Product Development Project Manager

MCS Group; Lisburn and Castlereagh District; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group is recruiting a Project Manager (Product Development) for our manufacturing technology client in Lisburn. You will lead cross-functional engineering teams from concept through to product launch, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and ready for manufacture.

The successful candidate will have proven experience managing engineering development projects, strong planning and budgeting skills, and excellent communication to stakeholders across multiple sites and

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering development projects.
• Strong project planning, estimating and budgeting experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to motivate teams and drive delivery.
• Experience working across multiple sites / international teams.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Advantageous: experience managing hardware & firmware programmes and using project management tools.
• Lean/Operational excellence experience within an engineering technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams.
• Define project scope, priorities, budgets and schedules.
• Manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Drive delivery against key milestones.
• Identify and remove project roadblocks.
• Communicate progress to stakeholders at all levels.
• Improve project planning and development processes.

Skills

Engineering project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Lean/Operational excellence

Hardware & firmware exposure

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

MCS Group is recruiting a Project Manager (Product Development) for our manufacturing technology client based in Lisburn.

Do you want to lead innovative engineering projects from concept through to product launch?

We're recruiting an experienced Project Manager to lead cross-functional product development projects within a technology-led engineering environment.

You will bring together engineering, product and development teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and ready for manufacture.

The Role

• Lead end-to-end product development projects


• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams


• Define project scope, priorities, budgets and schedules


• Manage multiple projects and competing priorities


• Drive delivery against key milestones


• Identify and remove project roadblocks


• Communicate progress to stakeholders at all levels


• Improve project planning and development processes

The successful candidate:

• Experience managing engineering development projects


• Strong project planning, estimating and budgeting experience


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Proven ability to motivate teams and drive delivery


• Experience working across multiple sites / international teams


• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability


• It's advantageous if you have experience managing a combination of both hardware & firmware programmes, and using Project Management tools.


• Lean/Operational excellence experience within an engineering technical environment.

Why Apply?

A great opportunity to join an innovative engineering environment where you'll have real ownership of new product development, technical delivery and continuous improvement.

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.