Technical Project Manager

Micro:bit Educational Foundation

Technical Project Manager overseeing the development and delivery of micro:bit products at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation. Managing technical projects from prototyping to production in a hybrid role.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeOxford • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £53,000 - £59,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project management of hardware products, integrating hardware design, firmware, and software across all development phases. Proficient in risk management, compliance coordination, and effective stakeholder communication to ensure quality product delivery.

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Project ManagementRisk ManagementHardware Development LifecycleAgile MethodologiesCompliance Coordination

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Hard Skills

Project ManagementHardware DesignFirmware DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentRisk ManagementTest PlanningConfiguration ManagementKPI DevelopmentSupplier NegotiationDocumentation Management

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationCollaborative ApproachAutonomous WorkEmpathy

Tools & Technologies

Monday.comGitHub

Certifications & Qualifications

Prince2AgilePMPMSP

Industry Keywords

GDPR ComplianceElectronic ProductsPrototype ProductionMass ProductionEngineering Change Processes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop technical project management systems in line with and within the Foundation programme management governance framework ensuring appropriate documentation is developed and maintained.
Create clear project deliverables and KPIs; continuously measure and report on their status throughout development
Determine and apply risk management effectively, maintaining and adding to the risk register, and escalating as per the programme management governance framework
Communicate with stakeholders effectively to achieve shared aims
Identify and work with Product or Service Owners to define work packages.
Work with highly skilled engineering teams, both inside and outside the Foundation, communicating hardware and software concepts with confidence.
Familiarity with engineering change processes and configuration management.
Drive and negotiate effectively with suppliers, such as test houses, designers, manufacturers and software houses.
Ensure robust test planning, testing resources and traceability so that we deliver quality products.
Co-ordinate compliance activities (for instance review against GDPR, or certification planning) in partnership with the Product & Compliance Manager, who holds the relationships with test houses and is ultimately responsible for the compliance strategy.
Introduce and adapt new processes to meet the Foundation’s evolving requirements.
Manage handovers and transitions to other team members as appropriate.
Co-ordinate work through each project phase:
- Concept & Feasibility: translating ideas and high-level plans into detailed delivery plans, defining requirements, running feasibility studies and high-level architectural planning.
- Development & Prototyping: co-ordinating iteration rounds, debugging and initial builds.
- Validation & Testing: co-ordinating reliability testing, regulatory compliance and design revisions.
- Ramp & Delivery: working with the Production & Manufacturing Manager to progress from a finished design to mass production.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Project managing hardware products: covering all aspects of the development cycle and supply chain, including component and supplier selection, PCB design, software, packaging and documentation, from initial prototype production runs, through to volume manufacture;
Delivering electronic products that require tight integration between hardware design, firmware and higher-level software (for example, PC-based tooling) across project phases.
Applying a range of hardware and software development lifecycle methods (waterfall, iterative and agile), and balancing the agile world of software development with the more waterfall world of hardware so that a quality hardware product is delivered and software can be iterated on top of it.
Project management qualification such as Prince2, Agile, PMP or MSP desired but not essential
Using standard project scheduling tools such as monday.com and GitHub.
A strong communicator - we value empathetic and effective communication, the ability to work autonomously to achieve project objectives, and a collaborative approach to working with internal teams, external organisations and partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Options to join group private medical and group life insurance plan
EAP plan
Flexibility in working hours
Flexible annual leave policy (taking at minimum 25 days a year not including national holidays and Foundation closures)
Competitive pension contributions
Home based and Oxford, UK (hybrid)