Senior Project Manager
# Senior Project Manager **Focal Point Positioning** · Cambridge CB4 3NP · `On-site` 🕒 **Статус:** *Опубликовано: вчера* · *Источник: Indeed* --- ### About the Role 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: Full time, 40 hours per week Job type: Fixed Term Contract until March 2028 Salary: £55,000 - £57,000 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: Essential: - 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 Desirable: - 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 escalate. - Able to work autonomously and pick up a live portfolio quickly. 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: - 8% employer-contribution pension scheme. - 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. Pay: £55,000.00-£57,000.00 per year Benefits: - Additional leave - Casual dress - Company pension - Cycle to work scheme - Discounted or free food - Enhanced maternity leave - Free flu jabs - Free parking - On-site parking - Private medical insurance - Referral programme - Sick pay - Work from home Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cambridge CB4 3NP
Наблюдалась 2026-10-15, впервые 2026-10-13, источник — Indeed.