Dyson Farming is a family-owned business with a vision to benefit future generations through a commitment to commercially viable and environmentally sustainable food production at scale. We strive to be industry leaders in efficient, carbon-neutral, high-technology agriculture, employing highly skilled, pioneering people and supported by research and development in partnership with our sister company, Dyson. We see the future of agriculture as an exciting opportunity to improve the nation's food security, health, and economic growth.
This role could be based at our Oxfordshire office in Newbury, onsite at our head office in Nocton, or from our parent company's head office in Malmesbury.
Requirements
* Partner with stakeholders across the business to effectively identify, manage, and deliver a range of IT, Systems, and Finance projects on time, within budget, and to scope.
* Maintain integrated project plans, highlighting key dependencies.
* Identify appropriate resources required and develop a project or programme plan to achieve the vision/brief.
* Report weekly or as required, and create management dashboards about project progress, risks, challenges, actions, solutions, and results.
* Manage project-level risks, actively identifying mitigations and escalating where appropriate.
* Identify and communicate the need, obtain sponsorship from senior leaders, and develop briefs, scopes, and objectives.
* Lead senior stakeholders across the business to converge and agree on the right approach to business and technical problems.
* Partner with senior stakeholders to prepare them for business change, including impact analysis, communication, training, stakeholder management, business readiness, and benefits tracking.
* Build robust business cases where expenditure is required and present to appropriate steering committees or decision-makers.
* Manage changes in project scope, costs, resources, and timing within the framework of governance and change control processes.
* Lead effective project or programme teams to deliver successful business outcomes.
Person Specification
* At least 5 years of experience in a project management role, with expertise in systems/IT and/or finance projects.
* Excellent project and change management skills using methodologies such as Prince 2, APM, APMG, or Lean.
* In-depth knowledge of all stages of the project lifecycle, including business case development and project mobilisation.
* Proven success in operating within complex organisations.
* Experience building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management.
* Confident communication skills, capable of interacting with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Critical Competencies
* Strong communication and people skills to lead organisational change.
* Ability to manage complex issues simply and articulate effectively to senior stakeholders.
* Results-driven, resilient, with a proactive, accountability-focused approach.
* Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
* Role model the company's values and foster them within the team.
* Effective decision-maker, comfortable with change and ambiguity, capable of acting without having the complete picture.
Benefits
* 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Life assurance
* Pension scheme
* Enhanced family-friendly policies
* Charitable giving via payroll (Give as You Earn)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free annual flu jab
* Free eye tests
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to product discounts
* Organised social events
* Free parking
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