​R&D Project Management

Contract role until Sept 2026

3 Days onsite Ashby- de-la-Zouche/ 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