Job Summary:
Sunrise Systems, Inc. is a leading Retail, Sports and Apparel manufacturing company seeking a Project Manager - IT 4. This role is focused on managing software and firmware development projects, ensuring teams are aligned and maintaining momentum in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
• Organize and drive execution for software and firmware development efforts across teams
• Own sprint planning, backlog hygiene, and prioritization in JIRA, with particular focus on bug triage, quality, and delivery readiness
• Establish and evolve execution processes where needed, not just operate existing ones
• Drive clear priorities, action items, owners, and follow ‐ ups to ensure progress and convergence
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and working sessions that produce decisions and forward motion
• Act as a strong intermediary between engineers, product, design, and QA to resolve ambiguity and surface risks early
• Maintain documentation to support alignment, accountability, and execution
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum required years of experience: 8+ YOE as an IT Project Manager with software and firmware development experience
• Education requirements: Bachelors or equivalent experience
• Must have skills: Scrum master, software and firmware development
• Experience being a builder, is curious, a process creator - there is not a playbook to follow, can pivot and improve the process as it goes, bias for action, knows how to ask good questions to get things going
• Senior ‐ level experience managing software and firmware projects in an agile environment
• Strong background as a project manager, Scrum Master, or agile delivery lead for technical teams
• Experience working on hardware ‐ integrated or mechatronics products
• Deep comfort using JIRA to organize work, prioritize issues, and adapt workflows to team needs
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate across technical and non ‐ technical audiences
• Builder mindset: you see gaps, lean in, and create structure to help teams move faster
• Highly self ‐ motivated, action ‐ oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguous environments
• Service ‐ oriented leader who naturally enables teams, removes friction, and drives outcomes
Preferred:
• Embedded systems, robotics, wearables, or other firmware ‐ driven products
• Familiarity with firmware development lifecycles and validation workflows
• Experience coordinating across internal teams and external partners
• R&D, incubation, or fast ‐ moving product development environments
Company:
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, US, , with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.