Software-Focused Project Manager - Embedded Systems

Location: Cambridgeshire (South)

Type: Full-Time

Working Pattern: Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days Office-Based)

Salary: Competitive

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for delivering innovative, software-led solutions? Join our growing team and help shape technically complex, high-impact projects across a range of sectors.

This is a highly client-facing role requiring close collaboration with sales, engineering, and customer teams to define, secure, and deliver cutting-edge software projects - often with electronics or embedded systems elements.

The Role

Full-time position, reporting to the Head of Project Management

Based in South Cambridgeshire, with hybrid working (minimum 3 days in the office)

Occasional UK and international travel to support project delivery or business development

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of software-led technical projects across diverse industries

Collaborate with engineering and commercial teams to scope, estimate, and shape project proposals

Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risks, using structured PM methodologies

Foster strong client relationships and ensure clear communication at all levels

Drive motivation and performance across cross-functional teams

Apply Agile methodologies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Microsoft Project planning

Champion software development best practices and continuous improvement

Ensure rigorous governance, reporting, and quality standards throughout the project lifecycle

About You

Proven track record delivering complex software development projects

Excellent stakeholder and people management skills; emotionally intelligent and team-focused

Clear, confident communicator - able to engage engineers and senior executives alike

Technically fluent: familiar with modern software engineering practices including version control (e.g. Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks

Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, Git, and Microsoft Project

Holds a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline

Comfortable in a consultancy-style environment, juggling multiple priorities and working at paceIf you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to work on challenging, meaningful projects with a team of like-minded professionals - we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us deliver the next of software-led innovation