A project manager provides the leadership to ensure their team meets deadlines and budgetary constraints. In addition to relevant technical expertise, professionals working in project management need strong communication and time management skills. Their job tasks often include assigning responsibilities and timelines, documenting team progress and updating upper-level leadership. We’ve compiled a list of companies hiring project managers to guide initiatives in areas ranging from engineering to quality assurance.
Companies Hiring Project Managers
- UL Solutions
- McDonald’s Global Technology
- PagerDuty
- Tesla
- Motorola Solutions
- Opendoor
- Zayo
- HDR
Companies Hiring Project Managers
Invenergy is a sustainability tech company that works in green energy generation and storage facilities. One of its major initiatives is in establishing large-scale battery storage plants for energy storage, so that energy from solar, wind and other sustainable sources can be banked and then introduced into the grid on an as-needed basis. The company operates wind farms, solar farms and natural gas plants, and is hiring project managers.
Caxy is a software and web development firm with a specialty in UX and Agile software design. It works with enterprises and small businesses alike to build custom software products, revamp existing digital assets and train teams in new software systems. For its office in Chicago, the company is recruiting a project managers who can own projects and work in a hybrid capacity.
SharkNinja is a DTC e-commerce company. It’s best known for its viral household products, including the Instagram-famous Ninja CREAMi ice cream maker and the Vitamix-competitive Ninja blender. By investing heavily in product development and employing over 700 product engineers it is able to rapidly ideate, create, manufacture and market new products. The company currently seeks project managers across departments.
Mondelez International is one of the largest manufacturers of food and beverage products in the world. Its product lines include a wide variety of snack foods, like cookies, crackers and chocolate — think uber-popular brands like Oreo, Ritz, Clif Bar, Tate’s Bake Shop, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Toblerone. The company currently seeks project managers in several departments for roles out of Chicago, Richmond and a number of locations around the world.
UL Solutions partners with client companies in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to oil and gas on identifying and overcoming safety, security and sustainability challenges. Project management jobs at UL Solutions require professionals who have experience communicating with leaders and stakeholders, overseeing budgets and resources, managing risks, delegating responsibilities and staying on top of project progress.
Globally iconic McDonald’s is an enterprise food and beverage fast casual restaurant retailer, with a network of over 36,000 franchise locations around the world. The company seeks project managers in a wide range of departments and roles, including a technical project manager with a background in software release management to work out of the McDonald’s Chicago office.
PagerDuty’s IT incident response platform is built to streamline and automate the processes that follow threats to IT functions, from cyber attacks to commonplace code issues. The platform, which integrates with more than 700 types of IT software, is used by enterprise clients including Slack, AT&T and Panasonic. PagerDuty is hiring project managers in community and advocacy, global benefits, sales development and many other departments, for roles to be performed in-person and remotely.
Tesla builds all-electric cars that are also equipped with self-driving capabilities. Its technology enables vehicles to autonomously handle braking, lane changing, parking and other driving tasks. Tesla seeks out project managers with a variety of proficiencies, including leadership and communication abilities, problem solving skills, strategic thinking and knowledge of the company’s brand.
Motorola Solutions specializes in technology for security solutions and critical communications in industries ranging from law enforcement and healthcare to education and transportation. The company hires project managers to handle duties like managing project schedules, ensuring necessary resources are in place and collaborating with colleagues across various teams.
Opendoor is a real estate tech company working to simplify home buying and selling. The company buys properties from homeowners based on information provided online and video showings. Those houses are then sold through an online platform. Opendoor’s project managers work across various office locations to coordinate projects that support Opendoor’s efforts to innovate the residential real estate industry.
Zayo offers connectivity solutions designed to help enterprises, educational institutions, public sector organizations and other customers across more than 400 global markets meet their goals. Prospective project managers at Zayo can look forward to benefits like a 401(k) savings plan, fitness membership discounts and generous time-off allowances that extend to paid parental leave.
HDR is a global firm with expertise in architecture, engineering, environmental and construction services. Its 12,000-plus team members work across more than 200 locations to design building and infrastructure solutions. The company is looking for professionals with the right combination of skills and experience to oversee strategy for projects in categories like transportation and wastewater.
NuvoAir develops technology to advance cardiopulmonary care. Its virtual-first care model connects patients diagnosed with chronic conditions such as COPD and asthma with a personalized care plan as well as devices for keeping track of changes in their health. Project managers at NuvoAir have access to benefits like unlimited PTO and a yearly learning and development stipend.
Sierra Space is developing hardware and software systems to enable space missions for commercial applications. The company says it looks for “bright minds, bold thinkers and relentless innovators,” to join its team, which includes professionals who specialize in project management.
