Project Manager

We are looking for atalentedPMto join Dyson’s New ProductDevelopment (NPD) team. This exciting position will be working inFloor Care category. 

TheProgramme Managementteam and this role havea high level of visibility,benefiting from aclose relationship with theFloor CareSeniorLeadership team, whichenables them to deliver, alongside the hugely talented team of engineers and scientists. 

The roleof ProjectManagerinterfaces with many stakeholdersand functionsacross the business,spanning many functionsfrom NPI and Research intoCommercial, Operations, Quality and Finance. 

Responsibilities 

As a Project Manager at Dyson, you will ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner and gain a sufficient level of understanding of the development to be able to communicate the projects status to senior management, whilst being comfortable in challenging the paradigm when required. 

You will work across all disciplines of design, research, procurement, manufacturing, commercial and marketing to ensure an integrated project deliverystrategyaligns to the wider business strategy.Our briefs can often be loose and changeable, so you must be comfortable in a fast moving, ambiguous environment. Skills in managing a dynamic environment will be critical to the role.  

• Management and integration of multiple cross functional teams to deliver projectsfrom conceptual stage toSOP and Launch dates. 

• Coordinate and communicate project status between teams within the organisations to ensure effective andtimely input; resolve conflicts and lead solutions. 

• Challenge conceptsin order to achieve theoptimum design within the boundaries of time, specification and cost,maintain and manage the risks,actions and issues trackers. 

• Manage resource allocation activities against current time plans andwork with Finance foroverall project cost management. 

• Take an active, hands-on role to understand how engineering problems are resolved thoroughly and help support that resolution 

• Work with development teams to ensurenew technologies maximise the performance of new products 

• Manage multiplestakeholder’s expectations across all categories from early stage to launch. 

• Ensure the team use established Dyson development processes, good engineeringpractice and discipline to deliver a fully resolved solution to the correct standards 

• Information management – governance and organisation of project related information. 

 Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferable First or Second-Class Upper preferred). 

• Project Management Professional (PMP)certified is preferred. 

• Proficiency in Mandarin and willingness to travelfrequentlyto China is essential. 

• Experience working in a dynamic and innovative environment. 

• Outstanding project management capabilities (i.e. estimating and planning, risk management, status reporting, budget tracking, benefits analysis, stakeholder management and communication, resource management) 

• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to build productive working relationships and influence 

• Confident; comfortable with interacting with senior executives without being tempted to dilute unpleasant news or back down from well-reasoned analysis 

• Assertive; readiness to press teams to take remedial action whenrequired 

• Credible; ability todemonstratea good level of understanding of engineering processesin order to work with design teams throughout the project development cycle 

• Experience of working in creative teams 

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Ms. Project.  

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.