NPI Product Launch Project Manager

Project Freelance; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Freelance in the United Kingdom is seeking an NPI Project Manager to own new product introductions from concept through to production launch within a multinational engineering and manufacturing group. The role is based in Woking, Surrey, with a salary of £40,000 plus a production bonus, training and development, and long-term stability.

You will manage multiple NPI projects, driving a five-phase process, coordinating cross-functional teams, and leading stage gates while reporting

Qualifications

• Experience delivering NPI/product development projects in an engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Strong project planning, milestones, dependencies, resources and risk management.
• Confident coordinating technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple NPI/product development projects from concept through to production launch.
• Drive projects through an established five-phase NPI process (Wrike or similar).
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, suppliers and external engineering resources.
• Lead meetings, stage/gate reviews and deliver progress reports to senior stakeholders.
• Support prototype builds, testing and CE approval activities where required.

Skills

NPI project delivery

Project planning & control

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

Wrike

Job description

Project Freelance in the United Kingdom is seeking an NPI Project Manager to own new product introductions from concept through to production launch within a multinational engineering and manufacturing group. The role is based in Woking, Surrey, with a salary of £40,000 plus a production bonus, training and development, and long-term stability.

You will manage multiple NPI projects, driving a five-phase process, coordinating cross-functional teams, and leading stage gates while reporting