Senior Project Manager - Customer-Facing, Fast-Paced Delivery

Cognex Corporation; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with external customer facing experience to drive complex technology projects in a fast-paced environment. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule and budget, and maintain strong customer relationships through pre- and post-sale phases, ensuring delivery excellence and profitability.

The role requires traveling up to 20–50% and the ability to communicate risk and mitigation strategies effectively to stakeholders across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or relevant equivalent professional experience.
• Typically requires 5+ years of experience as a project manager in high-tech services or related fields.
• Ability to be on-call and respond to customer emergencies; availability for evenings and weekends as needed.
• Ability to travel 20–50% of the time; travel varies by region and project needs.
• Proficient in English for business communication.

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.
• Create complete and identify project scope documentation; communicate scope changes to all key stakeholders and own regular escalation and conflict situations; present predefined commercial strategies with all involved parties to negotiate resolution and identify up-selling opportunities.
• 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

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

PMI standards

Customer relationship

Industrial automation

Education

BA degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with external customer facing experience to drive complex technology projects in a fast-paced environment. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule and budget, and maintain strong customer relationships through pre- and post-sale phases, ensuring delivery excellence and profitability.

The role requires traveling up to 20–50% and the ability to communicate risk and mitigation strategies effectively to stakeholders across