For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. To learn more, visit partech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.
Position Description:
The Project Manager or Sr. Project Manager will lead cross-functional hardware and embedded software programs from concept through delivery—driving execution, communication, and alignment across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and vendor partners. This role is responsible for project planning, risk mitigation, schedule management, and ensuring high-quality, on-time product releases. The ideal candidate combines strong technical understanding with exceptional organizational and stakeholder-management skills.
Position Location:
Remote
Reports To:
Sr. Director of Product, Hardware
What We’re Looking For:
Proven experience managing complex hardware and embedded software projects from concept through delivery; minimum 5 years' experience required.
Strong understanding of hardware development lifecycles and embedded systems (C/C++, RTOS, Linux).
Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, QA, manufacturing, supply chain, and external vendors.
Experience developing and tracking project schedules, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
Ability to collaborate in fast-paced environments and influence without authority.
Additional Skills:
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Jira for project tracking and reporting.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including executive-level updates.
Strong problem-solving and risk management capabilities.
Ability to act as team SCRUM master ideal but not required.
Experience with SOWs, contracts, and vendor oversight preferred.
Understanding of regulatory, quality, and compliance requirements for hardware products.
Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning:
Drive end-to-end project execution for hardware platforms and embedded software components while ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
Develop, maintain, and publish project plans, schedules, risk logs, dashboards, and resource allocations.
Partner with engineering on design reviews, integration milestones, validation, and quality assurance processes.
Manage vendor relationships and outsourced development activities, including SOW creation, milestone tracking, and acceptance criteria.
Ensure regulatory and quality compliance for hardware, firmware, and integrated systems.
Facilitate serviceability analysis and documentation to support long-term maintenance and lifecycle strategies.
Champion continuous improvement across hardware-software integration and project management best practices.
Support cross-functional communication and visibility, ensuring alignment between Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership.
PAR is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, or for your role at PAR, please contact [email protected]. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the US Department of Labor's website.
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What We Do
PAR is a leading global provider of software, systems, and service solutions to the restaurant and retail industries. Today, with 50+ years of experience and point of sale systems in nearly 100,000 restaurants and more than 110 countries, PAR is redefining the point of sale through cloud software and bringing technological innovation to all corners of the enterprise. PAR Technology Corporation's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PAR. For more information, visit www.partech.com. PAR Technology was founded in 1968 and its current CEO is Savneet Singh. Since its inception 55 years ago, PAR Technology has grown to 1500 employees.
Why Work With Us
At PAR, we believe we’ll win or lose through the culture we build. Our culture is built on 4 values: Speed, Ownership, Focus and Winning Together.
For PAR to win, we need our customers, our employees, our suppliers, our shareholders, and our community to succeed. We believe by committing to these values in all our endeavors.
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