As a Project Manager at Nexlogica, your day-to-day activities will vary depending on your assigned projects, but your core responsibilities will center around driving execution and maintaining alignment.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of your assigned projects. This starts with collaborating with the sales and engineering teams during the pre-sales phase to review Statements of Work (SOWs), estimate resource hours, and establish baseline schedules. Once a project is greenlit, you will own the execution, serving as the central hub of communication for all stakeholders.

On any given day, you might:

• Lead daily standups or weekly status meetings with your project team to unblock technical hurdles.
• Monitor project burn rates and financial performance against the agreed budget.
• Conduct site visits (for Low Voltage projects) or coordinate virtual migration war rooms (for PeopleSoft projects).
• Manage relationships with external vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure timely delivery of materials and services.
• Update project documentation, including project charters, schedules, risk logs, and change orders.
• Partner with account managers to identify expansion opportunities within your existing client accounts.

We look for candidates who possess a strong blend of formal project management training and hands-on, practical field experience.

• Must-have skills –
  • Proven experience managing projects in either enterprise IT/ERP implementations (e.g., PeopleSoft, SAP) or physical infrastructure/telecom (e.g., Low Voltage systems).
  • Strong proficiency with modern project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or Primavera.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, change control processes, and resource allocation.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a track record of presenting to executive-level stakeholders.
• Nice-to-have skills –
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification.
  • For infrastructure roles: RCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer) or relevant manufacturer certifications.
  • For software roles: Experience with cloud migrations (AWS, Azure) or modern ERP SaaS platforms.
  • Experience working within a professional services or technology consulting firm.

Q: How technical do I need to be for the Project Manager role? A: You do not need to write code or pull cables yourself, but you must have sufficient technical depth to understand dependencies, challenge estimations, and communicate effectively with your technical team and the client. You should be able to explain the technical architecture of your past projects at a high level.

Q: What is the average project size and duration at Nexlogica? A: Project sizes vary significantly based on the business unit. Low Voltage deployments can range from a few weeks to several months, with budgets from $60,000 to over$100,000. Enterprise software integrations, such as PeopleSoft migrations, can span six months to over a year, with budgets often exceeding several hundred thousand dollars.

Q: What is the typical preparation timeline for the interview process? A: Most successful candidates spend one to two weeks preparing. We recommend focusing your time on structuring your past project experiences using the STAR method, reviewing the technical domains relevant to the job description, and practicing how you explain your project control methodologies.

Q: Does Nexlogica support remote or hybrid work for Project Managers? A: This depends heavily on the role. Low Voltage Project Managers are expected to be onsite or local to our Southern California offices (such as Los Angeles or Downey) to oversee physical installations. Enterprise IT and PeopleSoft Project Managers often enjoy more hybrid or remote flexibility, though occasional travel to client sites may be required.

To help you stand out during your interview loop, keep these practical, insider tips in mind:

• Quantify your achievements: When discussing past projects, do not just say you delivered them "on time and budget." State the exact budget (e.g., "$1.2M ERP migration"), the team size (e.g., "15 cross-functional engineers"), and the business impact (e.g., "reduced system downtime by 20%").
• Emphasize the "how" over the "what": Anyone can list project management methodologies. Explain how you applied those methodologies to solve a specific, messy problem. Show your logical reasoning.
• Be ready for ambiguity: In consulting, requirements change and clients pivot. Highlight examples where you successfully navigated shifting priorities and kept your team focused and productive.

• Know our business model: Understand that Nexlogica is a professional services firm. This means resource utilization, client satisfaction, and project profitability are our lifelines. Frame your answers around how you protect and optimize these three pillars.

The Project Manager role at Nexlogica is an exceptional opportunity for a driven professional to lead high-impact technical initiatives. Whether you are coordinating complex physical infrastructure deployments or driving large-scale enterprise software migrations, your leadership will directly shape the success of our clients and the growth of our organization.

As you prepare for your interviews, remember to focus on demonstrating your domain-specific technical knowledge, your disciplined approach to project controls, and your consultative client-management skills. Structured, thoughtful preparation is the key to showing the hiring team that you have the rigor and adaptability required to excel in this dynamic environment.

The compensation ranges shown above reflect the diverse scope of our project management roles, spanning from specialized localized infrastructure management to complex, large-scale enterprise ERP migrations. We structure our offers competitively based on your specific domain expertise, years of experience, and the scale of the projects you will oversee. We encourage you to utilize the resources available on Dataford to further refine your preparation, review additional community insights, and step into your interviews with complete confidence. We look forward to learning more about your experience and welcoming you to the Nexlogica team.