Project Coordinator - Technical Product Development

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Job description

Job Description

Project Coordinator – Technical Product Development

Location: London (On-Site)

Job Type: Full-time / 6-Month Contract

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Are you an organised, proactive Project Coordinator with a passion for technology and complex product development?

This is a unique opportunity to join an innovative engineering-led organisation in London, contributing to the development of advanced scientific instruments and highly engineered products. You'll play a vital role in coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring technical projects are delivered smoothly, efficiently, and on time.

Key Responsibilities of the Project Coordinator – Technical Product Development

• Coordinate the delivery of engineering and product development projects.
• Work closely with design, R&D, and manufacturing teams to maintain detailed project plans - outlining key milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, ensuring effective communication between internal stakeholders and external partners or suppliers.
• Support agile and iterative development processes, including sprint planning, progress tracking, and post-project retrospectives.
• Anticipate and resolve project risks or bottlenecks, proactively adapting plans and timelines to maintain momentum.
• Promote best practices in technical project delivery, such as risk management, milestone tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
• Provide clear project updates and escalate issues to senior stakeholders when needed.

Candidate Requirements for the Project Coordinator – Technical Product Development role:

• Proven experience coordinating complex product development projects —ideally within scientific instrumentation, medical devices, or for complex mechanical products.
• Comfortable working across R&D, design, manufacturing, and quality functions.
• Familiarity with working in start-ups or high-growth organisations is advantageous.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate project updates for varied audiences.
• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM subject would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) is desirable.

Why Apply to the Project Coordinator – Technical Product Development position?

Join a company at the cutting edge of innovation, where engineering excellence, collaboration, and problem-solving are at the heart of every project. This role offers the chance to work on ground-breaking technologies that have a real-world impact—within a supportive, agile, and fast-paced environment.

Apply online or contact Neil Walton at CY Partners for more information.

CY Partners is acting as a recruitment agency/business in relation to this vacancy.