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Job Summary
The Project Manager III is a senior professional role responsible for leading complex, cross-functional projects with significant business impact. This role applies advanced project-management expertise, strong execution judgment, and stakeholder leadership to deliver outcomes across multiple functions, timelines, and constraints.
Job Description
Role Overview
The Project Manager III owns large or high-complexity projects, or multiple related initiatives, often involving competing priorities, significant change, and elevated stakeholder visibility. The role goes beyond routine execution into trade-off management, decision framing, and organizational influence.
This position does not include formal people-management responsibility but provides informal leadership and mentorship to Project Manager I-II roles and analysts. The role typically reports to a Senior Project Manager, Program Manager, PMO Lead, or Functional Leader.
Key Responsibilities
Senior Project Leadership & Ownership
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, high-visibility projects
Define project strategy, scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics
Ensure alignment between project outcomes and business priorities
Integrated Planning & Execution
Develop and maintain integrated project plans across multiple workstreams
Manage critical paths, dependencies, and sequencing across teams
Balance scope, schedule, cost, and quality trade-offs to maintain delivery
Risk, Issue & Change Management
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues
Lead resolution of non-routine or high-impact challenges
Manage scope change through disciplined change-control processes
Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Leadership
Influence and align senior stakeholders across Operations, Engineering, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, and other functions
Facilitate decision-making in ambiguous or constrained environments
Serve as the primary point of accountability and escalation
Reporting, Analysis & Executive Communication
Track progress against schedule, scope, cost (if applicable), and performance metrics
Provide clear, executive-ready status updates, insights, and recommendations
Prepare materials for steering reviews, leadership updates, and governance forums
Governance & Delivery Discipline
Enforce adherence to project-management standards, tools, and governance requirements
Ensure transparency, accountability, and documentation quality
Support audits, reviews, and project assurance activities
Financial & Resource Oversight (as applicable)
Manage project budgets and forecasts within approved parameters
Coordinate resource planning and capacity constraints with functional leaders
Support variance analysis and corrective actions
Continuous Improvement & Best Practices
Capture lessons learned and improvement opportunities
Apply insights to improve future project delivery and execution models
Contribute to development of PMO standards and practices
Mentorship & Capability Building
Mentor Project Manager I-II roles and project analysts
Review plans, risks, and status for quality and rigor
Support onboarding and development of less-experienced project managers
Qualifications
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or related field required
Professional certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) preferred
Typically 5-8+ years of experience in project management, program delivery, consulting, or operations roles
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
Proven ability to lead complex projects independently
Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent stakeholder-management and influence capability
Executive-level written, verbal, and presentation communication
High standards for accountability, rigor, and delivery discipline
Additional Job Details
Professional - P3
Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct impact on departmental or job family results
• Established professional; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on moderately complex projects/assignments and contributes to setting objectives or goals of projects and assignments within team
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with employees both within and occasionally outside of the department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Influences employees within the department at an operational level regarding concepts or practices and some advisement on approaches
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making moderate improvements of processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems faced are difficult and mildly complex and typically impact the job family and/or multiple teams
Leadership & Talent Management
• Provides assistance and training to other employees
• May lead significant parts of moderately complex projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires advanced job knowledge and demonstrated competence within department, typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience
• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Work Shift Schedule
No Soliciting
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