Project Manager

Job advert closes on 25th January 2026. 1st stage telephone interviews and second stage face‑to‑face interviews scheduled to be held during the first two weeks of February 2025.

Hybrid Working

This role is eligible for a hybrid working benefit, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Harrietsham office three days per week, with the flexibility to work from home up to two days a week once deemed competent to work independently and in line with the business needs. Applicants must be UK‑based and live within a practical commutable distance of our office. Hybrid working is a benefit at Bedfont and not a contractual term.

The Story

Established in 1976, Bedfont is an award‑winning medical technology company based in Harrietsham, Kent. Its breath analysis medical devices are exported globally thanks to its network of carefully selected distributors.

The Challenge

Healthcare is evolving and the market for breath analysis monitors is expanding. Bedfont are looking for hard‑working, like‑minded, and passionate individuals to join the Bedfont Family to help achieve its goal of innovating healthcare worldwide.

Benefits

• Social events
• Private medical insurance
• Subsidised health checks
• Annual optical allowance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Rewards app
• Referral bonus
• Charity days
• Home office setup allowance
• Employee awards
• Free on‑site parking
• Free uniform
• Subsidised Celler8 device
• Time in service annual leave bonus
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Your Mission

The Project Manager will lead projects end‑to‑end—defining scope, goals and deliverables in line with design‑control procedures; building detailed plans and work packages; and aligning resources. They will coordinate stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, Clinical, R&D and Regulatory, run the stage‑gate process and design reviews, and drive quality to company standards. Day to day, they will track deliverables with appropriate tools, manage risks, oversee suppliers and any outsourced manufacturing for key projects, and ensure on‑time, on‑budget delivery to specification and customer/marketing requirements. The role includes providing clear status reports and recommendations to the Project Management team and wider stakeholders, anticipating and responding to change throughout execution.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Facilitate the definition of project scope. Define milestones and deliverables in accordance with design control procedures and user needs.
• Develop work packages and project plans to achieve each project stage and desired outcomes.
• Manage and coordinate project resource allocation to ensure projects align and support the overall programme.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure efficient project delivery and compliance with product quality and company standards.
• Manage risk and issues that occur during project lifecycle.
• Coordinate design reviews to ensure products are designed and engineered to specification.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams to deliver according to deadlines, budget and quality requirements.
• Track and manage project deliverables using appropriate project management tools.
• Manage day‑to‑day operational aspects of projects.
• Coordinate suppliers on outsourced manufacturing processes, goods and services for projects.
• Provide clear status reports and recommendations to the Project Management team and wider stakeholders, anticipating and responding to change throughout project lifecycle.
• Ensure project documentation is created, maintained and approved in line with quality system and design history file requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes, tools and governance.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Prince 2 Project Management or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years Project Management experience
• Experience in a medical device or hardware manufacturing environment desirable
• Exposure to Wrike desirable

Required Skills

• Clear and confident communicator (written & verbal), able to convey complex ideas simply
• Ability to influence and work with stakeholders of all levels
• Negotiation & facilitation skills to resolve priorities and dependencies
• Critical thinking & structured problem‑solving and able to drive decisions with data
• Strong knowledge of project and planning tools/software as well as collaboration suites such as M365
• High attention to detail with sound commercial awareness
• Decisive with good judgement, knowing when to escalate

Desirable Skills (Not Essential)

• Experience working within a production industry
• A good understanding of ISO 13485 processes

In addition, employees may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required of them. In these circumstances training will be given where it is considered.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. does not and will not discriminate in the recruitment or managing of staff on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and more. We are an equal opportunity employer and Bedfont® regards every employee as a member of the Bedfont® family and is committed to providing a fair, safe, diverse and welcoming atmosphere. Our application process has been designed so that everyone is able to demonstrate their skills and how they meet the criteria required for the job advertised. All successful candidates will be subject to a digital ID and DBS check.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Project Management and Information Technology

Industries

Medical Equipment Manufacturing