Overview In this role you will lead end-to-end R&D projects that drive ABB’s product and technology development. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage milestones, and balance scope, schedule, and cost to deliver impactful outcomes. The position sits within a collaborative, learning-focused culture and offers hybrid work. You will shape project execution and risk management to support business goals and engineering challenges. This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful, globally impactful solutions at ABB.
Pay / Benefits - Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Flexible benefits scheme
- Internal mobility opportunities and mentorships
Responsibilities - Plan, coordinate, execute, and deliver assigned project(s) end-to-end
- Support local and cross-functional project teams in projects with limited complexity or sub-projects
- Motivate and monitor internal/external resources to meet targets
- Identify interdependencies and manage project-level constraints to realise benefits
- Prioritise requirements with business units/customers and plan activities
- Monitor progress to meet commitments and milestones
- Resolve issues and escalations at team or project level as needed
Key requirements - Minimum 5 years in a project management role, preferably in R&D, product development, or engineering
- Recognised certifications such as Microsoft Project, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with stage-gate processes, ISO 9001, and engineering change management
- Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks
- Strong skills in work breakdown structures, scheduling, resource allocation, and milestone tracking
- Understanding of project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis; ability to support business cases with financial data
- Hands-on technical project experience with credibility with engineering teams and R&D challenges
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Stakeholder management
- Problem-solving and proactive communication
- Project planning and control
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Cost tracking, budgeting, and forecasting
