Associate Project Manager

Associate Project Manager

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £34000 - £40000 + excellent benefits

The Role:

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager to join the Programme Team. In this role, you will work on New Product Introduction (NPI) hardware projects, managing the full development process to bring innovative products from concept through to market launch.

The right candidate will be a good communicator, an adaptive learner, and able to lead cross-functional project teams across Engineering, Product Management and Marketing. 

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.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with Programme, Engineering and Product Management leadership 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, generating and executing project delivery plans and detailed stage plans with deliverables and review gates. 
• Work closely with the cross functional delivery teams, Technical Programme Leads, 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.
• Take ownership of project risk management, exposing, documenting, and ensuring mitigation plans are implemented as part of your projects to reduce the risk profile.
• Work with support from Programme Manager to estimate and track project costs and project performance measures (schedule/cost/quality) to ensure Business Case targets are met.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with internal project teams and contract manufacturing partners to ensure successful delivery and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply problem-solving techniques to overcome delivery challenges and remove blockers.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience delivering multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience of providing leadership to cross-functional project teams working towards a shared goal.
• Experience with structured project management environments and digital planning tools.
• Demonstrate excellent spoken and written English.
• Possess strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, seeking to refine processes, tools and ways of working.

The Ideal candidates will:

• Have experience with new product development (NPD) lifecycles and project managing the development of hardware products.
• Have knowledge and an understanding of Agile principles and methodologies.

About Us

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, our solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’.

The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry.

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including six Queen's Awards, the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021 and regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’.

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome, safe and positively represented, because at Focusrite they truly are. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.

Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, Health Cash Plan, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.