R&D Project Manager – Maternity Cover FTC
Carbon Clean
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Accountable for project definition development and execution strategy
- Accountable for delivery to baseline scope, schedule, budget and execution strategy within Quality and Safety targets
- Identify and proactively manage project risks
- Status, progress and performance tracking against plan
- Active scope and change management, including internal and external stakeholder management of impacts
- Comply with company Project Delivery governance framework to demonstrate that basic principles of project success are in place.
- Build trusted and credible working relationships both within and outside the company including with R&D/Innovation strategic partners and the IP function.
- Effective people engagement and collaboration with cross functional teams, internal technical support disicplines, CCSL Leadership Team and strategic partners with emphasis on stakeholder management.
- Participation in and facilitate reviews for risk, cost, lessons learned, and work process improvements.
Requirements
- Experience in a technical discipline to understand the basis of the R&D development cycle from basic principle / initial concept validation, formulations proof of concept tests and validation.
- Degree level qualified or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable experience in supporting R&D programme delivery phases of industrial projects.
- Demonstrable experience in supporting the delivery of early-stage research projects and programmes.
- Project or Programme Management Qualifications are an advantage but hands-on experience, and self-development from that experience, are a must.
- Experience in research-type operations and government grant-funded projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Knowledge of project controls and project management critical success factors with demonstrated experience of how they can impact performance.
- Demonstrable experience in ambiguous and changing circumstances.
- Working effectively with globally dispersed teams and supply chains.
- Evidenced relationship building skills, especially remotely
- Proven track record of stakeholder management
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence both with and without authority across remote/dispersed teams and create a sense of community amongst project and supplier teams
Benefits
- The opportunity to continue to develop both personally and professionally, in our rapidly growing company
- A brilliant company culture that encourages initiative, collaboration, and positivity at work
- Great office environment in our new London HQ, close to the South Bank, and Waterloo, Blackfriars and London Bridge stations
- Hybrid working – with the flexibility to work from home for up to 3 days a week
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Private Healthcare (family cover available for all colleagues)
- Health Cash Plan
- Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programme
- Generous pension contribution – minimum of 5% contributed by the company
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Employee Perks scheme
- Support towards professional qualification and memberships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementrisk managementscope managementchange managementperformance trackingR&D development cycleproject controlsstakeholder managementresearch project deliverygovernment grant-funded projects
Soft skills
relationship buildingcommunication skillsinterpersonal skillscollaborationinfluencepeople engagementcross-functional teamworkadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunity building
Certifications
Project Management Qualification