Ovyl

You love playing the orchestra conductor—bringing in the right people at the right time to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget.. Fluency with the process and needs of our different disciplines, including electrical engineering, firmware development, mechanical engineering, industrial design, user research, and product strategy.. You likely have previous experience as a product designer or engineer.. Current or previous titles likely include: project manager, technical project manager, engineering program manager, or similar.. Put it toward building a new headboard for your bed, or buying a really nice hot-glue gun, or getting an Arduino kit and figuring out how to automate your herb garden.

lead project manager

About UsOvyl is a product development firm working on an exciting range of consumer electronics, lifestyle products, and medical devices. We are currently expanding our team in Nashville, Tennessee, and are looking for our next Lead Project Manager! About You Your biggest passion is steering a disparate group of engineering disciplines through the messy process of bringing a new product to life. You love playing the orchestra conductor—bringing in the right people at the right time to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget. You have spent years honing the craft of managing complex, technical projects, and you are excited to bring your expertise to a growing company. You know how to bring a sense of calm and order even when plans need to flex and change. You have incredible attention to detail while still maintaining the perspective of the larger picture. You are compulsive about learning new things, even if you’re not sure when you will use the knowledge. To you, making things that solve real problems is the most fun you could have at work, and that’s why you are reading this now. In this role, you will <ul><li>Guide the project team through the research, development, and execution phases of designing new tech-enabled physical products.</li><li>Work with project teams to define and document the detailed project plan—including scope, phase objectives, deliverables, and detailed hour estimates—and then hold the project team accountable for following the plan.</li><li>Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring they have visibility into our process while managing their expectations for timeline and budget.</li><li>Maintain a holistic and long-term view of project health so that you, clients, and internal stakeholders are never caught off guard when a project goes over budget or strays from the original timeline. </li><li>Identify and communicate project risks and potential scope changes, proactively pulling in appropriate stakeholders to inform mitigation strategies.</li><li>Help the team and client navigate (inevitable!) changes to the project approach, evaluating tradeoffs that would affect project scope.</li><li>Work with Discipline Managers to define project resourcing needs so that each project has the right team mix.</li><li>Assist with developing client-facing documents, ensuring that all presentations and deliverables are reviewed by appropriate team members before being presented to the client.</li><li>Work closely with the Ovyl leadership team to help evolve and improve our approach to project management and client communication, including building out potential new processes and software tools. </li></ul>Requirements <ul><li>8+ years of experience managing hardware new product development projects (and you have a few hard-earned lessons to show for it.)</li><li>Feel fully at home in a project leadership role, with the ability to make the team feel confident and secure even when projects run into challenges or changes.</li><li>Experience facilitating teams through nuanced decision-making that considers the needs of the client and each project discipline.</li><li>Well-versed in using project management software to create and manage project plans, monitor budgets, and adjust resource allocation.</li><li>Fluency with the process and needs of our different disciplines, including electrical engineering, firmware development, mechanical engineering, industrial design, user research, and product strategy. You likely have previous experience as a product designer or engineer.</li><li>Thrive while working on multiple projects concurrently—each of which may be in different phases of the product development process.</li><li>Detailed knowledge of the new product development process, from the early-stage, experimental beginning steps to the final execution and production phases.</li><li>Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills</li><li>Current or previous titles likely include: project manager, technical project manager, engineering program manager, or similar.</li><li>BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Design, or relevant industry experience.</li><li>Must live in Nashville, TN area or be willing to relocate. This role is hybrid, and we expect around 3 days in-office per week.</li><li>Must be allowed to work in the USA now and in the future. We cannot support visas at this time. </li></ul>Compensation, Benefits, & PerksAll full time employees at Ovyl get the following benefits: <ul><li>Health Insurance: Ovyl covers 100% of your health insurance premium. You pay the difference for a spouse and/or dependents.</li><li>Dental, Vision, HSA: Ovyl offers these plans but does not contribute to their premiums.</li><li>401k + 3%: Ovyl contributes 3% no matter what (it’s guaranteed, not a match). By default you contribute an additional 6% which you can change.</li><li>Profit Sharing: Our success is your success. Every quarter, we set aside a portion of Ovyl’s bottom line to distribute to every team-member proportionally to their salary.</li><li>Flexible schedules & WFH: While the expectation is a full-time commitment (40h/wk), and there will be some required time in the studio, you’ll get to enjoy a lot of flexibility on when and where you work. Want to work from home 2 days a week? Do it. Is it too perfect to be inside on a Tuesday? Work Saturday instead.</li><li>Unlimited paid time off: We’re not counting vacation days and sick days, we’re just looking at your work. We strongly encourage a minimum of two weeks vacation plus sick and personal days but if you’re meeting deadlines, keeping projects on track, and making clients happy, we’re flexible on everything else.</li><li>Company events: We take an afternoon off work a few times a year to have fun, hang out, and get to know each other.</li><li>Maker Stipend: We want to employ people who freaking love to make stuff, so we’ll reimburse up to $600/year of any personal project spending. Put it toward building a new headboard for your bed, or buying a really nice hot-glue gun, or getting an Arduino kit and figuring out how to automate your herb garden.</li><li>Learning Stipend: We also want to employ people who love learning, so we also reimburse up to $200/year for any educational resources. You can put it towards audiobooks, online courses, workshops, or events, to name a few.</li><li>Access to 3D printers for personal use: If the printers aren’t needed for a project, have at ‘em. If it’s something small, it's probably ok to just print it. If it’s something big or a mini production run, we may ask that you bring your own material.</li><li>Stocked fridge and snacks: We’ll stay stocked up on healthy snacks, carbonated water, coffee, tea, and beer.</li><li>Join Nashville’s best product dev consultancy: You’ll get to learn new skills working alongside a great team on a wide variety of products, from medical devices that save lives to consumer products that light up a Kickstarter campaign.‍ </li></ul>To be considered for a position, applicants should include a cover letter and resume with their application at the link below. The Pay Range For This Role Is 114,500 - 135,000 USD per year(US)

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