Principal/Associate Principal Engineer - Product Lifecycle Management (Teamcenter) Business Product Owner
About the role
Own the strategic vision, roadmap, and business value realization for the Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform.
Act as the primary business representative and decision-maker for PLM capabilities, ensuring alignment with Dyson's engineering, product development, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory objectives.
Partner with engineering, RDD, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and digital technology teams to define and deliver PLM enhancements.
Champion standardisation and simplification, reducing process complexity and unnecessary system customisation.
Support major transformation initiatives, including Teamcenter upgrades, cloud adoption, integration programmes, and operating model changes.
Ensure effective integration between Teamcenter and adjacent business systems including CAD, ERP, MES, Requirements Management, and collaboration platforms.
Drive user adoption through effective change management, training, communication, and stakeholder engagement activities.
Maintain a strong focus on regulatory compliance, data integrity, governance, configuration control, and digital thread objectives.
About you
Deep understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) principles, processes, and industry best practices.
Strong knowledge of Teamcenter capabilities, data models, workflows, change processes, and product structures.
Understanding of engineering product development lifecycles from concept through production and service.
Experience with configuration management, change control, BOM management, and design release processes.
Familiarity with CAD-to-PLM integration environments (e.g., NX, Creo, CATIA).
Strong ability to balance short-term operational needs with long-term platform strategy.
Strong commercial awareness and understanding of cost, value, risk, and return on investment.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
Ability to align global cross-functional teams around common objectives and outcomes.
Strong facilitation and workshop leadership capabilities.
Experience engaging senior leadership and presenting strategic recommendations.
Strong understanding of digital transformation programmes and organisational change management.
Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives spanning process, technology, and people.
Experience defining business cases, benefits realisation plans, and success measures.
Strong risk management and governance capabilities.
Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
Understanding of data governance, master data management, and digital thread concepts.
Ability to assess process efficiency and identify improvement opportunities.
Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
Customer-focused mindset with an obsession for user value and adoption.
Highly collaborative and able to build trust across diverse functions.
Comfortable operating in complex, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving environments.
Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for business audiences.
Experience as a Product Owner, Business Product Owner, PLM Lead, or PLM Process Owner.
Experience delivering Teamcenter upgrade, transformation, or cloud migration programmes.
Experience within consumer products, advanced engineering, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, medical device, or similar complex product development environments.
Experience managing globally distributed stakeholder groups and delivery teams.
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.