About the role
AI summarisedThe Work Package Manager (WPM) at Thales manages and coordinates multi-disciplined teams across the full engineering design lifecycle to deliver assigned work packages. This role involves planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of work packages, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery of software-centric mission-critical systems in a safety-critical environment.
Aerospace & DefenseFull-timeGeneral
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Work Package Description
- Identify deliverables, milestones and interdependencies with other WP's
- Establish the schedule and the estimates based on a viable solution, and identify the necessary resources and their availability
- Initialise the risk and opportunity register and the work package baseline using the relevant key project tools
- Where applicable obtain commitments from suppliers
- Establish a detailed schedule which is aligned with the project master schedule working closely with PMO
- Define the cost structure, resource profiles, supplier selection and the relevant metrics to monitor the WP
- Write relevant plans within the WP scope
- Achieve the objectives of the Work Package and take the necessary management actions to correct any deviation from the baseline or objectives
- Ensuring the on time and within budget delivery of work package's deliverables
- Identifying and solving issues, managing the risks and opportunities and performing mitigation activities
- Change management including assessing the impact, and overseeing the creation of technical proposals, whitepapers, formal contract variations and internal change requests
Requirements
- Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or other relevant fields
- Project Management qualification and/or certification (PMBOK preferred)
- Previous experience in delivering software centric mission critical or high availability IT systems and networked computer infrastructure in a safety critical environment
- Understanding of Earned Value Management, Work Package Control and reporting, with exposure to scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera etc.)
- Financial / budgetary management of engineering work packages or tasks
- Advanced reporting and stakeholder management skills
- Strong customer engagement and negotiation skills
- Solid experience of leading and mentoring teams of 3-10 people
- Experience in negotiating with suppliers
- Collaboration tools including Jira, Confluence etc.
- Air Traffic Management domain expertise (Desirable)
- Network Engineering experience (Desirable)
- Be eligible for Security Clearance from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs (CAT2)
- Occasional international travel may be required