Project Manager
Novanta
Project Manager
Novanta
Provides core photonics for medical tech
Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
As a Project Manager, you will lead cross-functional teams to develop and execute highly technical projects for development of OEM products for embedded vision, Edge AI, RFID, and spectroradiometer technology used in medical devices, robotics, and scientific instruments fields.
You will also lead communication and reporting to management and project teams. You will also develop project controls and risk management procedures. Projects will tend to be larger and more complex.
Your Responsibilities
Leading project planning and execution including defining requirements, scope, and risk management.
Leading project teams, ensuring they are staffed appropriately, working effectively to maximize efficiency and delivery.
Overseeing project goals, status, budgets, risks, and mitigation plans with key stakeholders on a regular basis.
Managing projects timely completion while also complying with regulatory requirements.
Anticipating and proactively identifying project risks and mitigating them effectively.
Your Outcomes/KPIs
Project on-time delivery
Adherence to project scope
Achievement of project financials
Your Experience, Education, and Skills
BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or similar disciplines.
Minimum 3-5 years of project management experience in similar field.
PMP certification or Lean methodology would be a plus.
Background or Experience in Electronics/hardware or embedded SW would be a big plus
Fluent English for daily communication with stakeholders and customers.
Strong communication and negotiation skills, detail-oriented.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
Novanta designs and supplies core technology platforms for precision photonics used in medical devices and advanced industrial equipment. Its products are components and subsystems—such as lasers, optics, sensors, and imaging hardware—that OEMs integrate into their own machines. Unlike companies that sell end-user devices, Novanta focuses on providing the underlying photonics technology that OEMs build into products, enabling reliable performance and scalable manufacturing. The company differentiates itself through deep specialization in photonics and by growing through acquisitions, aligning its portfolio toward medical technology and precision industrial markets. Its goal is steady, long‑term growth by delivering proven core technologies that help customers develop better medical devices and industrial solutions.
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