Consulting Project Manager
Sight Machine
Operations
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Posted on Aug 13, 2025
Key Beliefs
- We believe in in-person collaboration, internally and with customers/partners
- We believe meetings are for shaping/ problem solving, not status updates
- We believe in order to win, this is a team sport and hold one-another accountable to a high bar, publicly
- We believe in first principles and a beginner mindset
- We believe in a bias for action and speed
- We believe in doing the hard things and making trade-offs
Benefits + Perks
We value you at and outside of work and know your loved ones are important. Our benefits are designed to support you and your family’s health through life’s expected and unexpected events.
Our Benefits Include:
- Competitive Salary + Stock Options
- Health Care Coverage + Life Insurance (2X Salary)
- 401K Plan with Company match
- Health Savings Account + Flexible Spending Account
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Adaptable Working Schedule and Environment
Our Perks Include:
- Casual Dress Attire
- Hybrid work flexibility (2 days work from home)
- Catered Lunches, Snacks and Beverages
- Commuter Transit and Parking Plan
- Company Outings and Happy Hours
- Designated Volunteering Hours + Group Volunteer Events
Sight Machine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers candidates regardless of age, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Sight Machine also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
About Sight Machine, Inc.
Sight Machine strengthens manufacturers by providing the industry’s best manufacturing AI and data platform, and system-level visualization capabilities. Our innovative platform integrates all critical data into a single, intuitive platform, enabling everyone involved in the fabrication process to visualize, contextualize and analyze information seamlessly. Leveraging 3D technology and AI capabilities allows plant operators and managers to get real-time visibility into their manufacturing lines and AI/ML recommendations help improve production, yield and uptime.
Sight Machine is committed and mission-driven to improve lives, strengthen communities and make the world cleaner by continuously re-envisioning and improving manufacturing processes, making them more efficient, sustainable and absolute. Founded in Michigan in 2011 and expanded to San Francisco in 2012, Sight Machine blends the Silicon Valley spirit of technology innovation and the down to earth style of Detroit manufacturing. Together, we bring deep industry expertise and a shared commitment to advancing manufacturing towards a more sustainable future.
At Sight Machine, you will work with manufacturing leaders across industries including food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, automotive, packaging, etc. . You will have access to vast amounts of factory floor data, learn how the products you use every day are made, using that knowledge to uncover insights into how customers manufacture products and develop solutions to critical business challenges. Our platform tackles complex problems, including Extract Transform Load (ETL), information retrieval, data aggregation and analytics, factory automation, distributed computing, security, and is leading the expansion into machine learning, agentic and physical AI applications.
We place great value on professional, technical, and personal growth in an inclusive, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and brings a strong, can-do attitude. They must be able to work in a highly dynamic environment with a good degree of ambiguity. They believe in the company’s mission and are all-in to make themselves and the company successful.
About the role
As a Consulting Project Manager, you will project manage the consultative and technical delivery of Sight Machine’s category-defining Manufacturing Data Platform to drive Industrial AI and firmwide digital transformation for some of the world’s most iconic manufacturers and technology providers, including industry leaders such as Microsoft, Siemens, and Databricks. If you are interested in applying rigorous project management strategies and tactics, significant stakeholder management and coordination challenges, and developing a deepening subject matter expertise in manufacturing data platforms, AI/ML, and cutting edge technologies, please apply for this position. You will be the primary driver in coordinating complex consulting support and technical delivery at a global scale.
Why Join Sight Machine’s Services Team
Our team is a hungry, humble, smart group of data architects, data scientists, data engineers, project managers, software developers, and customer engagement managers who work collaboratively to solve some of the most complex challenges facing our manufacturing customers. We are laser focused on trusting and empowering each other, working to solve today’s problems (while knowing tomorrow will bring a few more), and getting a little better every day.
What you'll do
- As a primary focus, work to comprehensively provide tangible value to our manufacturing customers by orchestrating structured, rigorous project delivery matched to ideal manufacturing outcomes
- Coordinating with relevant stakeholders, within the client, Sight Machine, and third party organizations, inside and outside the organization, define and manage the delivery of the Sight Machine platform and related consulting services for large manufacturing enterprises through the customer lifecycle: discovery, implementation, expansion, and ongoing support
- Drive our storytelling; helping our customers understand how our work, strategy, and prioritizations drive value and lead to their outcomes goals
- We serve complex enterprises and you will work simultaneously with client-side plant floor operations, IT, data science, business intelligence, and leadership as well serve as key coordinator in how we work with those groups as well as work with delivery, system integration, and sales partners, inside our company and across an ecosystem
- Getting familiar with the client's business environment in order to lead projects effectively
- Coordinating with relevant stakeholders, both inside and outside the organization
- Allocating tasks to the project management team and providing regular guidance to team members
- Ensuring the scope and schedule of projects are achievable within the given time and budget, that reviews and reporting match customer needs and expectations, update relevant project documentation, and support delivery-related risk management activities
This position requires up to 30% domestic and international travel to client business and factory sites to kick-off engagements, walk factory floors, and support onsite customer planning and delivery sessions. The frequency of travel will vary based on the client.
Qualifications
- Expertise in formal project management methodology and controls
- Expertise in providing consulting services in a manufacturing operations context
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders in a variety of project environments
- Exceptional problem-solving and resource planning skills
- First-class verbal and written communication skills, with strong senior client management skills with executive level communication expertise
Also helpful, but not required
- Project management certifications or formal education
- Experience with data science in the manufacturing context
- Experience with software development management