Programme Manager

Programme Manager - New Product Development
Location: Near Stevenage (5 days onsite)
Commutable from: Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hitchin, Letchworth, Hatfield, Hertford, St Albans, Bedford, Cambridge
Salary: Up to -55,000 + Bonus + Pension

Join a Global Engineering and Manufacturing OEM leading innovation.

This is a high-impact Programme Manageer role where you will drive multiple new product development projects & programmes from concept through to market launch.

This Programme Manager role is based onsite five days a week near their Stevenage Manufacturing HQ, working closely with engineering, operations, and commercial teams, with regular exposure to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities of Programme Manager

• Lead multiple new product development programmes across the full product lifecycle
• Oversee project planning, governance, risk management, and financial performance
• Deliver programmes within a structured NPD or stage-gate environment
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and commercial functions
• Provide clear and consistent programme updates to senior stakeholders
• Drive process improvement across project delivery, governance, and reporting
• Ensure alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, and commercial targets

Requirements for the Programme Manager Role

• Degree in an Engineeering Discipline
• Proven experience managing complex programmes or large-scale engineering or NPD projects
• Background in manufacturing, engineering, or industrial environments
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership experience
• Ability to influence at all levels without direct authority
• Strong organisational, problem-solving, and delivery capability
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and risk
• Experience with stage-gate, product lifecycle management

Package on Offer for Programme Manager Role

• Salary up to -55,000
• Bonus
• Pension
• Early finish on Fridays
• High level of responsibility within a global OEM environment

This Programme Manager role is commutable from Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hitchin, Letchworth, Hatfield, Hertford, St Albans, Bedford, Stevenage and Cambridge.

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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales