New Product Project Manager

Onyx-Conseil; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Production Bonus

Training & Development

Project Ownership

Long-Term Stability

Job summary

Onyx-Conseil in Woking, Surrey, is seeking an NPI Project Manager to own new product introductions from concept to launch within an established five‑phase framework.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, manage milestones and resources, coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing and quality, and report progress to senior leadership while driving process improvements.

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 experience

Project planning

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Regulatory awareness

Job description

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

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.