Design Manager

Dyson is seeking a Design Manager to lead technical progress, drive cross-functional decision making, and communicate project technical status and risk to senior management. The role requires strong technical understanding, excellent communication skills, and experience in an engineering and manufacturing industry.

Requirements

• Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in an engineering and manufacturing industry designing and delivering products through a cross functional team network
• Proven experience and successful track record of delivering robust design solutions on time, to specification and within cost and budget constraints
• Full design cycle experience
• Significant experience of interacting and building relationships with senior stakeholders
• Knowledge across a variety of technical areas and expert leadership
• Ability to see the 'bigger picture' of the technology and platform as a whole
• Ability and credibility to motivate teams, strong influencing skills and leading with and without formal power and line authority
• Capable of multitasking, prioritising your work and the work of others
• Knowledge and proven experience in change management processes implementation
• Experience and capability for engaging with third parties for engineering and procurement activities, with fluency in RFx processes
• Technical and personal credibility to work effectively in cross-functional design teams throughout the project development cycle
• Strong conflict resolution skills
• Excellent presentation, networking and communication skills

Benefits

• Transport allowance
• Comprehensive medical care and insurance
• Regular reviews and dynamic workshops