Product Demo Manager

Dyson Institute; Malmesbury; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Lifestyle benefits

Health benefits

Job summary

Dyson Institute is seeking a Product Demonstration Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in designing and delivering live demonstrations that showcase Dyson technology across retail, events, and experiential spaces. You will own the demonstration portfolio, align strategies with business priorities, and drive delivery from concept to implementation.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to build a high-performing team that can deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing technical, engineering, design, or innovation teams.
• Experience delivering physical products, demonstrations, installations, or interactive experiences from concept through implementation.
• Strong project and portfolio management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary team of Product Demonstration Engineers, placement students and graduates.
• Develop and maintain Product Demonstration strategies and roadmaps aligned to Dyson units.
• Own and prioritise the Product Demonstration portfolio, balancing business needs, resources and timelines.
• Oversee development of demonstrations from concept through validation to implementation.
• Provide clear reporting on project status, portfolio health, risks and milestones.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Team coaching

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Product Design, Industrial Design or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

About The Team

We are seeking an experienced and highly collaborative Product Demonstration Manager to lead the Product Demonstration team within Retail Experience & Design. This role is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team of Product Demonstration Engineers, undergraduate placement students, and graduate students to develop and deliver compelling demonstration experiences that bring Dyson technology to life across retail, events, and experiential environments. You will own the Product Demonstration portfolio, overseeing the planning, prioritisation, and delivery of projects from initial brief through to implementation. Working closely with Retail Design, Brand Experience, Creative, RDD, Commercial, and Programme Management teams, you will ensure demonstration activity is aligned to business priorities and delivers engaging customer experiences. A key aspect of the role is developing demonstration strategies and roadmaps for Dyson's business units, identifying opportunities to showcase technology, support product launches, and create greater customer understanding and engagement. Success in this role will come from strong leadership, effective stakeholder management, clear project governance, and the ability to build a high-performing team capable of delivering innovative, scalable, and impactful demonstration solutions.

About The Role

• Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary team of Product Demonstration Engineers, undergraduate placement students, and graduate students.
• Create a high-performing team culture that promotes innovation, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain Product Demonstration strategies and roadmaps aligned to the priorities of Dyson's business units.
• Own and prioritise the Product Demonstration portfolio, balancing business needs, resource capacity, and delivery timelines.
• Oversee the development of demonstration solutions from concept through validation and implementation, ensuring they are technically robust, scalable, and commercially effective.
• Act as the key link between Retail, Brand Experience, Creative, RDD, Commercial, and Programme Management teams to ensure alignment on demonstration priorities and delivery.
• Establish effective project governance, planning, resource allocation, and risk management across the demonstration portfolio.
• Ensure demonstration experiences accurately communicate Dyson technology and performance while delivering engaging customer experiences.
• Build strong relationships across engineering and product teams to identify future technologies and demonstration opportunities.
• Provide clear reporting on project status, portfolio health, team capacity, risks, and key delivery milestones.
• Drive continuous improvement through the development of best practices, processes, and demonstration standards.
• Contribute to the growth of a best-in-class global Product Demonstration capability that supports retail, events, and future customer engagement channels.

About You

• Degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading and developing technical, engineering, design, or innovation teams.
• Experience developing and delivering physical products, demonstrations, installations, or interactive experiences from concept through implementation.
• Strong project and portfolio management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Strong technical and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance innovation with practical delivery.
• Good understanding of mechanical, electronic, and electromechanical systems.
• Experience translating high-level creative concepts into technically robust, scalable, and commercially viable solutions.
• Strong understanding of prototyping, design validation, testing methodologies, and iterative development processes.
• Ability to balance customer experience, technical feasibility, operational requirements, and commercial considerations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across creative, engineering, retail, and commercial teams.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and facilitating cross-functional decision making.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills, with a proven ability to develop high-performing teams and create a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Highly collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working in fast-paced environments with changing priorities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, experimentation, and learning through testing and iteration.
• Strong written and visual communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas, project updates, and strategic recommendations clearly.
• Ability to travel when required.

Benefits

At Dyson, Reward goes beyond just salary and bonuses. Through a comprehensive package of Financial, Lifestyle, and Health Benefits, we provide support tailored to every stage of life and the moments that matter most.

Working policy

At Dyson, our vibrant campus culture is built on in-person collaboration, creativity, and shared learning. Working side by side not only fuels our innovation, but also creates a strong sense of belonging. To nurture this dynamic and inclusive environment, we do not offer a regular hybrid working arrangement.

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.

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 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.