Senior NPD Project Manager

Advocate Group; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Group seeks a Senior NPD Project Manager to join a high-performing NPD team within a fast-growing global consumer brand, operating across the expanding EMEA region. You will own complex NPD and commercialisation programmes from concept to launch, lead a team of Project Managers, and coordinate with Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations and Marketing to deliver multi-market initiatives.

With governance, risk management and senior stakeholder reporting, you will drive end-to-end processes

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in NPD, commercialisation, or FMCG project delivery.
• Proven experience managing and developing a team.
• Strong end-to-end NPD knowledge across multi-market supply chains.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in risk and issue management with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own complex NPD and commercialisation programmes from concept to launch across multiple EMEA markets.
• Lead and coach a team of Project Managers to deliver projects On-Time-In-Full.
• Oversee ~600 SKU-level projects annually with strong governance and prioritisation.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing and stakeholders to ensure clear scope.
• Identify risks, provide options analysis and escalation management.

Skills

NPD delivery

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

FMCG project delivery

Risk management

Job description

Would you like to join a high-performing NPD team within a fast-growing, globally recognised consumer brand, operating across a rapidly expanding EMEA region, as a Senior NPD Project Manager?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a business known for its bold approach, entrepreneurial culture, and highly innovative product portfolio, playing a key role in bringing new products and initiatives to market across multiple EMEA countries.

The Role:

• Take ownership of complex NPD and commercialisation programmes from initial concept through to launch across multiple EMEA markets.
• Lead and develop a team of Project Managers, providing direction, coaching, and support to ensure projects are delivered On-Time-In-Full.
• Oversee the delivery of approximately 600 SKU-level projects annually, ensuring strong governance, prioritisation, and execution.
• Manage the commercialisation relationship with regional bottling and external partners.
• Work closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure a clear project scope and successful implementation.
• Manage multiple projects and programmes simultaneously, balancing priorities, dependencies, resources and timelines.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, providing clear options analysis and recommendations to support effective decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline end-to-end commercialisation processes and ways of working.
• Produce clear and regular project reporting for senior stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, milestones, and key decisions.

About You:

• Experienced project management professional with a strong background in NPD, commercialisation, or FMCG project delivery.
• Proven experience managing and developing a team
• Strong understanding of end-to-end NPD delivery within an FMCG supply chain environment, from product concept through to launch.
• Confident working within structured stage-gate project management processes and managing complex, multi-market programmes.
• Highly organised, results-driven and tenacious, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence across commercial, operational, and external teams.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong process discipline, including the ability to identify and manage cross-programme dependencies.
• Experienced in risk and issue management, including presenting data, developing options analysis, and managing escalations.
• Experience working across multiple regions or international markets would be highly advantageous.

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