Sr. It Project Manager

About Us:

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We're growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations and more people. Dyson launched in the US in 2002, and since then operations have grown exponentially. Our US headquarters is based in Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood. We also have employees working in field sales, our service centers, and in our growing number of Dyson Demo Store's across the country.
We're committed to our campus culture and want to have people collaborating, developing, and learning from each other. By having everyone on campus together, we have been able to nurture a fantastic social and dynamic environment.
At Dyson, we demand the highest standard of performance from the technologies we engineer. Our people expect the same from the technology that supports them. We are a community that appreciates and advocates better engineering. A community of pioneers. Dyson IT are mid-transformation. Our aim, to create robust IT architecture, to manage data effectively and efficiently and continue to grow our world-class team. A team who is strategic, enabling business acceleration, growth and success.
Americas IT team provides support to regional stakeholders as well as global markets. The role forms a vital link between eCommerce, Supply Chain and relevant down steam systems.
About the Role:

Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for:
Delivering medium complexity projects up to £3m in value at pace, providing sound decision making and calm leadership under pressure.
Building high performing project teams using matrix management to ensure that the team is effective in achieving project goals and securing business buy-in through effective stakeholder engagement and communications.
Accelerating the wider Dyson business by upholding the highest standards of project management. As an active and engaged member of the PPM community of practice you will be expected to identify and realise opportunities for continuous improvement in our ways of working.
Ensuring excellent financial stewardship by delivering predictable and reliable cost estimating, management and forecasting.
Embedding quality across all aspects of the project to deliver successfully with no major issues at go live; this includes effective management of change, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.
Delivering positive feedback from key Dyson stakeholders by ensuring that projects are appropriately structured, well planned and executed.
Seeking out opportunities for innovation by identifying and leveraging delivery accelerators that improve the speed of delivery and/or the cost to serve.
Developing your career at Dyson by creating and owning your professional and personal development plan, using the PPM talent development framework to baseline your capabilities and identify stretch targets to build your career.
Good understanding in application of core business processes, project governance methods and operational/development framework.
Analytical mind-set, attention to detail and ability to challenge assumptions and convention; striving to get to the root cause of a problem, always looking for new and better ways of doing things.
Proactive problem-solver, able to navigate complex processes and systems.
Self-motivated and able to resolve conflict, inspire teams, mentor peers, and promote PM principles and best practice.
Strong leadership skills, able to form complex and high performing teams quickly.
Excellent team-working skills.
Able to handle demanding workload, manage multiple large projects at once and deliver on schedule.
Experience of managing project progress by constantly tracking deliverables and finding ways to identify and remove /mitigate and communicate risks.
Ability to manage and present budgetary projections.
Person specification / Core Competencies:
Excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness, able to build productive working relationships within the team and across the business and influence others.
Outstanding interpersonal communication skills including the ability to convey complex messages effectively to a diverse range of audiences and deliver difficult messages whist maintaining buy-in
Strong leadership abilities
Powerful change agent who champions change and inspires trust and change adoption
Solid matrix management skills with the proven ability to deliver through others
Keen problem solver with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
Able to operate and thrive with high levels of ambiguity and the resilience to "bounce-back"
Self-motivated with drive and determination to deliver to a high standard at pace in a complex environment.
About You:

At least 7 years complex IT project management experience within a global company, ideally gained in consultancy or client side in large and complex organisations. As well as actively engaged in Hybrid/Agile environment with Product based enhancements.
Ability to work & balance time across multiple time zones.
Experience working with Cross Functional IT ( global and regional ) as well as business teams.
Experience within E-Commerce and Supply Chain areas. Attention to end-to-end process is mandator.
Experience with SAP ERP and Salesforce Clouds preferred. Will accept experience with any other major ERP and CRM systems.
Experience with Business to Consumer and Direct to Consumer model preferred.
A proven record of successful delivery.
Extensive stakeholder engagement and management skills.
Good knowledge and experience of all stages of the project and programme lifecycle, including development of business cases, mobilisation of projects.
Knowledge of multiple project management methodologies. (Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid) backed up with experience of applying at least one of them successfully in practice
Experience of delivering medium complexity projects with budgets up to £3m
Experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary project teams across a range of locations and including at least one 3rd party organisation
Proven ability to manage project budgets effectively and experience of financial reporting
Exceptional understanding of translating business benefits to sound ROI measures
Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
Experience of working for a consultancy or other professional services organisation.
Experience working with multiple 3rd parties and offshore teams.
Business case development and benefit realisation.
Experience of value tender / vendor selections.
Exceptional documentation skills, Project Brief, Executive POV, Business focused presentations
PMI Certification & Agile (Scrum) Certification
Product Management
Experience w/ Enterprise Portfolio Management Applications (Planview, ServiceNow) & associated reporting capabilities
Benefits:

At Dyson, how we reward you is linked to our high-performance culture. But it's about more than salary and bonus. Through a package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits, we support whatever stage of life you're in and the moments that matter.
Financial benefits:
401K with up to a 4% match
Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D
Flexible Savings Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
Lifestyle benefits:
Competitive Paid Time Off Benefits including Separate Holiday, Sick, and Vacation Time
Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (applicable areas only)
Generous Child Care Leave Program
Wellness Program
Employee Assistance Program
Generous Dyson Product Discounts
Health benefits:
Multi-Level Healthcare Coverage Options
Vision & Dental Coverage
Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Dyson is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. If requested, we will provide reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process for persons with disabilities. Contact us at ******** for more information. Dyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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