Project Manager

The Project Manager is required to orchestrate and drive some of our most existing new NPI projects in support of our future range plans of Dyson. The role will be instrumental to ensure projects are delivered on time; meet technical specification and are within budget.

• Manage and lead projects utilising the appropriate systems, processes and resources to facilitate optimal delivery. This will include identifying, managing and mitigating the project's risk and issues, and agreeing on accountabilities and responsibilities with the wider project team


• Lead project leadership team members to ensure on-time delivery and act as the voice of the project to our senior stakeholders across the business


• Coordinate and communicate project scope, identify dependencies and understand the critical path to secure timely project delivery


• Identify and manage stakeholders, resolve conflicts, empower and inspire teams


• Manage progress, analyse, collate & report project status and data from a cost, time, spec perspective


• Participate in the control of the Category budget and define and manage the project cost


• Define, assess and track the impact of change requests.


• Create resource plans to determine demand and manage project resource allocation


• Capture lessons learned


• Work independently, with some guidance
  
  

+ Degree qualified (engineering or science discipline preferable) or equivalent

• Experience of delivering projects in an engineering or early stage environment


Experience

• Good understanding of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.


• Good knowledge of Project Management fundamentals


• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.


• Experience with proven ability to manage and deliver moderately complex tasks in a fast moving and dynamic environment.


• Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills.


• Analytical mind-set, attention to detail and ability to challenge assumptions and convention.


• Self-motivated and able to resolve conflict, inspire teams, mentor peers.


• Good understanding and application of business processes, project governance methods and operational/development framework.


Behavioral

• 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 when required.


• Analytical mind-set, attention to detail and ability to challenge assumptions and convention.
  
  Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work better. We're growing fast and our ambition is huge - more categories, more locations and more people.


We push the boundaries of what others have defined as possible. Our approach starts with an engineering mindset and different thinking. Then we continuously refine our ideas - unwilling to compromise and driven by an obsession for finding a better way.

Financial:

• Performance related bonus


• Company paid Life Assurance


• Discounts on Dyson machines


• Competitive pension scheme


• Purchase additional holidays


Lifestyle:

• 27 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays


• Free bus travel to and from Malmesbury campus from Bristol, Chippenham and Swindon


• On-site parking


• Endless free coffee and tea, and a free lunch


• Free on-site hair salon


• On-site lifestyle Assist


• Electric vehicle scheme


Health:

• Private Medical insurance for all employees


• Employee Assistance Program for employee and dependents


• Digital GP and prescription service


• Fertility treatment support


• On-site gym and sports centre