Senior Project Manager

FocalPoint; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in hub

Private healthcare

Cycle to work

Flexible leave

Company share options

Job summary

FocalPoint in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager in our Operations team to coordinate the day-to-day delivery of our products, ensuring engineering and commercial teams remain aligned. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will lead delivery using Agile methodologies and help build data-driven project controls.

This maternity cover runs from December 2026 to March 2028. You will drive coordination, governance and reporting while developing the project management function

Qualifications

• 5+ years' project management in engineering or technical environments (ideally software).
• Hands-on Agile delivery across more than one team.
• Experience in a programme function using meaningful data to demonstrate project control.
• Formal training in delivery management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, PMQ).
• Experience in a start-up/scale-up environment.
• Experience setting up or contributing to a programme management function.
• Exposure to commercial or customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery across engineering teams using Agile from planning to milestones.
• Manage dependencies, risks and issues, escalating where necessary.
• Ensure Engineering and Commercial teams have regular forums and clear ownership of actions.
• Coordinate communications, customer trials, and product shipments within Operations.
• Build and provide programme reporting and insight to the Head of Operations.
• Help mature the project management function, improving processes, governance and reporting.
• Stay up to date with industry-leading methodologies and tools.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-team coordination

Executive engagement

Job description

Location: Bristol or Cambridge, UK (in-hub/hybrid working). Will consider remote for the right skillset but will need to be willing to travel to offices on occasion.

Hours of work: 40 hours per week

Our purpose is simple: To improve every positioning solution

We develop groundbreaking technology that boosts the accuracy, reliability and security of radio receivers.

Chipset manufacturers and Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) partner with us to enhance the capability of their devices, helping to improve the lives of billions of people who rely on location technologies.

The Opportunity:

As an experienced Senior Project Manager in our Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating the day-to-day delivery of FocalPoint's products and keeping our engineering and commercial teams aligned. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will lead delivery for our engineering teams using Agile methodologies, drive coordination across functions, and help build a project management function that uses meaningful data to demonstrate project control.

This is a dynamic, collaborative and highly visible position. You will keep work moving across the organisation, communicate confidently with senior leaders, proactively problem solve and help shape the processes, reporting and governance that underpin how we deliver.

This role is a maternity cover for the current Senior Project Manager. From December 2026 to March 2028.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day delivery across our engineering teams using Agile methodologies, from planning and prioritisation through to milestones
• Manage dependencies, risks and issues, escalating where necessary so our teams can deliver
• Ensure Engineering and Commercial (and/or relevant teams) have, regular effective forums and clear ownership of actions
• Work closely within the Operations team to oversee and coordinate communication effectiveness, coordination processes, customer trials, and product shipments
• Build, mature and provide programme reporting and insight to the Head of Operations, using delivery data to demonstrate project control
• Help build and mature the project management function, improving processes, governance and reporting
• Stay up to date on industry-leading methodologies and tools

Your Experience:

• 5+ years' project management experience in an engineering or technical environment, ideally software. We welcome applicants with Operational, Commercial and Engineering backgrounds.
• Recent hands-on experience of Agile delivery across more than one team
• Experience in a project or programme function that used meaningful data to demonstrate project control, and in improving the processes and governance behind it
• Formal training in delivery management methodologies e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, PMQ
• Experience working in a start-up/ scale-up environment
• Experience setting up, or being part of setting up, a programme management function
• Exposure to commercial or customer-facing teams, such as aligning delivery with customer commitments

Your Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Confident coordinating across teams and functions to keep work moving
• Confident engaging senior executives, with the judgement to know when to challenge constructively, to hold a position and when to escape.

Your Development and Perks

Our people are the reason why our business continues to thrive. We lead the way in the industry, we care for our people and we are always looking to support your development. Staff are regularly mentored by our team of experts and all employees are offered, bi-annual appraisals, training courses relevant to their field and feedback sessions through 1-2-1 meetings.

Our generous benefits package includes the following:

• You can choose your way of working- In-hub (3 days+ in office) or Hybrid (1-2 days in office)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Additional annual leave after 3 years.
• Enhanced special leave.
• Extra annual leave at the end of December.
• Work from abroad.
• Company Options Scheme (determined by Executive Team).
• Up to £5000 Recommend a friend scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Private Healthcare - Vitality Health.
• In-hub lunches on us.
• Paid professional memberships.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We believe in diversity, equity and inclusion.

We believe that diversity fosters innovation and creativity, and we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all.