R&D Project Manager

ABB; Coleshill CP; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Internal mobility opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Referral scheme

Job summary

ABB is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end R&D projects within a hybrid work environment. You’ll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage milestones, and ensure delivery on commitments. A strong background in engineering and formal PM certifications will help you drive successful outcomes.

You will partner with R&D leaders and engineering teams to balance scope, schedule, and budget while mitigating risks and optimizing value for the business.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a project management position, preferably within R&D, product development, or engineering environments.
• Recognised certification such as Microsoft Project, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with stage-gate processes, ISO standards (e.g., ISO 9001), and engineering change management procedures.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Strong skills in work breakdown structures, scheduling, resource allocation, and milestone tracking.
• Understanding of project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis. Ability to support business cases and investment decisions with financial data.
• Hands-on technical project experience, providing credibility with engineering teams and deeper understanding of R&D challenges, prototyping, and testing phases.
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, Software, or related engineering discipline is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the end-to-end planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of assigned project(s).
• Supports local and cross-functional project teams, including associate R&D project managers, in projects with limited complexity and/or sub-projects of a complex project.
• Motivates and monitors internal and/or external resources to accomplish all committed targets.
• Identifies and manages interdependencies between projects and project-level constraints to realise specified benefits.
• Ensures appropriate prioritisation of requirements within a project by partnering with relevant business unit/s or other customers.
• Ensures that project activities are effectively prioritised, estimated, and planned.
• Monitors and controls progress on the plan to ensure achievement of commitments and targeted milestones/stage-gates.
• Ensures issues, conflicts, and impediments are resolved at the appropriate level (i.e., team, project), escalating them as required.

Skills

Project management

PM certification

Stage-gate

ISO 9001

Risk management

Planning

Budgeting

Technical project experience

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelors/Masters)

Tools

Microsoft Project

PMP

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

R&D Unit Leader

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In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the development or creation of products, systems, services, or technologies for ABB´s business units by facilitating the end-to-end execution of one or more Research and Development (R&D) projects to achieve associated milestones, targets, and desired outcomes.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Work model: Hybrid
• Accountable for the end-to-end planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of assigned project(s).
• Supports local and cross-functional project teams, including associate R&D project managers, in projects with limited complexity and/or sub-projects of a complex project.
• Motivates and monitors internal and/or external resources to accomplish all committed targets.
• Identifies and manages interdependencies between projects and project-level constraints to realise specified benefits.
• Ensures appropriate prioritisation of requirements within a project by partnering with relevant business unit/s or other customers.
• Ensures that project activities are effectively prioritised, estimated, and planned.
• Monitors and controls progress on the plan to ensure achievement of commitments and targeted milestones/stage-gates.
• Ensures issues, conflicts, and impediments are resolved at the appropriate level (i.e., team, project), escalating them as required.

Qualifications For The Role

• Minimum 5 years in a project management position, preferably within R&D, product development, or engineering environments.
• Recognised certification such as Microsoft Project, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with stage-gate processes, ISO standards (e.g., ISO 9001), and engineering change management procedures.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Strong skills in work breakdown structures, scheduling, resource allocation, and milestone tracking.
• Understanding of project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis. Ability to support business cases and investment decisions with financial data.
• Hands-on technical project experience, providing credibility with engineering teams and deeper understanding of R&D challenges, prototyping, and testing phases.
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, Software, or related engineering discipline is desirable.

Benefits

ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme

More About Us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts) helps manage the connection, protection and distribution of electrical power from source to socket. The Division’s products are engineered to provide ease of installation and perform in demanding and harsh conditions, helping to ensure safety and continuous operation for utilities, businesses and people around the world.

The Commercial Essentials product segment includes electrical junction boxes, commercial fittings, strut and cable tray metal framing systems for commercial and residential construction. The Premier Industrial product segment includes multiple product lines, such as Ty-Rap® cable ties, T&B Liquidtight Systems® protection products, PVC coated and nylon conduit systems, power connection and grounding systems, and cable protection systems of conduits and fittings for harsh and industrial applications.

The Division also manufactures solutions for medium-voltage applications used in the utility market under its marquee brands including Elastimold™ reclosers and switchgear, capacitor switches, current limiting fuses, Homac™ distribution connectors, Hi-Tech Valiant™ full-range current limiting fuse for fire mitigation, faulted current indicators and distribution connectors, cable accessories and apparatus with products for overhead and underground distribution. Manufacturing includes made-to-stock and custom-made solutions.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.#RunWhatRunstheWorld.

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