Senior Manager, PLM Programme & Change

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute in Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager for PLM Programme & Change to lead planning, coordination and business adoption activities enabling the PLM transformation roadmap. You will work with the PLM Business Product Owner, IT, implementation partners and stakeholders to ensure coordinated delivery and measurable value.

The role demands extensive experience in managing complex transformations, especially PLM/ERP, with a focus on governance, communications and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing business transformation, change management or programme delivery initiatives within a complex organisation.
• Experience delivering PLM, ERP or other enterprise transformation programmes.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders and managing programme governance across business and technology functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination and execution of PLM transformation initiatives and capability deployments.
• Maintain integrated programme plans, milestones, governance, risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate delivery activities across Engineering, DDIO, RDD IT, implementation partners and business stakeholders.
• Support governance forums through status reporting, decision support and programme communications.
• Establish repeatable programme and governance frameworks supporting future capability deployments.
• Define and execute change management and communication strategies supporting successful adoption of PLM capabilities.
• Assess organisational impacts and readiness requirements associated with transformation initiatives.
• Create clear and consistent communications that support stakeholder engagement, awareness and alignment.
• Develop readiness plans and mitigation strategies that prepare teams for upcoming changes.
• Drive continuous improvement of Dyson's change management and adoption practices.
• Lead development and execution of training strategies supporting PLM transformation.
• Lead the Technical Training capability and associated learning roadmaps.
• Ensure training materials, learning pathways and support resources meet organisational needs.
• Monitor training effectiveness and organisational capability development.
• Define adoption measures, success criteria, benefits realisation metrics and value outcomes.
• Monitor and report on user adoption, capability maturity and business outcomes.
• Identify barriers to adoption and coordinate improvement activities.
• Ensure PLM capabilities are embedded effectively into Product Development operations.

Skills

Programme Leadership

Change Leadership

Stakeholder Influence

Communication

Business Readiness

Job description

About us

Dyson's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy is transforming how product information, engineering processes and digital capabilities are managed across the Product Development organisation. As Teamcenter evolves into the authoritative system of record for product definition, engineering change, release governance and lifecycle traceability, successful transformation depends not only on technology delivery, but also on effective programme management, business readiness, adoption and capability development. The Senior Manager, PLM Programme & Change is responsible for leading the planning, coordination and business adoption activities that enable successful delivery of Dyson's PLM transformation roadmap. Working closely with the PLM Business Product Owner, Engineering Process Owners, RDD IT, implementation partners and business stakeholders, the role ensures PLM programmes are effectively coordinated, organisational impacts are managed, users are prepared for change, and new capabilities deliver measurable business value.

About the role

Programme Leadership, Governance & Delivery Lead planning, coordination and execution of PLM transformation initiatives and capability deployments. Maintain integrated programme plans, milestones, governance, risks and dependencies. Coordinate delivery activities across Engineering, DDIO, RDD IT, implementation partners and business stakeholders. Support governance forums through status reporting, decision support and programme communications. Establish repeatable programme and governance frameworks supporting future capability deployments.

Change Management, Communications & Business Readiness Define and execute change management and communication strategies supporting successful adoption of PLM capabilities. Assess organisational impacts and readiness requirements associated with transformation initiatives. Create clear and consistent communications that support stakeholder engagement, awareness and alignment. Develop readiness plans and mitigation strategies that prepare teams for upcoming changes. Drive continuous improvement of Dyson's change management and adoption practices.

Training, Learning & Capability Development Lead development and execution of training strategies supporting PLM transformation. Lead the Technical Training capability and associated learning roadmaps. Ensure training materials, learning pathways and support resources meet organisational needs. Monitor training effectiveness and organisational capability development.

Adoption & Benefits Realisation Define adoption measures, success criteria, benefits realisation metrics and value outcomes. Monitor and report on user adoption, capability maturity and business outcomes. Identify barriers to adoption and coordinate improvement activities. Ensure PLM capabilities are embedded effectively into Product Development operations.

About you

Professional experience Significant experience managing business transformation, change management or programme delivery initiatives within a complex organisation. Experience leading organisational change, business readiness and adoption activities. Experience delivering PLM, ERP or other enterprise transformation programmes. Experience developing communications, training and stakeholder engagement strategies. Experience coordinating stakeholders and managing programme governance across business and technology functions. Experience operating within engineering, product development or technology-enabled environments.

Critical leadership competencies

Programme Leadership: Delivers complex programmes through effective planning, governance, risk management and execution. Change Leadership: Designs and executes change strategies that enable sustainable organisational adoption and behavioural change. Stakeholder Influence: Builds alignment across diverse stakeholder groups through engagement, communication and credibility. Communication with Impact: Develops compelling, audience-appropriate communications that drive understanding, commitment and action. Business Readiness & Adoption: Ensures organisations, functions and individuals are prepared to successfully adopt new capabilities. Transformation Mindset: Understands how business, process, technology and organisational change combine to deliver successful transformation outcomes. Collaboration & Relationship Building: Creates effective partnerships across business, technical and delivery teams to achieve shared objectives. Judgement & Decision Making: Balances competing priorities and makes informed decisions in complex and evolving environments.

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.