Senior Project Manager - Automation & Customer Delivery

Cognex Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive customer-facing experience to lead the integration of Cognex designed solutions. You will engage in pre-sales activities, assess risks, and drive projects to meet customer expectations for quality, delivery, and service while upholding Cognex standards for growth and profitability.

Key duties include planning resources, maintaining customer relationships before and after sales, developing and tracking schedules, communicating

Qualifications

• BA degree in a technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years' experience as a project manager in high-tech/service industry.
• Ability to travel 20–50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and align internal and external resources to execute the project schedule.
• Maintain relationships with customers pre- and post-sale.
• Develop project schedules and track progress against milestones with clear communications to stakeholders.
• Define project scope and communicate changes; present commercial strategies; identify up-selling opportunities.
• Manage all project documentation through the lifecycle and ensure readiness for service delivery.

Skills

PMI standards

Communication

Industry knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Cost analysis

Project scheduling

Decision making

Business process

Microsoft Projects

Education

BA in technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive customer-facing experience to lead the integration of Cognex designed solutions. You will engage in pre-sales activities, assess risks, and drive projects to meet customer expectations for quality, delivery, and service while upholding Cognex standards for growth and profitability.

Key duties include planning resources, maintaining customer relationships before and after sales, developing and tracking schedules, communicating