Thales

Programme Manager, Software and Cyber

Thales

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Responsible for the successful delivery of a major strategically significant element of the MSET Programme
  • Overall person in charge for all aspects of delivery and responsible for achieving project objectives to the satisfaction of both the customer and Thales
  • Deliver availability to the Royal Navy fleet of vessels and manage relationships with internal and external key stakeholders
  • Overall accountability for key operational and financial indicators (Quality, Cost, Delivery, gross margin, cash)
  • Ensure integrity of project governance and information, robust business planning and risk management
  • Ensure Lessons Learned Management is applied and capture lessons from other projects
  • Lead mobilisation and development of a new strategic service offering for Thales UK to Full Operating Capability
  • Lead development, coordination and sponsorship of people, process, tooling, data and governance changes to cement a resilient and effective operating model
  • Lead customer engagement and performance management for a large value programme
  • Coordinate a cohesive and efficient ‘One Thales’ service delivery spanning 5 geographic locations, 3 business units, multiple functions and a complex and fragmented customer stakeholder network (DE&S, SDA, Royal Navy, BAES)

Requirements

  • Proven track record of delivering successful software and/or cyber agile projects and/or a portfolio of projects in a context relevant to Thales
  • Leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams
  • Managing customer and supplier relationships
  • Leading the process of structuring and planning complex projects and the tailored deployment of best practice project controls
  • Directing project activities with reference to the baseline and critical path, with a focus on proactive risk and opportunity management and controlling variance to time/cost/quality
  • Project financial and contractual management
  • Working across functional boundaries to achieve alignment and support for project objectives
  • Demand/business planning principles in a project context with a focus on the reliable forecasting of resource requirements and scheduling
  • Representing projects through established governance, giving an evidence-based account of progress and distilling key risks/opportunities/support needed for Senior Management
  • Experience with coaching junior Project Managers
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, team building skills, and proactive risk/opportunity identification
  • Security Clearance (SC) required; successful applicant must undergo, achieve and maintain SC prior to commencing employment
  • To be eligible for full SC, generally must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years (minimum 3 years in some circumstances)
  • Must provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment/education history for up to three years (Baseline Security requirements)