Global Project Manager
Location-Type: Hybrid, Rosemont, IL (local Chicagoland candidates required; minimum 1 day per week onsite)
Start Date: ASAP (targeting 7/27 or 8/10)
Duration: Contract, 12-18 months
Compensation Range: $70-$80/hr
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K
Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible for visa sponsorship Job Description:
- This role serves as the execution right hand to the client's Senior Director of Household Products, bringing structure, discipline, and day-to-day ownership to a rapidly growing global new product development program spanning manufacturing partners in China, electronics teams in Europe, and regulatory workstreams across multiple markets.
- Lead day-to-day operating rhythm for global NPD programs, including weekly project meetings, milestone reviews, and executive status updates.
- Build and maintain integrated master project schedules that track scope, timeline, budget, costs, dependencies, and success criteria across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Own all project documentation including Project Charters, RACI matrices, RAID logs, Action Trackers, Decision Logs, and Stage-Gate deliverables.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams spanning Product Management, Engineering, Industrial Design, Software/App/IoT, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, and global Business Units.
- Drive accountability for owners, dates, dependencies, risks, and decisions; facilitate trade-off discussions and support executive decision making.
- Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to track Design Freeze, Prototype Builds, Validation, Pilot/Field Testing, Tooling, and Production Readiness milestones.
- Proactively identify, log, and mitigate project risks, escalating issues with recommendations and clear articulation of business impact.
- 5-10 years of project management experience leading complex, cross-functional global product development programs.
- Experience working directly with China
- Demonstrated experience working directly with manufacturing or development partners in China, including comfort with early morning calls and cross-cultural collaboration.
- Experience managing both hardware and software/connected product development (firmware, mobile apps, cloud, or IoT).
- Proficiency with Jira and Microsoft Office Suite (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams).
- Proven ability to manage complex schedules, budgets ($1M ), risk logs, and executive communications simultaneously.
- Highly organized, proactive communicator who can work independently and keep multiple workstreams on track without close supervision.
- Familiarity with global regulatory planning and multi-market product approvals.
- PMP or Scrum/Agile certification.
- Experience with Confluence and Arena/PLM or similar product lifecycle management tools.
- Background managing consumer products with connected device or IoT components.
- Experience working with European engineering or electronics development teams.
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