Service Project Manager

NIDEC Defense Group; Brooklyn Heights (OH); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The NIDEC Defense Group is seeking a Project Manager III to lead large, cross‑functional initiatives with significant business impact in the Brooklyn Heights area. You will apply advanced project-management expertise, drive execution, and mentor junior PMs.

Responsibilities include end-to-end delivery, defining strategy and milestones, managing risks and changes, and coordinating with Operations, Engineering, IT, Finance, and Supply Chain. Strong communication to executives is required.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects independently.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder‑management and influence capability.
• Executive‑level written, verbal, and presentation communication.
• High standards for accountability, rigor, and delivery discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex, high‑visibility projects.
• Define project strategy, scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics.
• Ensure alignment between project outcomes and business priorities.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans across multiple workstreams.
• Manage critical paths, dependencies, and sequencing across teams.
• Balance scope, schedule, cost, and quality trade‑offs to maintain delivery.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Lead resolution of non‑routine or high‑impact challenges.
• Manage scope change through disciplined change‑control processes.
• Influence and align senior stakeholders across Operations, Engineering, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, and other functions.
• Facilitate decision‑making in ambiguous or constrained environments.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability and escalation.
• Track progress against schedule, scope, cost, and performance metrics.
• Provide executive‑ready status updates, insights, and recommendations.
• Prepare materials for steering reviews, leadership updates, and governance forums.
• Enforce adherence to project‑management standards, tools, and governance requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Delivery discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional certification (PMP/PRINCE2)

5+ years PM/related experience

Job description

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.

All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary

The Project Manager III is a senior professional role responsible for leading complex, cross‑functional projects with significant business impact. This role applies advanced project‑management expertise, strong execution judgment, and stakeholder leadership to deliver outcomes across multiple functions, timelines, and constraints.

Job Description

Role Overview
The Project Manager III owns large or high‑complexity projects, or multiple related initiatives, often involving competing priorities, significant change, and elevated stakeholder visibility. The role goes beyond routine execution into trade‑off management, decision framing, and organizational influence.
This position does not include formal people‑management responsibility but provides informal leadership and mentorship to Project Manager I–II roles and analysts. The role typically reports to a Senior Project Manager, Program Manager, PMO Lead, or Functional Leader.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Project Leadership & Ownership

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex, high‑visibility projects
• Define project strategy, scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics
• Ensure alignment between project outcomes and business priorities

Integrated Planning & Execution

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans across multiple workstreams
• Manage critical paths, dependencies, and sequencing across teams
• Balance scope, schedule, cost, and quality trade‑offs to maintain delivery

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues
• Lead resolution of non‑routine or high‑impact challenges
• Manage scope change through disciplined change‑control processes

Cross‑Functional & Stakeholder Leadership

• Influence and align senior stakeholders across Operations, Engineering, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, and other functions
• Facilitate decision‑making in ambiguous or constrained environments
• Serve as the primary point of accountability and escalation

Reporting, Analysis & Executive Communication

• Track progress against schedule, scope, cost (if applicable), and performance metrics
• Provide clear, executive‑ready status updates, insights, and recommendations
• Prepare materials for steering reviews, leadership updates, and governance forums

Governance & Delivery Discipline

• Enforce adherence to project‑management standards, tools, and governance requirements
• Ensure transparency, accountability, and documentation quality
• Support audits, reviews, and project assurance activities

Financial & Resource Oversight (as applicable)

• Manage project budgets and forecasts within approved parameters
• Coordinate resource planning and capacity constraints with functional leaders
• Support variance analysis and corrective actions

Continuous Improvement & Best Practices

• Capture lessons learned and improvement opportunities
• Apply insights to improve future project delivery and execution models
• Contribute to development of PMO standards and practices

Mentorship & Capability Building

• Mentor Project Manager I–II roles and project analysts
• Review plans, risks, and status for quality and rigor
• Support onboarding and development of less‑experienced project managers

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or related field required
• Professional certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) preferred
• Typically 5–8+ years of experience in project management, program delivery, consulting, or operations roles

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
• Proven ability to lead complex projects independently
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent stakeholder‑management and influence capability
• Executive‑level written, verbal, and presentation communication
• High standards for accountability, rigor, and delivery discipline

Additional Job Details

Professional – P3

Organizational Impact

• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct impact on departmental or job family results
• Established professional; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on moderately complex projects/assignments and contributes to setting objectives or goals of projects and assignments within team

Communication & Influence

• Communicates with employees both within and occasionally outside of the department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Influences employees within the department at an operational level regarding concepts or practices and some advisement on approaches

Innovation & Complexity

• Responsible for making moderate improvements of processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems faced are difficult and mildly complex and typically impact the job family and/or multiple teams

Leadership & Talent Management

• Provides assistance and training to other employees
• May lead significant parts of moderately complex projects or processes

Knowledge & Experience

• Requires advanced job knowledge and demonstrated competence within department, typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff…
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