Foods, and Whole Foods. Join a dynamic, collaborative team driven by innovation, agility, and rapid growth.

What You'll Do

As part of the Professional Services team, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing new client onboarding, current client expansions, and special projects as they arise, with a focus on complex and enterprise level projects. Each project opportunity includes defining the project objectives and success criteria, assessing and documenting scope, executing project deliverables, communicating with our customers’ project teams, coordinating the efforts of cross‑functional team members internally, and generally overseeing quality control throughout the lifecycle of the project.

The success of this role means faster, better onboardings that improve the time to value for our customers. It ensures our customers are deploying our software in a way that meets their business needs and solves their most critical challenges.

The Senior Project Manager will also be responsible for assisting the PM team manager with training, development, and mentoring of team members, assisting with creating and updating standards and processes and collaborating with the PM team manager to track and improve team performance toward meeting department and team KPIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide mentorship to Project Manager team members.
• Develop and complete training modules for the Project Manager team to level up product and technical knowledge.
• Review and creation of process documentation for best practices.
• Execute onboardings in an efficient, professional manner in order to achieve the highest degree of customer satisfaction and utilization.
• Plan and conduct complex enterprise level onboardings, coordinating processes with both internal teams as well as large customer teams that may span multiple locations.
• Consult with clients on product features/functionality and implementation best practices.
• Interpret complex business requirements and advise customers on the conversion of manual processes and practices to electronic or automated systems.
• Participate in tenant configuration and setup for customers by leveraging advanced product and industry expertise.
• Utilize project management skills to drive all aspects of project planning, governance and delivery for multi‑phase, multi‑product implementations including detailed deployment timelines in the form of a project plan, status communications, project success criteria, and issue mitigation and resolution.
• Ensure appropriate resources are dedicated both internally and externally to meet/exceed project and customer expectations.
• Anticipate and manage project issues as they arise and ensure prompt resolution.
• Review overall project status with clients on a regular basis, usually in the form of conference calls, web presentations, or onsite meetings as required.
• Serve as the primary point of contact to the client during implementations for all work related to the project.
• Communicate project status and issues internally across multiple organizational levels.
• Work with Project Manager team leader to continuously improve our processes
  • Identify recurring customer questions, workflows, and friction
  • Use AI and automation tools to improve documentation, training, and onboarding
  • Turn repeatable work into structured guides, templates, workflows
  • Test and continuously improve how we deliver as a team

What You’ll Need (Requirements)

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager/Project Manager in a food/beverage manufacturing plant. Direct plant floor experience is required.
• Experience deploying SaaS software for manufacturing companies, particularly Food & Beverage manufacturing.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio).
• Ability to bring projects in on‑time and on‑budget, while communicating and resolving issues in a clear and professional manner.
• Self‑starter with strong motivation to succeed.
• Committed to customer satisfaction and a passion for customer success.
• Ability to work independently and through teams, at multiple organizational levels.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and handle issues/escalations under pressure, and manage multiple projects.
• Extremely detail‑oriented.
• Creative, consultative, and a strong communicator.
• Eagerness to learn new skills, grow professionally, and take on new challenges.
• Ability to travel to customer sites (25%).

Things that Make the Job Awesome

• Competitive compensation plan
• Opportunity for stock options
• Health benefits
• Self Care PTO Plan
• Flex Schedule
• Work From Home Flexibility
• Fast growing tech company with big opportunity
• Great team and culture
• Rewarding work that is solving an important problem
• Annual investment in your professional development

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law applicable to the state in which you work.