NPI Project Manager - Audio Technology

ADAM Audio GmbH; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working

Company pension

Life insurance

Private healthcare

Employee purchase scheme

Company music events

Free lunch in the canteen at Focusrite

Company training sessions

Personal development

Job summary

Focusrite plc is seeking an experienced NPI Project Manager for audio technology in High Wycombe. You will lead hardware development projects end‑to‑end, coordinating engineering, product management and marketing in a hybrid 3‑days‑on site pattern.

The role emphasizes strong communication, adaptive learning, and stakeholder alignment to deliver successful product launches and robust business outcomes across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading NPI hardware projects across the development lifecycle.
• Strong communication and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Programme, Engineering and Product Management to deliver product development strategies that meet business case and roadmap objectives.
• Apply and leverage the internal project management framework to deliver plans, with stage gates and deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams and drive the project plan from concept through mass production.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, tracking schedule, cost and quality against Business Case targets.
• Build relationships with internal teams and contract manufacturers to ensure successful delivery and continuous improvement.
• Work with Scrum Masters to deliver total value for new products, including software and customer experience elements.
• Propose improvements to project delivery processes, tools and ways of working.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

NPI hardware development

Stakeholder management

Job description

NPI Project Manager - Audio Technology

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid

Term: Permanent, full time

Salary: Up to £50000 pa + excellent benefits

We are looking for a Project Manager to join the Programme Team at Focusrite. In this role, you will lead New Product Introduction (NPI) hardware projects from concept through to market launch, taking ownership of project planning, delivery, risk management and stakeholder alignment throughout the product development lifecycle.

The right candidate will be a strong communicator, an adaptive learner, and able to manage cross-functional project teams across Engineering, Product Management and Marketing. You will thrive shaping your day-to-day work, balancing multiple projects in parallel, and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to deliver successful business outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of complex product development initiatives and would suit both established Project Managers and experienced delivery professionals seeking a highly collaborative, project leadership role.

You will be part of a team of enthusiastic project managers, within a dynamic company committed to growth and continuous innovation in sound recording and music production equipment.

For this full time position we will consider a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week based at our High Wycombe head office.

Your Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Programme, Engineering and Product Management to produce product development strategies that can deliver on Business Case and product roadmap objectives.
• Apply and leverage our internal project management framework to deliver successful project outcomes, creating and executing project delivery plans and detailed stage plans with deliverables and review gates.
• Work closely with the cross functional delivery teams, Technical Programme Managers, and Programme Manager to manage priorities, resolve workload conflicts, and drive the project delivery plan to move from product concept realisation through to mass production. Project ownership will be for the entire development process, end-to-end.
• Proactively identify and expose project and programme risks, ensuring mitigation plans are implemented to support successful delivery.
• Independently estimate and track project costs and project performance measures (schedule/cost/quality), managing by exception and ensuring Business Case targets are met.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with internal project teams, key stakeholders and contract manufacturing partners to ensure successful delivery and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply problem-solving techniques from previous experience to overcome delivery issues and spot opportunities, remove blockers and build consensus among key stakeholders.
• Work alongside Scrum Masters in the organisation to deliver the total value proposition for new products, including accompanying software and customer experience elements.
• Propose and drive improvements to project delivery processes, tools and ways of working, contributing to the ongoing evolution of the Programme Management framework.

You Will

• Have experience managing cross-functional project teams towards a shared goal with a high degree of autonomy.
• Have experience working within structured project management environments and using digital planning and reporting tools.
• Demonstrate excellent spoken and written English.
• Possess strong problem-solving, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, seeking to refine processes, tools and ways of working.
• Be comfortable communicating project status, risks and delivery plans to a wide range of stakeholders.

Ideal Candidates Will

• Have experience with new product development (NPD) lifecycles and project managing the development of hardware products.
• Have worked on projects using Agile principles and methodologies.
• Have knowledge of audio tech/music production.
• Have experience managing project budgets, risks and stakeholder communications throughout the product development lifecycle.

About Us

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’.

The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, TiMax and OutBoard. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry.

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including four Queen's Awards for Enterprise and the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021.

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome and positively represented, whether office-based or working remote.

Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.

Benefits

• flexible/hybrid working
• company pension
• life insurance
• private healthcare
• employee purchase scheme
• company music events
• free lunch in the canteen at Focusrite HQ
• company training sessions
• personal development