Head Of Cyber Security Product Management

About Us

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 is 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.

Our Cybersecurity team

It’s no secret that our intellectual property is massively critical to our success. But did you realise that Dyson owners are all over the world trusting us to keep their data safe too? So how do we protect the valued owners of Dyson products, our suppliers, our staff, and our partners? Dyson’s Global Cyber Security department provides round the clock protection with teams of dedicated security professionals together with advanced products that we continue to iterate on to ensure contiguous coverage in every aspect of our business.   

Cybersecurity at Dyson follows a product model, where we have public services that all of our stakeholders consume and adhere to. This ensures that all those we work with know what to expect from us, and how to work effectively with cybersecurity at the centre of their activities. This is a continuing area of development that the whole cybersecurity team is focused on creating. We are working hard to leverage curtting-edge technology, including LLMs and AI to automate processes so that our team can focus on getting good data and ensuring that we have clear visibility of everything that is happening through the entire value chain and can react at a moments notice anywhere in the world. 

Our cybersecurity team is a geographically diverse group with one clear mission, Keep Dyson’s secrets, secret. That means we have a world-class cyber defence capability, including a global SOC, dedicated engineering teams that work hand-in-glove with IT to ensure comprehensive coverage of every system, every project from inception, celebrating go-live, and strong lifecycle engagement so that we can meet our internal and external responsibilities. 

About Us

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 is 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.

Our Cybersecurity team

It’s no secret that our intellectual property is massively critical to our success. But did you realise that Dyson owners are all over the world trusting us to keep their data safe too? So how do we protect the valued owners of Dyson products, our suppliers, our staff, and our partners? Dyson’s Global Cyber Security department provides round the clock protection with teams of dedicated security professionals together with advanced products that we continue to iterate on to ensure contiguous coverage in every aspect of our business.  

Cybersecurity at Dyson follows a product model, where we have public services that all of our stakeholders consume and adhere to. This ensures that all those we work with know what to expect from us, and how to work effectively with cybersecurity at the centre of their activities. This is a continuing area of development that the whole cybersecurity team is focused on creating. We are working hard to leverage curtting-edge technology, including LLMs and AI to automate processes so that our team can focus on getting good data and ensuring that we have clear visibility of everything that is happening through the entire value chain and can react at a moments notice anywhere in the world.

Our cybersecurity team is a geographically diverse group with one clear mission, Keep Dyson’s secrets, secret. That means we have a world-class cyber defence capability, including a global SOC, dedicated engineering teams that work hand-in-glove with IT to ensure comprehensive coverage of every system, every project from inception, celebrating go-live, and strong lifecycle engagement so that we can meet our internal and external responsibilities.

About the role

The Cyber Security Head of Product Management is focused on standardising our internal cybersecurity capabilities and providing them as easy-to-consume services to the wider business. They will ensure that our services meet and exceed expectations to the business and external and internal stakeholders. It is suited for an experienced technology delivery expert with a keen focus on realising transformational business outcomes. They have direct line management of a team of product managers, and program management staff who are accountable for the entire lifecycle of our cybersecurity services and platforms from product ideation, requirement definition, engineering backlog, through to operational targets, and retirement. The Head of Product Management is expected to bring together product management and the programme delivery office within Cybersecurity to take on direct management of large Cyber transformation programmes (including global Cyber Fusion Centre, SOC, shift lead transition, etc) for both globally, including coordination and collaboration with other IT pillars for delivering joint success outcomes.

In addition to ongoing execution in a rapidly changing environment, the Head of Product Management is responsible for the Dyson Cybersecurity PMO setting up and maintaining a high quality project management methodology (both Agile and Waterfall - depending on project). They also ensure all aspects of change (both business and technical) are managed and implemented through the lifecycle each project working with other IT teams and business functions as necessary.

Key accountabilities

Product, Programme, project portfolio management and delivery

• Work together with the Cyber Security Leadership Team and Internal customers including R&D, IT, and markets, to build a "service led” cybersecurity capability and maintain  detailed programme plan to deliver all Cyber projects with up to a 3 year horizon.
• Create a robust “virtuous cycle” of operational challenges, new capability introduction, internal customer demand, and global compliance requirements to ensure that a product roadmap is continuously maintained providing a clear picture of the cybersecurity posture and future to all stakeholders
• Set up and maintenance of a standard project management methodology
• Ensure Cyber programmes and projects are structured ,well planned and executed
• Manage the key interdependencies within the Cyber and Group IT roadmap BAU releases and those external to Group IT
• Works with Global IT Head of Programme Management to manage changes in road map direction, scope,costs, resources and timing
• Provide direction for all project risks and issues ensuring effective mitigations and resolutions are in place escalating in project governance where necessary.
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure cost effective and high quality delivery across all projects

Governance and stakeholder management

• Ensure all projects are clearly defined with assumptions and success criteria agreed with stakeholders in the setup.
• Define pragmatic but robust project governance across the portfolio
• Provide direction for all programmes and large projects including escalation path for all risks and issues.
• Oversee Programme Manager to ensure programmes have the appropriate level of Stakeholder sponsorship and engagement
• Ensuring IT Governance and Cross Pillar Support is maintained throughout Programme lifecycle.
• Ensure quality of business cases created for projects in close partnership with Business Stakeholders.
• Oversee the Capex & OPEX budget for Cyber BAU services and projects, and report monthly to Group Finance and Global IT Head of Programme Management.

Team Leadership

• Line management of a team of Product Managers.
• Line management of a team of Project Managers practicing DSDM/AgilePM and PRINCE2 waterfall delivery.
• Take personal accountability for quality and accuracy of Cyber project management performance and deliverables. Do not accept ‘average’ or ‘Ok’, only excellence is acceptable
• Use predefined template to map out development goals with each member of the team in addition to their yearly objectives. Ensure these are tracked closely with regular structured 1:1s providing coaching and supervised work activities where appropriate.

About you

• Strong strategic background with an ability to synthesize large programs of work into a product strategy
• Change Management experience with strong cross-org communication skills
• Good knowledge of programme and project management methods including DSDM/Agile PM and PRINCE2.
• A proven record in IT/Cyber transformation programme delivery. Ideally gained in strategic complex projects for large organisations.
• In depth knowledge and experience of all stages of the project and programme lifecycle, including development of business cases, mobilisation of programmes.
• Ability to develop a strong programme team, potentially across multiple organisations and locations.
• Budget management and financial reporting.
• Business case development and benefit realisation.
• Experience in leading complex and large value tender/vendor selections.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills(both verbal and written).
• Ideally, you are Six Sigma trained and certified
• Ideally, you have both a technical degree and a business degree

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