Project Manager

About the Position

Project Manager

Location: Bristol, UK

Lead the projects that turn advanced hardware designs into products ready for manufacturing.

As a Project Manager, you will drive hardware manufacturing projects from planning through production release. You will help teams deliver complex programmes with clarity and confidence.

Your work will keep engineering, operations, and manufacturing partners aligned. You will manage priorities, track progress, and remove delivery risks before they become blockers.

You will work across hardware, software, systems, and operations teams. If you enjoy solving complex delivery challenges and making technical programmes successful, this role offers real impact.

Responsibilities

• Drive hardware manufacturing projects from planning through production release
• Help teams deliver complex programmes with clarity and confidence
• Keep engineering, operations, and manufacturing partners aligned
• Manage priorities, track progress, and remove delivery risks

Requirements

Essential:

• Degree level education or equivalent relevant industry experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in a technical project management role within multi-functional teams
• Strong project management skills with the ability to draw on experience of different methodologies (e.g., waterfall, scrum, agile) to identify the most appropriate method for the project
• Working knowledge of project/programme management tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, etc.
• Experience working in global environments with international partners
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage dependencies and competing priorities
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and effective in fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of PCBA manufacturing and test processes
• Experience in working with leading edge suppliers in PCBA and system-level manufacturing supply chain

We Offer

• Unlimited annual leave
• Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s success
• Office spaces designed for collaboration
• Free food and an on-site barista
• Health cash plan
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Other benefits you can choose from (private medical insurance, dental plan, etc.)

About the Company

Graphcore is building the compute platform for the next generation of artificial intelligence. From advanced silicon to intelligent software, our technology is designed to unlock breakthroughs in AI and bring its benefits to every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, we’re backed by one of the world’s most ambitious technology investors, working alongside companies shaping the future of AI. Together, we share a bold goal: to help enable artificial superintelligence and ensure it delivers meaningful impact at a global scale.

At Graphcore, you’ll work with people who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our teams bring together AI researchers, chip designers, software engineers, and systems experts from a wide range of backgrounds. It’s an environment where we take on big challenges with curiosity and focus, move quickly and decisively, take real ownership of our work, and speak up to challenge ideas while supporting each other through action.

If you want to help deliver the technology that powers the next generation of AI, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join Graphcore.