About us
At Dyson we are encouraged to think differently, challenge convention and be unafraid to make mistakes. We’re creative, collaborative, practical and enthusiastic.
Dyson offers a unique opportunity for skilled individuals to invent, design and develop market leading products for the global market. By working in our world class research, design and development (RDD) department, these professionals have the opportunity to work alongside leading technical specialists and highly motivated creative people to create products which fulfil our vision of being truly different and better than our competitors.
About the role
We are looking for a talented Programme Manager to join Dyson’s New Product Innovation (NPI) Programmes team. This exciting position will focus on categories of Robotics and Audio.
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Successful track-record of leading fast-paced development of NPI projects operating within a Hybrid- Agile Project Management approach dealing with significant levels of ambiguity and remain focused on delivery to meet business critical milestone dates.
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Demonstrable experience of applying robust governance frameworks to in-flight projects that have a mix of delivery frameworks, including Agile development workstreams.
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Creation and alignment of end to end delivery plans to support Robotics and Audio vision and strategy
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Excellent communication and presentation skills up to and including C-suite Exec, with the ability to inspire confidence, demonstrate leadership and project gravitas.
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Working collaboratively across the global Programme Management team to contribute to roadmaps, best practice and continuous improvement.
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Leading delivery of a complex suite of projects, upholding the highest standards of delivery methodology including regular and effective communication with key stakeholders, governance, change management and thorough risk/issue management.
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Ensuring exceptional quality project setup documents detailing scope, assumptions, success criteria, risks, governance structure
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Empowering the project team to accelerate the wider Dyson business by managing changes in project scope, costs, resources and timing within the framework of agreed governance and change control processes.
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Working with the Head of NPI Programmes, ensuring excellent financial stewardship by delivering predictable and reliable cost estimating, management and forecasting for the suite of projects.
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Provide leadership and management of day-to-day operational and administrative matters for NPI.
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Understanding the business case drivers and collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver a scalable and future proofed solution
About you
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At least 6 years’ experience of early-stage life cycle projects (NPI), ideally gained in an innovative engineering based organisation.
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Good knowledge and experience of all stages of the project lifecycle, including development of business cases, mobilisation of projects.
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Management of a suite of projects, including multi-disciplined teams across a variety of delivery frameworks
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Outstanding interpersonal communication skills
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Strong leadership abilities
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Enthusiastic change agent who contributes and embraces change.
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Solid matrix management skills with the proven ability to deliver through others
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Extensive stakeholder engagement and management skills.
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In-depth knowledge and experience of all stages of the project and programme life-cycle, including development of business cases, mobilisation of projects.
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Knowledge of multiple project management methodologies. (Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid) backed up by experience of applying them successfully in practice
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Experience of successfully leading large multi-disciplinary project teams across a range of locations
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Confident; comfortable interacting with senior executives without diluting unpleasant news or well-reasoned analysis.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
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What We Do
At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.
Dyson employs over 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education.
Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world.
The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas
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