Senior Programme Manager

DYSON; Malmesbury; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension

Life assurance

Dyson discounts

Free bus travel to campus

Job summary

Dyson is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead all programme management within the Global Retail Design & Experience team. You will drive clarity, focus and delivery across a large, fast-moving portfolio, overseeing a team of PMs and coordinating with global and regional stakeholders.

This role requires experience in senior programme management, strong leadership, and the ability to prioritise across multiple product categories and workstreams to deliver impact.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior programme or portfolio management in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Proven leadership of project management teams.
• Experience managing high volumes of concurrent projects with frequent change.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end programme management function for Global Retail Design & Experience.
• Maintain a clear, updated view across the portfolio of live and pipeline projects.
• Establish robust governance, prioritisation and reporting frameworks for rapid decision‑making.
• Act as the single source of truth for project status, risk and dependencies.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Structured thinking

Clear communication

Stakeholder influence

Prioritisation & decision making

Job description

Summary

Salary : Competitive
Job Family : Technical Project and Programme Management
Location : United Kingdom - Malmesbury Office

About Us

At Dyson we believe everything could be better. Fuelled by a frustration with things that don’t work properly and a relentless obsession with making them work better, we’ve spent the last 25 years pioneering inventions and continually improving.

We’re growing fast. And our ambition is huge. But it’s not simply about more people and more profit. Dyson is all about better ideas and new technologies. It’s about inventing the future.

Our philosophy remains the same as it was 25 years ago when James Dyson invented the first cyclonic vacuum cleaner. We remain family-owned. We don’t bow to outside shareholders or report to the stock exchange. Instead we plot our own path, unshackled from conventional thinking.

About The Role

Dyson is seeking an exceptional Senior Programme Manager to lead all project and programme management within the Global Retail Design & Experience team. This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring clarity, focus, prioritisation and delivery across a highly complex and fast‑moving global portfolio.

With 150+ live projects at any given time, spanning direct retail stores, third‑party retail design, NPD fixtures, visual merchandising, 2D design, digital in retail, retail innovations and concepts, this role acts as the central operational backbone of the team. Given Dyson’s constant innovation and frequent product and timing changes, the Senior Programme Manager is a key enabler of speed, accuracy and commercial impact.

The role leads a small, high‑performing team of Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, each aligned to different product categories and project types, and works closely with global and regional stakeholders to ensure the right work is happening at the right time.

Key Responsibilities

Programme & Portfolio Leadership

• Own and lead the end‑to‑end programme management function for Global Retail Design & Experience
• Maintain a clear, constantly updated view across the entire portfolio of live and pipeline projects
• Establish and run robust governance, prioritisation and reporting frameworks that support rapid decision‑making
• Act as the single source of truth for project status, risk, dependencies and critical path impacts

Strategic Prioritisation & Focus

• Ensure the team is continually focused on the most critical projects, aligned to business priorities, launches and market needs
• Rapidly assess and re‑prioritise work in response to product changes, timing shifts and strategic resets
• Provide clear recommendations to VP‑level leadership when trade‑offs or decisions are required

Team Leadership & Development

• Line‑manage and develop a team of Project Managers and Senior PMs covering different product categories and workstreams
• Set clear expectations, ways of working and standards for planning, delivery and communication
• Coach the team to operate confidently in a high‑change, high‑volume environment
• Encourage proactive collaboration at all times, working with other business functions to maintain alignment.

Delivery Excellence

Oversee delivery across a broad mix of project types, including:

• Direct retail store design and rollouts
• Third‑party retail design and toolkits
• New Product Development (NPD) fixtures
• Visual merchandising programmes
• 2D retail design assets
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, to scope and to quality, while managing risk pragmatically

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Leadership

• Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across Retail Design, Product, RDD, Marketing, Supply Chain and Markets.
• Translate complex and changing inputs into clear, actionable plans for the team
• Confidently challenge when required to protect capacity, focus and delivery quality

Operational Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Define and evolve programme management frameworks, tools and reporting to suit Dyson’s pace of innovation
• Balance structure with flexibility – enabling speed without bureaucracy
• Drive continuous improvement in how the team plans, communicates and delivers

About You

Experience

• Significant experience in senior programme or portfolio management within complex, multi‑stakeholder environments
• Proven leadership of project management teams
• Experience managing high volumes of concurrent projects with frequent change
• Background in retail design, experiential design, physical product environments or related industries strongly preferred
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels

Skills & Capabilities

• Calm, confident and effective under pressure and ambiguity
• Highly structured thinker with the ability to simplify complexity
• Excellent communication – able to distil complex programmes into clear narratives
• Strong stakeholder influencing skills, including at senior leadership level
• Exceptional prioritisation, judgment and decision‑making skills

Leadership Style

• Positive, proactive, resilient and solution‑focused
• Trusted, transparent and decisive
• Naturally collaborative, but willing to challenge and say no when needed
• Passionate about enabling teams to do their best work

Why This Role Matters

This role is pivotal to the success of Dyson’s global retail design ambition. With responsibility spanning over 400+ direct retail stores and 26,000+ third‑party retail doors globally, and with constant innovation at the heart of the brand, the Senior Programme Manager is the central operational leader who ensures the team stays aligned, focused and effective at all times.

The VP of Global Retail & Events Design relies heavily on this role as a trusted partner to ensure the right work is being done, at the right time, with full visibility of risk, change and opportunity.

Benefits

Financial

• Performance‑related bonus scheme
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Discounts on Dyson machines and retail discounts
• Free bus travel to and from campus (from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon)

Lifestyle

• 27 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Free on‑site lunches, fruit, and hot drinks
• Free on‑site sports centre, gym, hair salon, and lifestyle assistance (concierge)
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Ability to purchase additional holiday

Health

• Private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee assistance programme, digital GP, on‑site physio and GP, prescription service, fertility treatment support

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.

Posted: 16 July 2026