NPI Project Manager — Tech & Product Launch Lead

Atlas Copco; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture of trust

Lifelong learning

Career progression

Innovation driven

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

Edwards is seeking a dedicated Project Manager to drive definition, development, and execution of robust project plans within the PCP framework. You will collaborate across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, and Product Companies to ensure scope, timelines, and budgets are met while delivering successful NPI and technology initiatives.

The role requires strong planning, governance, and stakeholder management skills, with extensive experience in engineering/product development environments

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a Project management/Engineering/Science discipline; Project management qualification desirable.
• Demonstrate Project management experience, preferably within an engineering, electronics, or product development environment.
• Essential to demonstrate ability to plan and deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
• Essential to demonstrate ability to prioritise multiple activities and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans outlining resource allocation, budgets, business cases, and schedules in partnership with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams, securing necessary approvals through defined governance protocols.
• Steer NPI and technology projects through all phases up to PCP Gate 6, ensuring that project scope, schedule adherence, budget limits, quality standards, and strategic goals are met or exceeded.
• Constantly track project performance metrics and KPIs, deliver transparent progress reports, and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests through effective mitigation strategies and escalation channels.
• Coordinate efforts with multi-disciplinary teams comprising Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, and divisions within the Product Companies to foster alignment and drive project success.
• Ensure project resources and skill sets are adequately matched to tasks, promptly addressing any constraints or planning obstacles that may arise.
• Maintain exemplary project governance, including communication strategies, stakeholder engagement, change control mechanisms, documentation of lessons learned, and the promotion of continuous improvement across all project activities.
• Define, plan, and execute all project deliverables in strict alignment with overall project objectives, schedules, and PCP requirements.
• Oversee successful product industrialization and transition processes, ensuring full compliance with safety, regulatory standards, and PCP protocols, facilitating a smooth handover to volume production and technical support teams.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

MS Project

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project management/Engineering/Science

PM qualification desirable

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Edwards is seeking a dedicated Project Manager to drive definition, development, and execution of robust project plans within the PCP framework. You will collaborate across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, and Product Companies to ensure scope, timelines, and budgets are met while delivering successful NPI and technology initiatives.

The role requires strong planning, governance, and stakeholder management skills, with extensive experience in engineering/product development environments