R&D Project Manager

MPI Ltd; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading R&D firm is seeking an experienced R&D Project Manager to lead projects with full responsibility for delivery to cost, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. The role involves creating schedules, managing complex projects over £1M, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The position is a contract role until September 2026, requiring onsite work in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and some time at the Chippenham office.

Qualifications

• 5+ years expertise as a Project Manager.
• Proven delivery record of projects greater than £1M per year.
• Experience of managing complex safety critical development projects.
• Professional accreditation required.

Responsibilities

• Creates project schedules and drives R&D projects.
• Executes projects within defined quality and cost requirements.
• Manages stakeholder satisfaction.
• Performs budget and resource planning.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Budget planning

Risk management

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Overview

R&D Project Management

Contract role until Sept 2026

3 Days onsite Ashby-de-la-Zouch / 1 Day Chippenham office

The R&D Project Manager manages projects with full responsibility for project results in the context of delivery to cost, quality, schedule and stakeholder satisfaction:

• Creates project schedules and drives R&D projects in cooperation with stakeholders.
• Executes project within the defined requirements (e.g. regarding targets for project cost, time, quality, functionality and customer satisfaction).
• Ensures business success and satisfaction of the customer by professional stakeholder management.
• Ensures timely decisions about open issues, escalating if necessary.
• Ensures adherence to architecture, design, quality guidelines as well as product security and product safety topics.
• Manages and ensures compliance to standards, working laws, rules and regulations, intellectual property rights.
• Performs risk and opportunity management.
• Performs budget and resource planning as well as generation of project agreement for project.
• Aligns project targets with R&D strategy (e.g. product portfolio, technology roadmap).
• Drives a continuous improvement culture including e.g. reuse, cooperation, knowledge management, lessons learned.
• Ensures appropriate project documentation.
• Incorporates customer feedback during project execution.

Key Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years expertise as a Project Manager
• Proven delivery record of multiple projects greater than £1M per year
• Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience of managing complex safety critical development projects
• Professional accreditation
• Experience with MS Project
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience of working in both Classical and Agile development environments desirable
• Aerospace or Transport background is desirable