R&D Project Leader: Drive Multi‑Disciplinary NPD Delivery

Pickering Interfaces Ltd; Tendring; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance x4 annual salary

25 days annual leave (plus holidays)

Gym/Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Pickering Interfaces Ltd is seeking an experienced R&D Project Manager to lead multi-disciplinary projects from initiation to release. You will coordinate hardware, software and mechanical teams, manage scope, timelines and budgets, and report to R&D leadership with clear progress and risk visibility.

The role requires strong leadership, proactive communication, and a track record of delivering complex projects in a fast-paced environment across the UK and beyond.

Qualifications

• Formal project management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering New Product Development (NPD) projects.
• Experience managing and delivering projects within fast-paced cross-functional engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for successful delivery of all R&D projects within scope, budget and timelines.
• Lead development and maintenance of resource plans with stakeholders.
• Build relationships with R&D, Product Management, Production, Quality, Procurement and Operations.
• Facilitate timely project decisions through analysis and escalation when needed.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Produce regular project status reports for Head of R&D and stakeholders.
• Own and improve project management tools, systems, and reporting.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Decision making

Leadership

Risk management

Budget awareness

Education

Formal Project Management qualification or equivalent experience

Engineering or related degree

APM/PMI/PRINCE2 certification desirable

Tools

Smartsheet

Teamwork

Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint)

Job description

Pickering Interfaces Ltd is seeking an experienced R&D Project Manager to lead multi-disciplinary projects from initiation to release. You will coordinate hardware, software and mechanical teams, manage scope, timelines and budgets, and report to R&D leadership with clear progress and risk visibility.

The role requires strong leadership, proactive communication, and a track record of delivering complex projects in a fast-paced environment across the UK and beyond.