Senior Manager of Project Management

Job SummaryThe Senior Manager of Project Management - Transformers provides strategic leadership and oversight for all transformer-related project management activities across the organization. This role is responsible for setting project execution standards, leading and mentoring Project Managers, and ensuring consistent, on-time, and profitable delivery of customer-specific transformer projects, including dry-type and liquid-filled transformers. The position partners closely with sales, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality to align project execution with business objectives, customer requirements, and operational capabilities.Key Responsibilities• Lead, develop, and manage the Project Management function supporting transformer product lines and customer-specific projects. • Establish project management standards, tools, processes, and best practices to improve execution consistency and efficiency. • Oversee the execution of complex, engineer-to-order (ETO) transformer projects from order entry through delivery and closeout. • Ensure projects meet contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction requirements. • Provide strategic direction and escalation support for high-risk or high-visibility customer projects. • Partner with sales and commercial teams to support order handoff, project planning, and customer expectations management. • Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to align project schedules with operational capacity. • Monitor overall project portfolio performance, including schedule adherence, margin protection, risk exposure, and resource utilization. • Lead customer-facing project reviews, milestone meetings, and issue resolution efforts as needed. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on project execution, communication workflows, and cross-functional alignment. • Support talent development through coaching, performance management, staffing optimization, and succession planning within the PM team. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related field. • Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive project management experience in industrial manufacturing or engineered products. • Demonstrated leadership experience managing project managers or cross-functional project teams. • Strong understanding of project execution in a customer-specific, low-volume / high-complexity environment. • Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills. • Management of a team oriented or groups of project managers • Leadership training and qualified to oversee project management group of 100 MUSD+ Preferred Qualifications• Experience in the power electrical transformer or electrical equipment industry. • Proven leadership of engineer-to-order (ETO) or make-to-order (MTO) projects. • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification. • Experience working with utilities, EPCs, data centers, or large industrial customers. • Familiarity with manufacturing operations, testing, logistics, and field delivery requirements.Work Environment• Full-time position based in Lake Mary, FL, with hybrid work flexibility depending on business needs. • Travel up to approximately 15-25% to support customers, factories, and key project milestones. • Fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on safety, quality, delivery performance, and customer satisfaction

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