The Senior Project Manager will oversee the company’s R&D team and all projects they undertake to ensure they hit agreed deadlines. Along with management of the R&D team, you will also be responsible for analysing tenders, writing progress reports, identifying risks and developing work schedules.

Key Responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager

• Ensure clear task prioritisation through the use of the YouTrack/Jira and Agile project management system with regular team meetings
• Liaising with team members, management and customers to ensure projects are completed to the required standard.
• Working with the R&D team to identify and communicate risks, ensuring contingency plans are in place as soon as possible to keep projects and tasks on track.
• Multi-disciplined approach, focused on supporting all R&D teams in problem solving
• Provide mediation between different discipline (electronic, mechanical) engineers in order to ensure effective communication between R&D teams and team members.
• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.
• Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.
• Line management of R&D team leads

Key Competencies of a Senior Project Manager

• Proven track record of managing multidisciplinary teams (direct & indirect)
• Experienced with product development
• Qualified in engineering (hardware & software experience ideally
• Proven track record of managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Proven track record of process improvement
• Pro?cient in agile project management & Jira
• Experienced in risk management and budgeting
• Background in engineering (Electronic/Mechanical/Software)
• Experience dealing with high pro?le customers/clients

Due to the large volume of applications we receive for each position we will only be able to respond to applications received with the relevant skills. Should you not hear from us within a week, unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

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Consultant: Danielle Godbold