Senior Project Manager at Oxford Instruments plc

England, London - England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Dec, 26

Salary

170000.0

Posted On

26 Sep, 26

Experience

15 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Description

Full job description

Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our New Product Development Team. Where you'll be leading development of new products from planning through to a successful launch and first deliveries, ensuring a ‘joined-up’ cross-functional process.

Want to hear directly from one of our Project Managers? Read Charlotte Slade's story and discover what it's really like to manage innovative product development at Oxford Instruments.

This role is ideal if…

You have a proven track record of delivering product development projects in a high-tech environment, orchestrating multiple projects across various teams.
You are experienced with releasing products that may contain new technology in terms of software and hardware
You’re familiar with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Issue tracking systems, and status reporting and experienced in leading ‘agile’ projects using Scrum, KanBan, or similar approaches
It would also be advantageous to have experience with configuring and using Azure DevOps
You have a Physics or Science Degree and formal training in project management.

What your role will look like…

To lead and manage the project deliverables as required by the stage-gate development process
To work with the engineering teams to track and report progress, costs, risks and issues at a business level
To build and maintain a collaborative cross functional team with a shared project vision.
To work with the key stakeholders to ensure the overall project schedule, quality, feature set and costs meet the business requirements.
To work with Marketing, Sales, Service and Operations to ensure a seamless release and successful transition to routine shipping.
To advise on process continuous improvement opportunities
Occasional travel to our Ulm site

Responsibilities

Full job description

Want to hear directly from one of our Project Managers? Read Charlotte Slade's story and discover what it's really like to manage innovative product development at Oxford Instruments.

This role is ideal if…

You have a proven track record of delivering product development projects in a high-tech environment, orchestrating multiple projects across various teams.
You are experienced with releasing products that may contain new technology in terms of software and hardware
You’re familiar with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Issue tracking systems, and status reporting and experienced in leading ‘agile’ projects using Scrum, KanBan, or similar approaches
It would also be advantageous to have experience with configuring and using Azure DevOps
You have a Physics or Science Degree and formal training in project management.

What your role will look like…

To lead and manage the project deliverables as required by the stage-gate development process
To work with the engineering teams to track and report progress, costs, risks and issues at a business level
To build and maintain a collaborative cross functional team with a shared project vision.
To work with the key stakeholders to ensure the overall project schedule, quality, feature set and costs meet the business requirements.
To work with Marketing, Sales, Service and Operations to ensure a seamless release and successful transition to routine shipping.
To advise on process continuous improvement opportunities
Occasional travel to our Ulm site