Senior Technical Project Manager

Colossyan
Technology Yoto HQ – UK Hybrid
Senior Technical Project Manager
We’re open to both permanent hires and fixed-term contracts (6 months or more) – for FTCs, we’re looking for someone who can start right away.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of firmware and cloud services for Yoto Players. You will drive cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high quality, seamless, innovative experiences for Yoto families. You’ll be joining the SW Engineering Team collaborating closely with the HW Project Manager, HW Engineering team, Product team and other departments. You will also be responsible for company-wide projects, improving visibility and alignment and escalation of critical issues.

About Yoto

Yoto is a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels – think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like this one .

• • Voted the 14th fastest-growing private software technology company in Britain in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025; and named the 94th fastest-growing company in Europe in the prestigious FT1000.
  • Ranked 9th in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2024; and featured in the Sifted 100 fastest-growing startups across the UK&I by revenue growth.
  • Featured in Bloomberg’s 25 UK startups to watch in 2023; and ranked second fastest growing tech company in the UK in the Deloitte Fast50.
  • Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Inventions of 2020.
  • We’re 200 employees spread across the UK, US, France, Australia, Canada, Singapore and China and growing!

We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio – and we would like you to help us achieve it!

Yoto’s Technology Team

You’ll be working as part of the Player cluster reporting to the Head of Engineering in this cluster. The Player cluster is made up of three teams:

• Plex (Player Experience): a fully cross functional team of player OS engineers, backend engineers, app engineers and QA whose mission is to build player features and maintain the customer experience of the audio player
• Yoto OS: a team focused on building and maintaining the lower level Yoto OS that makes capabilities available to the Plex team
• Core App: a team of iOS and Android engineers building and maintaining the Yoto app

You will be working across these teams coordinating efforts to hit key dates for new features. While the Hardware teams are not part of this cluster, you will be working alongside the Hardware PM to coordinate software & hardware efforts.

All teams have the same composition of Product Managers, Tech Leads, Lead Engineers, UX Designers, QA and Engineers, typically working in a Kanban agile environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of hardware delivery projects from a software/firmware and back-end perspective, from inception through launch and post-release support
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including hardware, firmware, back-end, QA, product management, and supply chain-to define project scope, technical requirements, and deliverables
• Work in tandem with the Hardware project manager to align timelines, dependencies, and milestones.
• Unpick ambiguity & components, identify & manage stakeholders while pitching communication to the audience in front of you, facilitation of meetings & workshops to bring stakeholders & teams together.
• Translate product and technical requirements into actionable roadmaps and sprint plans across software teams.
• Participate in the quarterly OKR process.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring alignment across all teams and timely delivery of milestones
• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks and dependencies, developing contingency plans as needed
• Ensure comprehensive, up-to-date project documentation and effective communication of project status, issues, and risks to all stakeholders, including executive leadership
• Own delivery schedules for software components (FW, OTA update pipeline, provisioning systems, backend APIs) tied to HW milestones like EVT, DVT, PVT, MP.
• Collaborate, manage and co-ordinate with internal teams and external vendors across hardware engineering, supply chain, and test partners to align FW delivery with factory programming, test/certification, validation testing, and in-field reliability.
• Support Executive and Management teams in defining, aligning and tracking OKRs across the organisation.
• Facilitate or assist with company-wide critical projects
• Analyse project performance and prepare post-project retros to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven track record managing complex technical projects with embedded software, backend APIs, and hardware integration, delivering high-quality products on time
• Strong understanding of firmware development processes, embedded systems, and back-end architectures
• Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills with an ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience working with and managing external partners across multiple timezones and regions, with the possibility of travel.
• Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, SaaS, and secure device connectivity is a plus
• Ability to manage ambiguity and drive alignment in fast-paced product development cycles.
• Excellent project management skills (Agile, Jira, Confluence, Gantt, RAID management).

Nice to have:

• Prior experience in consumer electronics or IoT product delivery
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance processes, especially software’s role in device certification.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes, factory firmware flashing, and production testing.
• Experience with wireless protocols (BLE, Wi-Fi), real-time operating systems (RTOS), and secure device provisioning
• Good understanding of modern back-end technologies, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines

Salary: £65,000 – £75,000 based on experience. We never want to miss out on great candidates, so don’t let our banding put you off reaching out – there’s sometimes flexibility for the right fit!

What you can expect from Yoto:

• Flexibility: Hybrid working – expectation of 1 day a week on average, but you are welcome to come in more than this. How you meet the minimum expectation is up to you, to ensure you’re happy and productive in your role whilst also getting that vital face time with your colleagues. Take advantage of our ‘work from anywhere’ policy to work from a different location for up to 6 weeks every year. Summer Hours policy to use between the months of June and August.
• Financial: Generous share option programme so you’ll be invested in Yoto’s success. Receive Income Protection, covering long term sickness for up to 2 years and company sick pay that increases with length of service. Life Assurance cover from day one of your service. Workplace Pension offering up to to 3% employer contributions, following probation. Generous employee referral bonus scheme.
• Health & Wellness: Private Medical Insurance via Aviva, or a Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy. Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through WeCare and unlimited access to Dental advice and guidance via Toothfairy. Bike to work scheme to promote healthier lifestyles.
• Time Off: 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays. On top of this, you also receive your birthday off, plus 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days. After 4 years of service, you are also eligible for our sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months’ of unpaid sabbatical.
• Helping Families: Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave. Unlock savings with our workplace nursery scheme, designed to support parents of preschool-aged children.
• People & Planet: Up to 2 volunteer days a year. A Book Allowance of up to £50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
• Fun Perks: You receive your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards! Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!

Equity and Diversity

At Yoto, we love creating a world where childhood is rich with discovery and joy. We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive – both professionally and personally. We value flexibility and give our team the freedom to balance life and work in ways that suit them.

We’re committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background, feel valued and supported. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group holds bi-monthly forums to elevate diverse voices and perspectives, ensuring everyone at Yoto feels heard, respected, and appreciated.
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