Manufacturing Programme Manager - Electronics/NPI

Manufacturing Programme Manager - Electronics/NPI

+ Global Chip/Electronics Design & Manufacturer

+ Massive demand & expansion - New Product Introduction

+ background in Electronics/Optics or Automtive Manufacturing & NPI

Salary/Package:

+ Upto £80k base salary + bonus

+ Share Options

+ 9% pension, dental, health etc...

+ Relocation assistance

Market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide.

SUMMARY OF JOB FUNCTION:

• He/She will be responsible for project management activities within a product development program. The role will be within the Transmission BU R&D department based in Northamptonshire, UK.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate the definition of program scope, goals and deliverables.

• Develop an effective relationship with all internal and external stakeholders, especially customers and internal manufacturing teams (wafer fab).

• Work closely with internal technical teams to define plan, tasks and ensure that customer requirements are being met.

• Owning the outcomes of and managing the day to day delivery of activities. To drive execution.

• Accountable for the identification and management of project risk and issues along with mitigation and/or workarounds. Escalating risks and issues, with mitigations to the team leader when outside of agreed plan.

• Responsible for working with functional owners to manage resources, budget, capex, and development access to a production line.

• Responsible for delivery of all key milestones/Gates, need to be able to present/summarize status of key products to higher level management.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's degree - or higher in physics, electronics or equivalent technical discipline

ESSENTIAL:

• Experience developing "New Products" in an R&D environment

• A methodical and organised team player with a flexible approach to work

• Product Development process - Essential to have some experience of product lifecycles from concept through to production.

• Experience of the full project life cycle of all milestones to work within budget and timescale.

• Experience of project management and cost control.

• Excellent communication skills in English to communicate in written, verbal and presentation

PREFERRED:

• Prince 2, PMP certification and/or Six Sigma/Lean Certifications

EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years' experience in Program/Project Management within product development within optoelectronics (preferred), semiconductor technology, automotive, volume manufacturing, R&D, Product Development, telecommunications.