Claims and Performance Manager

About The Role:

We are seeking a  suitable candidate for a 6-month fixed term role in our Claims and Performance team at Dyson. The incumbent will work closely with our Commercial, Research, Design, and Development (RDD), Regulatory, and Legal teams to develop appropriate test methods and capability that support our claims ambitions, using labs within and outside of Dyson. They travel to supervise consumer trials and are involved in novel research with contract and academic partners to evidence new claims, ensuring that Dyson can defend all its performance claims, treading the line between compelling claims that sell products and differentiate us from our competitors, whilst having persuasive, comprehensive data to support advertising. They conceive and execute novel research with contract and academic partners to evidence new claim avenues.

We're committed to our campus culture and don’t look to offer a regular hybrid working arrangement. This helps us to achieve the spirit of Dyson – collaboration, creativity, and inventiveness – in our inspiring, social, and dynamic workspaces.

As a Claims and Performance Manager at Dyson, you will ensure that we have robust and durable scientific evidence before making any statements about our product performance to the world, with a focus on new products in our beauty category.

Your responsibilities include overseeing claims, methods, testing, and evidence for one or more Dyson product categories. You will develop claim substantiation strategies, collaborate with RDD to fine-tune product specifications and validate test methods.

Additionally, you will represent Dyson at international standards working groups, assist local market teams in designing region-specific research, and coach commercial managers on advertising requirements. Identifying new endorsement opportunities, commissioning external test houses, and delivering accurate reports will be part of your role. You will also provide technical expertise in legal discussions and represent Dyson as an expert witness.

About you:

• Degree-qualified scientist with 5+ years' experience in personal care and household care testing and claims
• Highly technical, understanding the impact of regulations and test metrics on advertising claims
• Analytical with strong numeracy skills, able to scrutinize claims and identify potential challenges to the validity of Dyson's advertising
• Demonstrates the ability to design, organize, and execute comprehensive test plans that consider multiple variables and complex technical factors.
• Possesses a strategic mindset to ensure all relevant scenarios, potential risks, and dependencies are accounted for, enabling robust validation of products, processes, or claims.
• Provides clear and well-documented risk assessments to the business, particularly in relation to technical data and claims substantiation strategy. Proactively identifies potential risks, communicates their impact, and advises on mitigation plans to support informed business decision-making.
• Strategic thinker, identifying opportunities for new test methods and concepts that benefit our product categories and influence industry standards
• Ability to connect internal technical developments, standards, and legal challenges
• Engaging, influential, and professional communicator, capable of challenging opinions and providing clarity to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent organizer, planner, and self-starter, adept at prioritization and communication across all business levels
• Ideally, experience and knowledge of domestic appliances
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Willingness to relocate as the role may require global mobility

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.