Senior Project Manager (NPD)

Overview

In this permanent Senior Project Manager role, you drive the development and delivery of new products from concept to first customer deliveries. You’ll coordinate cross-functional teams across locations to ensure a seamless, stage-gate development process and on-time launches. You’ll model project excellence, push continuous improvement, and mentor others to raise PM maturity. This position offers the chance to shape innovations in a cutting-edge tech environment and influence strategic product outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave + half-day Fridays
• Private healthcare
• Share incentive plan
• Pension scheme
• Structured career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of new product development projects from planning through launch
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders across business units and locations
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies
• Develop robust project plans with realistic estimates and schedule tracking
• Manage project and product costs with strong financial governance
• Run project meetings with clear action ownership and visibility of status
• Guide teams to align with business objectives across the lifecycle
• Support and mentor less experienced project managers to grow capabilities
• Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Service and Operations to ensure successful launches and transitions to manufacturing and shipping
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, tools, and processes

Key requirements

• Proven track record delivering high-tech or engineering-focused product development projects
• Experience leading complex, multi-functional projects with diverse stakeholders
• Strong understanding of stage-gate development processes
• Experience with project management tools, issue tracking systems, and project reporting methodologies
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, quality, and service functions
• Ability to work flexibly across product lines, business units, and geographies
• Demonstrated success managing remote/global teams and maintaining momentum
• Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills

• communication
• leadership
• stakeholder management
• stage-gate product development
• project management tools
• issue tracking systems

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