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Project Manager

Overland Park, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Jun 2023

About the role

Sunlighten has the lofty yet simple promise to help people feel better and do more of what they love, it's what drives us every day. As the manufacturer and marketer of the world's leading infrared saunas and though leader for infrared light technologies, Sunlighten is lighting up the wellness industry. Our saunas have been shown through clinical trials to help people feel better and achieve their health and wellness goals. As the wellness industry hits the trillion-dollar mark, Sunlighten is poised to continue its significant growth in the global market, and we are seeing a key role in that effort!

Summary:

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our New Product Development Team. This person will love project management because it allows you to build meaningful experiences and technology that makes people's lives better. As Sunlighten's Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the successful execution of small, medium and large projects of varying complexity. Your primary focus will be on managing new (physical) product development, existing (physical) product enhancements, and software development initiatives, including app development. The Project Manager will also coordinate with and report-out to stakeholders across the organization, including: Marketing, Manufacturing, IT Project Management, Business Intelligence, and Senior Leadership.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Effectively manage all projects on the Product Development team, ensuring successful execution and delivery
Develop comprehensive project plans that consider cross-team dependencies and incorporate multi-phased deliverables, to facilitate effective communication and seamless coordination
Assist with the creation, adoption, and implementation of effective project organization and completion methods by developing step-by-step approaches and best practices to manage projects efficiently from start to finish

Ensure efficient resource utilization by assigning duties and responsibilities and overseeing workflows
Collaborate with Director to implement product scoring models, capacity models, and timelines to ensure tasks & projects are aligned with team member’s capacity and compliance requirements
Set and track project milestones, proactively manage and account for unforeseen delays, and realign schedules and expectations as necessary
Collect, analyze, and summarize information and trends to prepare project status reports to display to team members, teams and the wider organization. This includes reporting KPI’s on project completion percentages by Business Unit on a weekly, quarterly and annual basis
Keep projects and associated tasks on track to meet requirements, ensure effective communication and visibility regarding any changes in scope and/or timelines, and provide full visibility/transparency into the status of each tasks/project

Create, track, and maintain product related KPI’s to ensure completed projects are operating as expected by monitoring performance against established benchmarks
Proficient with, or ability/willingness to become proficient with a range of general and specialized applications, software, and hardware used by Sunlighten
Other duties & responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Product Development

Requirements

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in a related field
- Equivalent, relevant work experience will be considered
Proven experience of 3-5 years in managing projects of similar size and type
Project Management Certification(s) - preferred
Experience with agile, waterfall, and/or similar project management work flows
Experience managing technical projects in DevOps, Jira, and/or other PM systems
Experience with Ideation and Product Road-mapping applications (e.g. Aha! or similar)
Experience with standard MS Office applications

Skills/Abilities: