New Product Introduction Project Manager – UK

England / UK Remote | £50,000–£60,000 salary bracket | Remote | Global engineering project management

My client is looking for an experienced project manager who has demonstrated effective skills and experience across multiple projects and within a multi project environment. The position is responsible for building project plans with the development team, identifying required resources and planning budget expenditures. The role is also responsible for the reporting of project dates, risks and mitigation actions. Escalation to senior management of risks to project timing and overspends is required along with alternative plans for decision making.

The candidate shall have proven success on NPI projects and experience in bringing a team wider than the core R&D engineers to deliver projects to process, on time, to specification and to costs.

Experience in production is also required for the role, in particular production processes, quality assessments, quality improvements, and production transfers.

A key skill for the role is strong knowledge in project management methodologies. Demonstration of seniority in leading projects is expected and necessary when acting as the lead contact on customer funded projects.

The candidate must be experienced in working in a virtual environment and importantly have experience working in a global environment. Experience working with teams in Europe, China, India and USA is highly desirable.

Duties & Responsibilities

The position has the following duties and responsibilities:

Planning of projects. Adherence of NPI process, in particular at a task level. Risk management of the project. Escalation of issues with contingency planning. Running lessons learned sessions. Implementation of identified improvements and changes to the NPI process.

Hands-on help to various departments to complete activities. Managing NPI supply chain through prototyping into serial production. Planning and identifying resource requirements. Reporting progress on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to project team, peers and leadership team.

Continuous Project progress monitoring, identification and prevention of delays and/or over-budget issues.

Immediate Performance Objectives

Achieve full compliance with NPI process requirements across assigned projects. Deliver priority NPI projects on schedule and aligned with initial sales ramp targets. Improve NPI lead time and reduce avoidable delays through proactive risk management.

Strategic Objectives

Improve NPI efficiency through stronger process discipline and workflow optimisation. Reduce cost and schedule impacts through structured root cause analysis and corrective actions. Support harmonisation of NPI tools and processes across the group. Improve supply chain processes for NPI in conjunction with relevant departmental heads.

Required Qualifications

Degree level in an engineering discipline, mechanical or manufacturing. Masters in engineering processes preferred. Recognised course in project management preferred.

5 years + in a project manager role preferred. Experience in project operational spends greater than $0.5m. Experience in capital equipment spends greater than $1m.

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