Associate Principle Project Manager

Dyson Institute; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute in Malaysia is seeking an experienced Programme/Project Manager to lead cross‑functional project delivery. The role focuses on managing priorities, scope, resources, schedule and risks to meet business needs, using best‑practice PM tools and governance.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, drive continuous improvement, and potentially lead a small team including recruitment responsibilities. Dyson Institute values diverse minds and equal opportunity.

Qualifications

• In depth knowledge of Project Management principles, ideally supported by a recognised relevant qualification.
• Excellent communication and people management skills.
• Good knowledge of product development processes and relevant policies.
• Ability to lead a cross-functional team by setting a clear direction and managing delivery against an agreed schedule of activities.
• Demonstrate personal credibility in working with senior cross functional teams to ensure accurate project reporting is communicated clearly and concisely.
• Adept at managing project priorities to resolve conflict.
• Foresight to identify and tackle project risks.
• Good Commercial and Operational awareness to deliver to the project success criteria whilst pragmatically balancing the constraints of the business.
• Adaptable to align delivery approach with Dyson culture.

Responsibilities

• Manages project priorities, scope, resources, schedule and risks to assure predictable deliverable to the business needs.
• Define and implement business governance policies including project reviews to evaluate project maturity.
• May manage project budget and costs.
• Ensure efficient project communication within PLT as well as with key stakeholders to remove barriers, leverage effective relationships and resolve conflicts.
• Embed learning into continuous improvement activities to promote and improve best practices across functional colleagues as well as project team.
• Engage and enthuse project team to build a positive and committed team.
• May lead a team and be accountable for recruitment activities.
• Lead by example.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Commercial awareness

Education

Recognised project management qualification

Job description

About Us Leads a cross‑functional team to deliver a range of work packages across a single or multiple complex projects and / or functions. Requires detailed knowledge of Project Management principles and is able to apply them independently. Defines and manages all project components relating to Programme Management (e.g. Scope, Requirements, Schedule, Resources, Risks & Issues, Governance, Reporting etc). Ensures project information is live, consistent and accurate at all times and is substantiated by robust schedule and project risk information. Provides leadership to help project team resolve problems and drives the project team to follow PM best practice. Actively manages the adoption of cross‑functional alignment to PM tools and processes. Works closely with key stakeholders and business leaders to manage requirements and resolve complex problems. Manages continuous improvement activities and has a good understanding of analytical principles to enable them to be applied independently. Works largely independently with some strategic direction from Senior Manager.

About the Role Manages project priorities, scope, resources, schedule and risks to assure predictable deliverable to the business needs. Ensure use of best practice methods and tools to optimise project delivery and drive consistency across all teams and functions. Define and implement business governance policies including project reviews to evaluate project maturity. May manage project budget and costs. Ensure efficient project communication within PLT as well as with key stakeholders to remove barriers, leverage effective relationships and resolve conflicts. Embed learning into continuous improvement activities to promote and improve best practices across functional colleagues as well as project team. Engage and enthuse project team to build a positive and committed team. May lead a team and be accountable for recruitment activities. Lead by example.

About You In depth knowledge of Project Management principles, ideally supported by a recognised relevant qualification. Excellent communication and people management skills. Good knowledge of product development processes and relevant policies. Ability to lead a cross-functional team by setting a clear direction and managing delivery against an agreed schedule of activities. Demonstrate personal credibility in working with senior cross functional teams to ensure accurate project reporting is communicated clearly and concisely. Adept at managing project priorities to resolve conflict. Foresight to identify and tackle project risks. Good Commercial and Operational awareness to deliver to the project success criteria whilst pragmatically balancing the constraints of the business. Adaptable to align delivery approach with Dyson culture. 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.