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New Product Introduction (NPI) Lead Location: Camberley, UK Contract: Permanent Salary: Competitive + benefits As we accelerate our strategic growth, in the Defence and Nuclear sectors, we re looking for a driven, disciplined and influential NPI Lead to take ownership of several key projects critical to our future success. This is a rare opportunity to lead a multifunctional team in an engineering design and manufacturing business, turning ambitious concepts into fully delivered, validated products flawlessly and on time. What You ll Be Responsible For - Leading multiple end-to-end NPI engineering design and manufacturing projects, from concept through to first delivery.
- Building and managing integrated project plans, ensuring alignment, transparency and accountability.
- Driving customer quote responses owning cost, lead-time and commercial commitments.
- Ensuring every NPI gate is passed with complete, accurate and on-time deliverables.
- Identifying risks early, taking decisive action, and maintaining project momentum.
- Bringing together Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Operations and Finance to deliver as one team.
- Maintaining strong project governance, communication cadence and stakeholder engagement.
What You ll Bring Must-Haves - Hands-on experience across the full NPI lifecycle in an engineering design and manufacturing business.
- Detail-driven, yet skilled at analysing and interpreting information to see patterns, join the dots and understand the bigger picture.
- Strong requirements management in regulated sectors such as Defence, Nuclear, Aerospace or Medical.
- Ability to build robust, dependency-driven project plans, within a defined governance structure.
- Sharp analytical mindset with a proactive approach to risk management.
- Confident communicator capable of influencing, challenging and coaching.
- Effective cross-functional collaboration skills.
Should-Haves - A recognised project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, PMBOK, Scrum, etc.).
- Evidence-based decision-making capability.
- Skilled meeting/workshop facilitator.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001.
- British citizenship (due to project requirements).
Nice-to-Haves - Background in Procurement, Engineering, Quality or Operations.
- Understanding of Lean tools and principles.
Who You Are You are organised, resilient, and thrive in a regulated engineering environment. You see the big picture but never miss the details. You are proactive, accountable, and able to motivate teams including those who don t report directly to you. You communicate clearly, adapt quickly, and bring a positive, can-do mindset to every challenge. Full training will be provided on DML s processes, management systems and product lines. (No agencies please.)  |
