Job Description

Summary

The Senior Manager, Implementation Project Management(Retrofits)leads the Retrofit Project Execution Group and owns the full portfolio of retrofit projects across existing customer sites. Accountable for safe, on-time, on-budget delivery of modifications and upgrades to live, commissioned systems, this leader builds and develops the team, manages executive-level customer relationships, andestablishesthe playbooks and controls that make retrofit delivery repeatable.

Responsibilities

• Own the retrofit portfolio end to end, including prioritization, resourcing, and schedule and cost reporting across all concurrent projects.

• Lead, develop, and manage the performance of Site Project Managers and Field Technicians.

• Serve as the customer relationship owner for project execution and the primary escalation point for site issues.

• Hold sole cost-control authority for the retrofit portfolio, including setting and managing project budgets, applying stage-gate disciplineappropriate forretrofit work, and enforcing standard financial controls.

• Partner with Account Management and Sales before contract execution to develop the project schedule, review scope, and confirm delivery and timeline feasibility before terms arefinalized.

• Establish and continuously improve retrofitdeliveryplaybooks, safety practices, and controls for work performed in live operating environments.

• Define the separation from, andrequiredcoordination with, the regional execution teams responsible for major projects.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Operations, ora relatedfield, or equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum of 8 years of project or program management experience, including delivery within operating industrial, distribution, manufacturing, automation, or similarly complex technical environments.

• Minimum of 3 years ofpeopleleadership experience with responsibility for developing and managing direct reports.

• Demonstrated ownership of project schedules, budgets, forecasting, and cost performance across complex, multi-stakeholder projects.

• Experience managing a portfolio of concurrent projects and balancing resources, priorities, risks, and customer commitments.

• Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, with the ability to direct field activities, assess technical risks, and support informed site-level decisions.

• Experience managing executive-level customer relationships, project escalations, and change control within live operating environments.

• Demonstrated ability toestablishor scale a new team, function, operating model, orstandardized project delivery process.

• Experience applying stage-gate governance, project controls, and structuredrisk-managementpractices.

• Proficiencywith project and enterprise systems such as Smartsheet, SAP, or comparable tools.

• Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.

• PMP,PgMP, oran equivalentproject management credential is preferred.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer sites.

Other Considerations

• Up to 50%

  of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.

• The employeeis responsible forowning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.