Senior Project Manager

Xaar PLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Xaar PLC in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive new product development from concept through production. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams and ensure projects follow PLM processes while coordinating with stakeholders across functions.

Strong governance, planning, budgeting and risk management are essential to deliver on time and within scope in a fast-paced, high-tech environment. International collaboration and clear communication are required.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a STEM subject.
• 5-10 years’ experience managing projects in high-pressure NPD environments.
• Thorough understanding of NPD and PLM processes.
• Advanced IT systems knowledge: MS Office, Project, JIRA, Cognidox.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects in accordance with the PLM process.
• Create product concepts and develop designs, design verification and product validation plans.
• Create go-to-market plans and product collateral, arrange product training, complete product testing, documentation and launches.
• Use methods to control schedule, budgets, risk, quality and scope.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Drive adoption of PLM across departments and improve process efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

Planning

Financial management

Quality management

Requirements management

Risk & issue management

Governance

Communication

Education

Degree in STEM

Tools

MS Office

Project

JIRA

Cognidox

Job description

Inkjet Innovator. Trusted Partner. Sustainable Future. Xaar is here to create a world where you can print anything you can imagine.

Xaar has defined 5 values which are vital to our business; each represents an area of essential importance to us. Their existence is intended to guide difficult decisions and shape behaviour.

Creative – we push the boundaries of what’s possible

Collaborative – everyone is a partner; we help each other freely and willingly

Innovative – we always strive to constantly improve

Integrity – we deliver on our promises

Passion – we care about our technology, our products, our partners and each other

Purpose of Role

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to manage our new product development (NPD) projects within the Project Management Office. In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary teams to manage the development of new products from concept through to production.

We need an innovative, experienced and delivery-focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to push forward relentlessly in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Head of Project Management.

Direct reports: none.

Key Accountabilities

Manage projects in accordance with the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process.

Work with the project team to:

Create product concepts and develop detailed designs, design verification and product validation plans, manufacturing plans, product certification strategy.

Create go-to-market plans and product collateral, arrange product training, complete product testing, complete documentation, launch the product, learn the lessons.

Use a range of techniques to ensure schedule, budgets, risk, quality and scope are under control.

Build relationships with key stakeholders to encourage collaboration and ensure on-time delivery.

Ensure adherence to PLM process and proactively drive process evolution to include best practice and improve efficiency, quality, time-to-market etc.

Support all NPD projects in line with the Product Roadmap.

Note: in this role, the project manager is not directly responsible for defining technical solutions.

Successful applicants will have comprehensive knowledge of the following key competencies, and experience in applying them in complex, rapidly changing situations:

Leadership & professionalism - the ability to empower and inspire others to deliver in a morally, legally and socially appropriate manner.

Team management - the ability to select, motivate, develop and manage teams to achieve specified objectives and to resolve differences and conflicts between them.

Stakeholder management - the ability to identify and effectively engage with all stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.

Planning - the ability to consolidate and document the fundamental components of a project and then prepare and maintain schedules for project activities and events.

Financial management - the ability to develop and agree budgets for projects, and to control forecast and actual costs demonstrating strong commercial awareness.

Quality management – the ability to ensure that the project outputs and processes through which they are delivered are meeting stakeholder requirements.

Requirements management – the ability to capture, assess and justify stakeholders’ wants and needs to arrive at an agreed schedule of requirements.

Risk & issue management – the ability to identify risks (threats and opportunities) and issues, assess them and plan and implement appropriate responses.

Governance - the ability to establish and maintain structures that define clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for governance and delivery of the project.

• Drive adoption and adherence to process (PLM) across all departments.
• Management of key stakeholders with strong personalities.
• Responsive to changing priorities and increasing time pressure.

Key Relationships

• Project Leads (Technical) & Team Leads (Resources).
• NPI Manager (Manufacturing).
• Director of Print Systems.
• Director of Technology.

Person Specification

• Intelligent, personable, with a positive attitude. Able to inspire confidence and respect at all levels.
• Able to demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills across the business.
• Not afraid of speaking their mind, taking risks and challenging decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Methodical, logical and process orientated.
• Dynamic and able to react to changing situations.
• Resilient and able to manage conflicting needs and challenging problems.
• Good organisational skills, able to plan, prioritise tasks and co-ordinate the work of others.
• Commercially aware and results orientated. Comfortable representing Xaar in front of customers. Able to travel internationally when required.

Experience

• Degree qualified in a STEM subject.
• Minimum 5-10 years’ experience managing projects in high-pressure NPD environments.
• Thorough understanding of NPD and PLM processes.
• A range of IT systems at an advanced level e.g. MS Office and Project, Atlassian JIRA and Cognidox, etc.
• Digital printing (ideal, but not essential)