Project Manager - Tulsa (experienced)

NOV Inc.•Tulsa, OK

About The Position

The Project Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing assigned projects and product line initiatives to support business objectives, customer requirements, project milestones, and deliverables. This role serves as a primary project contact, coordinating communication between various internal and external stakeholders. The position supports product line execution and strategic initiatives, develops and maintains project documentation, monitors financial performance, and coordinates the preparation and submission of various project deliverables. Additionally, the Project Manager will track new product trials, participate in project status meetings, assist in resolving project issues, and provide guidance to less experienced team members. The role also involves contributing to workflow and process improvements.

Requirements

Working knowledge of project management processes, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, communication, stakeholder coordination, and change management.
Ability to quickly contribute to ongoing projects while also supporting product line initiatives and future business growth.
Ability to manage multiple projects, workstreams, priorities, stakeholders, and deliverables with limited day-to-day supervision.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to maintain accurate documentation and reporting.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to prepare project updates, presentations, summaries, commercial documentation, and customer-facing materials.
Ability to analyze project information from multiple sources, identify trends or issues, and recommend practical solutions.
Ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Basic to intermediate business and commercial acumen, including ability to understand cost drivers, schedules, margins, contract requirements, and customer obligations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
Ability to interpret project documentation, purchase orders, contracts, technical documents, drawings, product documentation, and customer specifications.
Ability to provide guidance or training to less experienced employees on assigned tasks, tools, processes, or project activities.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle business, customer, commercial, and product information appropriately.
Must comply with all NOV safety, quality, business conduct, and HSE requirements.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Experience within oil and gas, energy services, manufacturing, industrial equipment, artificial lift, ESP, or a similar technical product environment preferred.
ESP systems experience and/or artificial lift product knowledge preferred.
Experience with ERP, project management, scheduling, document control, or reporting systems preferred.
ESP / Artificial Lift Product Awareness Preferred
ERP / Project Management System Navigation

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and execute assigned projects and product line initiatives to support business objectives, customer requirements, project milestones, and deliverables.
Serve as a primary project contact for assigned activities, coordinating communication between customers, suppliers, subcontractors, product line leadership, sales, engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, HSE, finance, and other stakeholders.
Support product line execution, coordination, and strategic initiatives related to current and future product offerings, including ESP systems and related artificial lift technologies where applicable.
Develop and maintain project schedules, action registers, deliverable trackers, risk and issue logs, and project documentation; monitor progress and escalate concerns as appropriate.
Identify project risks, schedule constraints, cost concerns, documentation gaps, and operational issues; recommend practical solutions and support corrective actions.
Monitor project financial performance, including cost tracking, forecasting support, gross margin awareness, change impacts, and key project cost components.
Coordinate preparation, review, and submission of customer documents, project drawings, product documentation, catalog updates, reports, presentations, and other required deliverables.
Support development, review, and coordination of commercial agreements, proposals, change orders, internal approval packages, and related business documentation with management guidance as needed.
Track and coordinate new product trials, customer deployments, field feedback, lessons learned, and product line improvement actions.
Participate in customer, supplier, subcontractor, and internal project status meetings; provide clear updates on project status, risks, actions, open items, and required decisions.
Review project scope, schedules, documentation requirements, quality requirements, and commercial obligations to support successful execution.
Assist in resolving scope changes, claims, delays, commercial issues, and customer concerns in coordination with management and applicable functions.
Provide guidance, training, and support to less experienced project management, product line, or administrative resources as assigned.
Contribute to workflow improvements, reporting tools, product line processes, documentation practices, and cross-functional communication improvements.
Perform other work-related tasks as assigned.