Vice President - Engineering (Program / Project Director)

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Vice President - Engineering (Program / Project Director)£150,000 (DOE) + Bonus (30%) + Holiday + PensionLondon - Victoria (+ international travel)Immediate startAre you an experienced Program or Project Director looking for your next exciting challenge with an innovative and exciting company?This fantastic fitness company started in California. Now operating through several hundred countries they unite fitness fanatics worldwide.Due to expediential growth they are now setting up a Technology division of the company in London and are building a team of experienced, high calibre individuals in their high-end offices in Victoria.This is an exciting role for a senior Program or Project Director with experience of start-up enterprises to join an inventive company in a challenging Vice President role at a very exciting time in the company's growth.The role:Due to the start-up nature of this division, the role will include recommending and executing on new systems, processes, and team hiresDelivering NPD projects on time, on budget and to performanceImplement and deliver business efficiency / continuous improvement initiativesDefine and maintain engineering estimates, plans and schedulesSupport product leadership with regular status and progress reportsSupport engineering activities of a multi-discipline engineering teamCoordinate design efforts between internal teams and outside vendors to develop optimal solutions including equipment specifications and supply chain planningDevelop and manage budget, contract documents and project timelines including RFPs, change order controls, purchase orders, and invoicingCoordinate with delivery and service divisions to ensure proper product training, procedural compliance, and other hardware related practices are followed for new and existing supply chain partnersUnderstand the operational process in detail, including the all the relevant metrics and tools required to measure successThe person:Prince2, Scrum, or AgilePM qualifications and experienceIdeally have a degree in industrial design and or an engineering discipline or related product design or management subjectsProven technical leadership experience in development and implementation of large scale, complex projectsPreviously held a position of project or program director or senior/lead manager in a fast growing or enterprise scale businessAbility to lead, multi-faceted projects involving multiple disciplines in a fast paced environmentExcellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate well with engineering and product management teamsAble to liaise with Game, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, QA and other cross-company leadershipA broad experience of DFM and DFA, preferably in products for consumer applicationsExperience of the application & management of a design lifecycle