Senior Project Manager — Customer-Facing Tech Integrations

Cognex Corporation; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive external customer-facing experience. You will guide projects from pre-sales through delivery, ensuring quality, on-time execution, and profitability while operating within Cognex’s fast-paced, high-performance culture.

You will plan resources, manage risks, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering and services to deliver turnkey Cognex solutions with strong customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• BA degree in a technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience in high-tech services or related field.
• Willingness to be on-call and respond to customer emergencies.
• Travel 20–50% of the time; travel varies by region and customer needs.
• English language proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and align internal and external resources to meet project schedule cost-effectively.
• Maintain and develop relationships with customers pre- and post-sale.
• Develop project schedules and track milestones; communicate status to stakeholders.
• Define project scope and changes; present commercial strategies and negotiate resolutions.
• Manage project documentation through the lifecycle and hand off to service or customers.

Skills

PM processes PMI standards

Stakeholder relationships

Risk assessment

Project scheduling

Cost estimation

Decision making

MS Projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Projects

Job description

Cognex Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive external customer-facing experience. You will guide projects from pre-sales through delivery, ensuring quality, on-time execution, and profitability while operating within Cognex’s fast-paced, high-performance culture.

You will plan resources, manage risks, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering and services to deliver turnkey Cognex solutions with strong customer satisfaction.