New Product Project Manager

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for an NPI Project Manager in Woking, Surrey. The role offers £40,000 plus production bonus, comprehensive training and development, project ownership, and long-term stability within a multinational engineering group.

You will take full ownership of NPI projects from concept through to production launch, driving the five‑phase NPI process, coordinating cross-functional teams, suppliers and external engineering resources, and reporting progress to

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering NPI / product development projects in an engineering environment.
• Strong project planning and control skills (milestones, dependencies, resources, risk)
• Comfortable coordinating technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple new product projects from concept to manufacturing release and launch
• Drive projects through a five-phase NPI process (managed via Wrike or similar)
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, suppliers and external engineering resources
• Lead meetings, stage/gate reviews and provide clear progress reports
• Support prototype builds, testing and CE approval activities where required

Skills

NPI project delivery

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Wrike

Job description

Salary: GBP40000 - GBP40000 per annum

NPI Project Manager / New Product Introduction Project Manager
Woking, Surrey
£40,000 + Production Bonus + Training & Development + Project Ownership + Long-Term Stability

Are you an NPI Project Manager or Product Development Project Manager looking to take full ownership of projects from concept through to production launch, in a business that genuinely invests in staff development?

On offer is a permanent position with a multinational engineering and manufacturing group where you’ll drive new products through an established five-phase NPI framework and play a key role in continued growth.

In this role you will run multiple NPI projects, owning plans, milestones, resources and risk, while coordinating Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Quality. You’ll lead stage/gate reviews, provide progress reporting to senior leadership, and support prototype builds, verification and regulatory approval activity.

This role would suit a project professional who enjoys cross-functional ownership and wants long-term development in a quality-led engineering environment with the chance to improve processes and project controls.

The Role:

• Manage multiple new product projects from concept to manufacturing release and launch
• Drive projects through a five-phase NPI process (managed via Wrike or similar)
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, suppliers and external engineering resources
• Lead meetings, stage/gate reviews and provide clear progress reports
• Support prototype builds, testing and CE approval activities where required

The Person:

• Proven experience delivering NPI / product development projects in an engineering environment
• Strong project planning and control skills (milestones, dependencies, resources, risk)
• Comfortable coordinating technical and non-technical stakeholders