New Product Introduction Lead

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.)