Ignition Software Project Manager,

About Us:
BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.
Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.
Job Description:
Who You’ll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
Specialist-level professional recognized as an expert in own area within the organization with depth and breadth of expertise in software and DevOps project delivery. Works independently with guidance only in the most complex situations. Solves difficult and complex problems and takes a broad perspective in identifying solutions. May lead functional teams or projects and coaches, delegates, and reviews work of less experienced team members. Owns complete software and DevOps engagements end to end, including multi-team efforts that combine custom application, Ignition, integration, and platform scope. Accountable for the commercial outcome as well as the delivery outcome: designs the delivery model for each engagement, structures agile execution inside fixed-price and milestone-based contracts, leads proposal and estimating efforts for iterative work, and manages the client relationship through negotiation, change, and escalation. Coaches project managers, technical leads, and client product owners in agile practice.
What You’ll Do
Own complete software and DevOps engagements end to end, including multi-team efforts across application, integration, and platform scope
Hold accountability for the commercial outcome as well as delivery, including margin, revenue recognition, and forecast accuracy
Design the delivery model for each engagement, choosing cadence, milestone structure, and release approach to fit the contract, the client's change control, and the team
Lead proposal development and estimating for iterative work, translating an initial backlog into an estimate, contingency, and milestone billing structure
Negotiate scope, schedule, and change with client stakeholders, managing backlog trade-offs against the contracted budget
Coordinate multiple scrum teams on one engagement, including joint planning and cross-team dependency management
Own the release strategy for the engagement, including release candidate promotion, production deployment windows, rollback plans, and client change-control approvals
Work with client product owners to set product goals and priorities, and coach them in backlog ownership where the role is new to them
Build and own the integrated project plan across teams, disciplines, vendors, and external partners
Direct project staffing strategy in partnership with Engineering Managers
Lead risk management for the engagement across technical, commercial, schedule, and client-relationship risk, including technical debt and dependencies on client systems
Use delivery metrics, including sprint completion, cycle time, deployment frequency, lead time for changes, and change failure rate, to improve the engagement's delivery flow, applying them to the team and service rather than to individuals
Serve as the primary escalation point for project issues and drive them to resolution
Manage subcontractors, vendors, and third-party partners engaged on the project
Lead client status reviews, sprint and milestone reviews, and reporting to client management
Coordinate phased and multi-site deployments, including acceptance testing, go-live, and hand-off to operations
Partner with the DevOps Technical Delivery Manager and Engineering Managers on cross-team sequencing and capacity
Identify and pursue follow-on work within existing accounts
Coach project managers, technical leads, and engineers in agile practice
Contribute to the firm's software project execution standards, project templates, and estimating practice
Support recovery of troubled projects, including re-baselining the backlog, replanning, and client remediation
Develop and maintain relationships with key client contacts, including decision makers
Convey a positive image of BW Design Group consistent with the Guiding Principles of Leadership
Travel to client sites as needed for go-live, commissioning, and client meetings
Other duties as assigned.
Billable Hour Target expectations will be provided by Leader during the on-boarding process.
What You’ll Bring
In-depth knowledge of agile delivery methods and of hybrid models suited to fixed-price and milestone-based contracts
Ability to plan and control complex, multi-team software engagements independently
Proven ability to coordinate dependent teams and integrate their work into a single release plan
Strong command of project financials, including margin management, revenue recognition, and forecast accuracy
Proficiency leading proposal development, estimating, and commercial negotiation for iteratively delivered work
Strong contract literacy, including terms, acceptance criteria, change orders, and claim avoidance
Advanced risk management across technical, commercial, schedule, and relationship dimensions
Working command of delivery metrics, including the DORA measures, and the judgment to act on them rather than report them
Technical depth in the software development lifecycle, CI/CD, GitOps, containers and Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code sufficient to challenge estimates, architecture trade-offs, and release plans
Working knowledge of Ignition as an application development platform and of SCADA, MES, and historian systems, and their delivery implications
In-depth understanding of manufacturing operations across the consumer products, food and beverage, life science, and industrial sectors
Proven ability to serve as escalation point and resolve client-facing conflict
Experience managing subcontractors, vendors, and third-party delivery partners
Coaching and mentoring capability for project managers, technical leads, and client product owners
Excellent written and verbal communication, including reporting to client management
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