SENIOR ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER

Syn-Tech Systems, Inc. • Full-time • Tallahassee, Florida, United States • $80,784 - $116,148 / year • 2m ago

Syntech is seeking an experienced, highly organized, and results-driven Engineering Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of engineering initiatives across software, hardware, infrastructure, and product development teams.

The Engineering Project Manager serves as a key facilitator between Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Operations, and Executive Leadership to ensure projects are delivered on time, aligned with business priorities, and executed with a high degree of visibility and accountability.

This role combines traditional project management responsibilities with engineering coordination, roadmap management, stakeholder communication, and process improvement. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, skilled organizer, and proactive problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can effectively balance multiple priorities across a diverse portfolio of engineering efforts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Project Leadership

Lead engineering projects through all phases of the project lifecycle from planning through deployment and post-release review.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, resource forecasts, and delivery timelines.
Coordinate activities across software, embedded systems, quality assurance, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Facilitate project kickoff meetings and establish clear goals, deliverables, and success criteria.
Monitor progress and drive projects to successful completion.

Roadmap & Portfolio Management

Maintain visibility into active projects, strategic initiatives, and engineering roadmaps.
Coordinate dependencies across teams and departments.
Support quarterly planning and prioritization activities.
Assist leadership in evaluating project feasibility, resource requirements, schedules, and risks.
Track project performance against established objectives and key milestones.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and delivery updates.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Operations, and Executive Leadership.
Prepare project dashboards, status reports, and executive-level presentations.
Ensure stakeholder expectations are aligned with project priorities, scope, and delivery commitments.

Risk & Issue Management

Identify, document, and proactively manage project risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.
Coordinate mitigation plans and resolution efforts with project teams.
Escalate significant concerns to management with recommended actions and recovery plans.
Drive accountability for project commitments and action items.

Process Improvement & Governance

Establish and promote consistent project management practices across engineering teams.
Facilitate effective project meetings with structured agendas, clear ownership, and actionable outcomes.
Maintain project documentation, dashboards, status reports, decision logs, and other project artifacts.
Recommend improvements to planning processes, communication workflows, and engineering operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of experience managing technology, engineering, software, or product development projects.
Requires a consistent and dependable work history, ideally reflecting 3-5 years of tenure with each previous employer.
Strong understanding of software development and engineering delivery processes.
Exceptional organizational, planning, and time management skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities.
Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills.
Experience creating project schedules, dashboards, status reports, and executive summaries.
Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or other project management certification.
Experience working with cross-functional engineering organizations.
Experience supporting hardware, embedded systems, payment systems, fuel management, fleet management, or industrial technology products.
Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid project management methodologies.
Experience facilitating planning, roadmap development, and portfolio management activities.

CLOSING DATE: 8/31/26

Syntech job descriptions are meant as summarizations only. They do not necessarily reflect all duties and responsibilities of a position.

Syntech is a drug and alcohol-free work environment and Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran)

Pay: $80,783.98 - $116,148.45 per year

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