About the role

AI summarised

Thales is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex projects and expand strategic customer accounts. The role involves managing cross-functional teams from bid to operations, ensuring timely delivery, customer satisfaction, and business growth in a high-tech environment.

Aerospace & DefenseFull-timeGeneral

Key Responsibilities

Drive the successful transition from bid to project execution, ensuring timely delivery within scope, budget, and quality standards.
Define and maintain project baselines including requirements, execution plans, financial structures, and key decision data.
Project initialisation: identify key project stakeholders, establish project team, organise project structure and start-up project activities, and identify and allocate project requirements.
Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to meet project milestones, manage risks, and ensure quality outcomes.
Manage variation orders, legal and contractual obligations, ensuring compliance and proactive dispute/ issue resolution.
Lead project launch reviews, define execution baselines, and maintain alignment with stakeholders throughout delivery.
Conduct regular progress reviews with customers and senior management
Oversee a portfolio of strategic projects within an assigned customer account, ensuring consistent performance and alignment with business objectives.
Lead a small team of Project Managers and coordinate the project team between support functions (PMO, Legal, Procurement, Engineering, Services).
Deepen customer relationships to identify new opportunities, variation orders, and service offerings.
Act as a trusted advisor to the customer, representing Thales's capabilities and driving account growth.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Project Management or any relevant discipline.
Proven and effective leadership with a high level of interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to manage multi-disciplinary/multi-cultural teams across geographies and time zones.
Solid experience in project and programme management with at least 10 years of experience, ideally in a multi-national organisation and high-tech environment.
Basic project finance understanding.
Strong internal stakeholder management in a matrix organization.
Strong customer focus and external relationship management.
Organised and analytical, adept at working in a team environment and able to handle multiple priorities.
PMP Certification or equivalent (e.g. IPMA)
Self-motivated and comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization with a rapidly expanding customer base and new products
Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity to make informed project decisions.
Collaborative and has excellent time management and negotiation skills
Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities is essential
Results-oriented, autonomous and willing to work in a dynamic structure