Job Opportunity: Technical Publications Manager
Join an innovative engineering company in Bristol as a Technical Publications Manager! We are seeking a dynamic leader to take charge of our technical content authoring services. This permanent position offers a flexible hybrid working model, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cultivate and maintain relationships across various business units to manage a diverse project portfolio.
- Develop clear content plans, timelines, budgets, resources, and deliverables for all projects.
- Ensure timely project delivery while upholding high-quality content standards and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Act as the primary contact for new technical content requests and enhancements.
- Lead a team of technical authors, promoting a collaborative hybrid working environment.
- Create and maintain content writing processes, publishing them on the company’s Business Management System.
- Drive adherence to industry standards through certification and uphold content quality.
- Explore innovative digital content delivery methods, such as embedded help content, video, and augmented reality.
- Identify skill gaps within the team and develop training and recruitment strategies.
- Establish a modular content management system with robust version control, integrating it with existing PLM systems.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to information provision, export control, and health & safety.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, managing priorities and challenges.
- Oversee internal and external cost drivers, including licensing and third-party content suppliers.
Education/Qualifications:
- A degree in engineering or a technical discipline where English is the native language, or
- A qualification in English language or literature with a demonstrable technical portfolio.
Professional Skills/Abilities:
- Strong experience with MadCap Flare or similar desktop publishing software.
- Previous experience as a technical author.
- Excellent team leadership, performance monitoring, and coaching skills.
- Familiarity with Adobe FrameMaker or similar tools.
- Strong planning, budgeting, and resource management skills.
- Project management experience is a plus.
Personal Qualities:
- Highly self-motivated with a keen eye for detail.
- Enthusiastic and adaptable in complex situations.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, extract necessary information, and define clear objectives.
- Capable of motivating and influencing others, including those without direct management.
- Quick to learn new technologies and processes.
- Effective communicator, able to convey ideas clearly to diverse audiences.
Benefits:
In addition to a competitive starting salary, we offer structured career development opportunities, a healthy work-life balance, private healthcare, a share incentive plan, 25 days of annual leave, half-days on Fridays, a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan, and a flexible benefits package tailored to your individual needs.
If you are a results-driven, people-oriented leader with a passion for technical publications, we would love to hear from you!
Please note this is a hybrid role, requiring around three days a week onsite in North Bristol. Visa sponsorship is unfortunately not available.
Apply now for more details!
CPS Group is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is to promote workforces that are truly representative of all sections of society and for all to feel respected and valued.