IT Project Manager II

KNAPP North America

Software Project Manager II managing software solution implementations for KNAPP Group's automation systems. Collaborating with clients and internal teams, ensuring project timelines and quality are met.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeKennesaw • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for customer communication/clarification of details
Reviews technical functional specifications
Creates internal documents for project-executing departments
Prepares test plans (factory tests, internal and customer-specific acceptance tests)
Participates in Factory acceptance testing and internal testing
Responsible for Systems Site implementation (potential development and/or provision of customer training, acceptance tests and resolving problems encountered at the site)
Facilitates and addresses customer questions, integration, and interfacing issues
Coordinates, participates in, and plans meetings with the mechanical, hardware, and electrical engineers
Provides support to the project-implementation departments (Planning, Development, Software Quality Assurance, Commissioning)
Ensures continuous updating of customer specific SW-documents
Support Project Management
Understands and reports to project stakeholders the impact of any deviations from the original scope of project to project stakeholders
Coordinates customer projects with the software suppliers (KNAPP internal and external 3rd parties)
Offer training/support and guidance to the new employees during their early employment period
Improve planning documents through periodic revisions and compliance updates

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, related discipline or equivalent work experience
2+ years of intralogistics automation software and process design experience
4+ years of warehouse operation and automation experience (preferred)
Intermediate level knowledge of intralogistics, automated storage systems and understanding of complex processes
Intermediate level knowledge of intralogistics/automation software architecture (WMS, WCS, SRC), interface communication, programming, databases, and data structures
Intermediate level knowledge of inventory strategies commonly deployed in the process of warehousing
Intermediate level knowledge of picking technologies such as automated storage systems, goods-to-person, voice, PTL, A-frames, unit sorters and different methods of deployment of each technology
Intermediate level understanding of system components of KNAPP Group (function, software, hardware)
Intermediate level understanding of complex processes in the workflow of our customers
Intermediate level understanding of what is required to integrate KNAPP system into the customer environment
Reports SW related project status to the project management, senior leadership, and customers, tracking timelines for SW planning, SW development, testing, and commissioning
Intermediate computer skills (MS Office, DevOps, KNAPP-internal tools)
Intermediate level understanding of KANBAN and Agile methodology
Language skills (English mandatory, another language beneficial)

Benefits

Comp & perks

2 remote days per week
Half day Fridays
A beautiful new, state-of-the-art, office complex in Kennesaw, GA
Industry competitive compensation
Great benefits with better than average employer contributions, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short & Long Term Disability and more!
401k with a very generous employer match and no vesting!
Paid Vacation & Holidays
Profit Sharing
Paid Parental Leave
Subsidized Daycare
Tuition Reimbursement
Pet Insurance
Subsidized food delivery
Monthly celebrations
Quarterly employee events
Corporate Social Responsibility including recycling, sustainability and volunteering

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Hard Skills & Tools

intralogistics automation softwareprocess designwarehouse operationautomated storage systemsWMSWCSSRCinterface communicationdatabasesdata structures

Soft Skills

customer communicationproject managementproblem-solvingtrainingcoordinationfacilitationreportingsupportplanningguidance

Certifications

B.S. in Industrial EngineeringB.S. in Computer Science