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Get Access To All JobsSenior R& D Project Manager - Hybrid | Cary, NC
We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.
If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.
About the job
The SaaS team is looking for a Senior R&D Project Manager to lead the planning and execution of projects supporting SAS’s Software as a Service offering. Our team operates at the forefront of software innovation at SAS, helping shape how our products evolve into cloud-native, CI/CD-driven solutions built for the future.
This role is responsible for ensuring projects are delivered predictably, aligned to business goals, and executed with high quality across a dynamic, globally distributed environment. You will partner closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to drive execution, manage dependencies, and ensure alignment across stakeholders. You will operate across the full project lifecycle from planning and estimation through execution and delivery while helping teams navigate complexity in a modern, CI/CD driven SaaS environment.
We’re a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement—and we’d love for you to be part of what we’re building.
As a Senior R&D Project Manager, you will:
- Lead deadline-driven, team-based projects by facilitating clear objectives, requirements, scope, goals, and committed outcomes with teams and stakeholders.
- Plan, prioritize, forecast, implement, and adjust delivery schedules, scope, resourcing, and quality in consultation with project stakeholders, maintaining focus on committed work.
- Negotiate resource needs and coordinate technical resources for assigned projects, including both domestic and international resources.
- Maintain accurate project plans, delivery forecasts, schedules, decision logs, action items, issue lists, risk registers, and status reports that provide transparent progress and work-item visibility across teams.
- Coordinate and communicate activities across team members and stakeholders, facilitate effective meetings, and drive action-item ownership and follow-up to keep projects on schedule and resolve conflict.
- Identify, track, and coordinate risks and delivery impediments, including blocked or aging work, and drive mitigation and early escalation as appropriate.
- Manage project scope and expectations. Identify and constructively negotiate conflicts or areas of high risk.
- Leverage methodologies, processes, project tools, and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
- Identify and coordinate project dependencies and stakeholder influences; monitor cross-team handoffs and wait states; and work jointly with organizations that share responsibility for delivery.
- Serve as a central point of contact across the Company, including Legal, Marketing, and SAS.com, to maintain alignment and project success.
- Manage multiple large scale complex projects.
- Determine and evolve methods and procedures on new assignments.
- Provide timely, audience-appropriate delivery information to stakeholders and interact with senior and executive management as needed, clearly communicating whether work is on track, what is blocked, which dependencies threaten delivery, and where decisions are pending.
- Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.
Required qualifications
- 8 years of experience in software project management, preferably in agile environments.
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Proven experience delivering projects end-to-end across planning, execution, and delivery.
- Strong experience working in SaaS or continuous delivery environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution.
- Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
Additional competencies, knowledge and skills
- Communication - Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
- Driving for results - Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
- Building Trusting Relationships - Using appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interacting with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions.
- Experience with Jira or similar tools.
- PMP, CSM or equivalent certifications.
- Ability to influence without authority.
- Ability to manage pressure, deadlines, and competing priorities.
You are welcome here.
At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.
Additional Information:
SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact RecruitingSupport@sas.com.
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SAS
Senior R& D Project Manager - Hybrid | Cary, NC
We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.
If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.
About the job
The SaaS team is looking for a Senior R&D Project Manager to lead the planning and execution of projects supporting SAS’s Software as a Service offering. Our team operates at the forefront of software innovation at SAS, helping shape how our products evolve into cloud-native, CI/CD-driven solutions built for the future.
This role is responsible for ensuring projects are delivered predictably, aligned to business goals, and executed with high quality across a dynamic, globally distributed environment. You will partner closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to drive execution, manage dependencies, and ensure alignment across stakeholders. You will operate across the full project lifecycle from planning and estimation through execution and delivery while helping teams navigate complexity in a modern, CI/CD driven SaaS environment.
We’re a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement—and we’d love for you to be part of what we’re building.
As a Senior R&D Project Manager, you will:
- Lead deadline-driven, team-based projects by facilitating clear objectives, requirements, scope, goals, and committed outcomes with teams and stakeholders.
- Plan, prioritize, forecast, implement, and adjust delivery schedules, scope, resourcing, and quality in consultation with project stakeholders, maintaining focus on committed work.
- Negotiate resource needs and coordinate technical resources for assigned projects, including both domestic and international resources.
- Maintain accurate project plans, delivery forecasts, schedules, decision logs, action items, issue lists, risk registers, and status reports that provide transparent progress and work-item visibility across teams.
- Coordinate and communicate activities across team members and stakeholders, facilitate effective meetings, and drive action-item ownership and follow-up to keep projects on schedule and resolve conflict.
- Identify, track, and coordinate risks and delivery impediments, including blocked or aging work, and drive mitigation and early escalation as appropriate.
- Manage project scope and expectations. Identify and constructively negotiate conflicts or areas of high risk.
- Leverage methodologies, processes, project tools, and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
- Identify and coordinate project dependencies and stakeholder influences; monitor cross-team handoffs and wait states; and work jointly with organizations that share responsibility for delivery.
- Serve as a central point of contact across the Company, including Legal, Marketing, and SAS.com, to maintain alignment and project success.
- Manage multiple large scale complex projects.
- Determine and evolve methods and procedures on new assignments.
- Provide timely, audience-appropriate delivery information to stakeholders and interact with senior and executive management as needed, clearly communicating whether work is on track, what is blocked, which dependencies threaten delivery, and where decisions are pending.
- Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.
Required qualifications
- 8 years of experience in software project management, preferably in agile environments.
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Proven experience delivering projects end-to-end across planning, execution, and delivery.
- Strong experience working in SaaS or continuous delivery environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution.
- Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
Additional competencies, knowledge and skills
- Communication - Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
- Driving for results - Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
- Building Trusting Relationships - Using appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interacting with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions.
- Experience with Jira or similar tools.
- PMP, CSM or equivalent certifications.
- Ability to influence without authority.
- Ability to manage pressure, deadlines, and competing priorities.
You are welcome here.
At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.
Additional Information:
SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact RecruitingSupport@sas.com.
Let's stay in touch! Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on company news, job updates and more.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a R&D Manager
Document progressive R&D leadership early
PERM for R&D Manager roles often requires proving the position demands an advanced degree. Compile performance reviews, patents, published research, and promotion records now. USCIS scrutinizes whether your credentials align with the specific job duties listed in the PERM application.
Search employers by PERM filing history
Target companies that have filed PERM applications for R&D or engineering management roles, not just those advertising open positions. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified green card sponsorship history, so you can prioritize outreach to organizations already familiar with the EB-2 and EB-3 process.
Distinguish EB-2 and EB-3 before you apply
R&D Manager roles can qualify under EB-2 if the position genuinely requires an advanced degree, or EB-3 if a bachelor's plus two years of experience suffices. The category affects your priority date queue, particularly if you're a national of a high-demand country like India or China.
Verify prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for R&D Manager roles in your target metro before accepting an offer, so there are no surprises during PERM filing.
Understand the PERM recruitment test requirements
DOL requires employers to run a genuine recruitment test before filing PERM, including specific posting methods and timeframes. Ask hiring managers whether their legal team has completed this step or is planning it, since gaps in recruitment documentation are a leading cause of PERM audits and denials.
Plan for I-485 portability if you change jobs
Once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a new employer in a same or similar R&D management occupation without restarting the green card process. Confirm the occupational similarity with an immigration attorney before accepting any competing offer.
Green Card R&D Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
How does green card sponsorship for R&D Manager roles differ from H-1B sponsorship?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa renewed in cycles, while green card sponsorship leads to permanent residence. The EB-2 or EB-3 route requires PERM labor certification filed with DOL, a prevailing wage determination, and a formal recruitment test, none of which apply to H-1B. Priority date backlogs also mean the total timeline varies significantly depending on your country of birth.
What PERM documentation should an R&D Manager candidate prepare?
Your employer controls the PERM filing, but you should supply a complete record of your credentials: diplomas, transcripts, any advanced degrees or technical certifications, letters confirming progressive experience in research or engineering leadership, patents, and published work. USCIS may audit the I-140 petition after PERM certification, so having organized documentation ready speeds that stage considerably.
How do I find employers actively sponsoring green cards for R&D Manager roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history, letting you identify companies that have already navigated PERM for research and engineering management positions. This is more reliable than applying to job postings and asking about sponsorship during interviews, since many employers are willing but lack prior experience with the PERM process.
Does my country of birth affect my R&D Manager green card timeline?
Yes. Employment-based green cards have per-country annual limits, and nationals of countries with high applicant volumes, particularly India and China, face priority date backlogs that can extend the wait significantly. Your filing date with DOL establishes your priority date, which is why targeting employers ready to begin PERM promptly after hire matters for candidates from backlogged countries.
Can I transfer my priority date if I switch employers while my green card is pending?
You can carry your priority date to a new employer's I-140 petition if your original I-140 was already approved, even if the new employer must file a fresh PERM. Separately, if your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you change to a same or similar R&D management role without restarting the adjustment of status process entirely.