NPI Project Manager - Audio Technology

NPI Project Manager - Audio Technology

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid

Term: Permanent, full time

Salary: Up to £50000 pa + excellent benefits

We are looking for a Project Manager to join the Programme Team  this role, you will lead New Product Introduction (NPI) hardware projects from concept through to market launch, taking ownership of project planning, delivery, risk management and stakeholder alignment throughout the product development lifecycle.

The right candidate will be a strong communicator, an adaptive learner, and able to manage cross-functional project teams across Engineering, Product Management and Marketing. You will thrive shaping your day-to-day work, balancing multiple projects in parallel, and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to deliver successful business outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of complex product development initiatives and would suit both established Project Managers and experienced delivery professionals seeking a highly collaborative, project leadership role.

You will be part of a team of enthusiastic project managers, within a dynamic company committed to growth and continuous innovation in sound recording and music production equipment.

For this full time position we will consider a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week based at our High Wycombe head office.

• Collaborate with Programme, Engineering and Product Management to produce product development strategies that can deliver on Business Case and product roadmap objectives.
• Apply and leverage our internal project management framework to deliver successful project outcomes, creating and executing project delivery plans and detailed stage plans with deliverables and review gates.
• Work closely with the cross functional delivery teams, Technical Programme Managers, and Programme Manager to manage priorities, resolve workload conflicts, and drive the project delivery plan to move from product concept realisation through to mass production. Project ownership will be for the entire development process, end-to-end.
• Proactively identify and expose project and programme risks, ensuring mitigation plans are implemented to support successful delivery.
• Independently estimate and track project costs and project performance measures (schedule/cost/quality), managing by exception and ensuring Business Case targets are met.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with internal project teams, key stakeholders and contract manufacturing partners to ensure successful delivery and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply problem-solving techniques from previous experience to overcome delivery issues and spot opportunities, remove blockers and build consensus among key stakeholders.
• Work alongside Scrum Masters in the organisation to deliver the total value proposition for new products, including accompanying software and customer experience elements.
• Propose and drive improvements to project delivery processes, tools and ways of working, contributing to the ongoing evolution of the Programme Management framework.

• Have experience managing cross-functional project teams towards a shared goal with a high degree of autonomy.
• Have experience working within structured project management environments and using digital planning and reporting tools.
• Demonstrate excellent spoken and written English.
• Possess strong problem-solving, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, seeking to refine processes, tools and ways of working.
• Be comfortable communicating project status, risks and delivery plans to a wide range of stakeholders.

• Have experience with new product development (NPD) life cycles and project managing the development of hardware products.
• Have worked on projects using Agile principles and methodologies.
• Have knowledge of audio tech/music production.
• Have experience managing project budgets, risks and stakeholder communications throughout the product development lifecycle.

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals…