At Dyson, we demand the highest performance standards from the technologies we engineer. Our people expect the same from the technology that supports them.
Global IT plays a critical role in enabling Dyson’s engineering teams to deliver world class innovation through scalable, reliable, and forward-thinking digital platforms.
Our RDD IT Team
The RDD IT function has end-to-end accountability for the design, delivery, and support of the systems that enable Dyson’s global research, engineering, and product development communities.
This includes:
- Engineering platforms such as PLM (Teamcenter), CAE, simulation, and digital engineering tooling
- Global product development systems and processes
- Delivery of transformation initiatives and operational IT services across multiple global sites
The Role
The Technical Product Manager – PLM is responsible for defining, owning, and evolving technical products within the RDD IT landscape, with a particular focus on the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) stack.
Operating within the RDD IT function, this role ensures that PLM product roadmaps are aligned to engineering needs and business priorities, translating complex requirements into structured plans for delivery. You will act as a key interface between engineering stakeholders, solution architects, and delivery teams, ensuring that solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned to industry best practices.
You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to oversee the quality of delivery, drive continuous improvement across product and application lifecycles, and contribute to the long-term evolution of Dyson’s engineering technology landscape.
Principal Accountabilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Create and maintain an IT product development roadmap for PLM (Teamcenter) capabilities
- Ensure roadmaps reflect technical thought leadership and industry best practices
- Align product direction to engineering requirements and business priorities
- Continuously review and refine roadmap based on stakeholder input and delivery outcomes
Stakeholder Management & Business Partnership
- Act as an ambassador for Global IT across RDD and NPI stakeholder groups
- Engage with senior RDD stakeholders, engineers, solution architects, and business process owners
- Build strong working relationships across delivery, support, and engineering teams
- Ensure alignment between stakeholder needs and product direction
Delivery Oversight & Quality Assurance
- Work within the RDD IT delivery function to oversee quality of technical delivery
- Ensure solutions comply with defined standards, policies, and architectural direction
- Collaborate with delivery teams and external partners to ensure successful execution
- Support resolution of delivery challenges and ensure continuous improvement
Platform Ownership & Continuous Improvement
- Take joint accountability for the robustness and maturity of PLM platforms
- Support and improve product management and application delivery practices
- Identify opportunities to enhance system capabilities and user experience
- Drive continuous improvement across product lifecycle and service delivery
Vendor & Partner Management
- Work with external strategic partners to bring industry insight and best practice
- Collaborate with Legal and Procurement to maximise value from third-party engagements
- Support development of long-term platform capability and vendor strategy
Technology Strategy & Innovation
- Support architecture teams and strategic partners in shaping future platform direction
- Contribute to adoption of new technologies and industry trends within RDD IT
- Identify opportunities to improve capability through innovation and tooling evolution
Professional Development
- Own and drive personal and professional development in line with Dyson frameworks
- Use internal development tools to assess capability and define growth objectives
- Continuously build technical and stakeholder management expertise
Person Specification / Core Competencies
You must possess strong technical product management capability, with the ability to bridge engineering needs and IT delivery. You will demonstrate strong organisational skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to manage complexity in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Core Competencies
- Strong product management capability within technical or engineering environments
- Ability to translate complex requirements into structured product roadmaps
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands at pace
- Strong organisational and delivery focus
Essential
- Experience managing technical products within engineering or R&D environments
- Strong experience with PLM platforms, particularly Siemens Teamcenter
- Experience managing change and enhancement within large-scale engineering systems
- Experience working across delivery teams, architects, and business stakeholders
- Experience contributing to technical strategy and product direction
Desirable
- Experience working within global, matrixed organisations
- Experience collaborating with external partners and vendors
- Exposure to engineering toolchains including simulation, CAE, or software development platforms
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.
Skills Required
- Strong product management capability within technical or engineering environments
- Experience managing technical products within engineering or R&D environments
- Strong experience with PLM platforms, particularly Siemens Teamcenter
- Experience managing change and enhancement within large-scale engineering systems
- Experience working across delivery teams, architects, and business stakeholders
- Experience contributing to technical strategy and product direction
- Experience working within global, matrixed organisations
- Experience collaborating with external partners and vendors
- Exposure to engineering toolchains including simulation, CAE, or software development platforms
Dyson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Dyson and has not been reviewed or approved by Dyson.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision offerings are broad, paired with company‑paid life and disability coverage, plus EAP, backup care, and wellness incentives. Employer‑funded healthcare dollars and premium‑discount or Lifestyle Spending Account options further enhance coverage value.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is consistently advertised on U.S. postings. This provides predictable retirement support across roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs, commuter benefits, and notable product discounts supplement core coverage. Wellness incentives and a Lifestyle Spending Account expand lifestyle support beyond medical plans.
Dyson Insights
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
