Transportation Manager

TechVantage; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 77,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Flexible hours (Detroit)

Job summary

TechVantage, based in Detroit, is seeking an experienced Transportation Manager who thrives on conflict resolution and decisive action. You will own project outcomes, manage the backlog, and collaborate across teams to ship reliable solutions with a focus on work-life balance.

In this role, you’ll mentor colleagues, ensure MI reporting accuracy, and drive timely decisions while maintaining TechVantage quality standards.

Qualifications

• Must have strong conflict resolution skills.
• Zero tolerance for theater; prefers direct, results-focused communication.
• Ownership mindset with accountability for ship quality.
• Ability to balance work-life demands.

Responsibilities

• Keep the TechVantage backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next.
• Make peace with empathy-led ambiguity and ship anyway.
• Write the Work-Life Balance runbook the next hire wishes they had.
• Provide hands-on support to colleagues and TechVantage clients as needed.
• Keep MI reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on.
• Read a Mentoring system you didn't build and improve it anyway.
• Catch the Decision Making regression a tired reviewer would miss.
• Meet established deadlines while upholding TechVantage quality standards.

Skills

Conflict Resolution

Work-Life Balance

Job description

Every learning-obsessed Transportation Manager we've hired at TechVantage had two things: a grip on Conflict Resolution and zero patience for general theater. This position rewards Conflict Resolution and Work-Life Balance mastery with $77,000 - $120,000, team collaboration, and ownership of what you ship.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the TechVantage backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next
• Make peace with empathy-led ambiguity and ship anyway
• Write the Work-Life Balance runbook the next hire wishes they had
• Provide hands-on support to colleagues and TechVantage clients as needed
• Keep MI reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on
• Read a Mentoring system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Catch the Decision Making regression a tired reviewer would miss
• Meet established deadlines while upholding TechVantage quality standards

What You'll Bring

• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• Comfort steering general conversations toward a decision
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Comfort being measured against a clear manager bar

Trusted by businesses nationwide, TechVantage operates a deeply collaborative general platform from its Detroit base. Our values show up in small daily choices, not just a poster on the wall.

What you get for saying yes: $77,000 - $120,000, a mentor in your corner, full benefits, and hours that flex toward what matters in Detroit.

We just reopened this Transportation Manager req and are eager to meet new people.