Overview

Thales Stockport, England, United Kingdom

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Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters, and we offer flexibility to suit your needs (part time, job sharing, home working, or flexible start/finish times).

Head of S2076 IBP (In Board Process) – Based in Cheadle, Hybrid working 3 days in the office weekly.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of S2076 IBP capability releases into a number of programmes within a PCT envelope.
• Provide strategic direction across all campaigns and bids, aligned to the Sonar 2076 Product Roadmaps to maximise opportunities for growth.
• Establish the S2076 IBP Portfolio vision/strategy.
• Ensure the health, safety and general wellbeing of all team members (directly or matrix managed) is given the highest priority.
• Lead and coordinate internal and external stakeholder relationships; drive alignment within evolving product roadmaps.

What You Need to Know

• You will have a proven track record of delivering successful projects or a portfolio of projects in a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Experience Leading teams directly (up to 5 people) and in matrix (up to 50 people), including discipline and objective development, coaching, etc.
• Managing customer and supplier relationships.
• Leading the process of structuring and planning complex projects and tailoring deployment of best-practice project controls.
• Directing project activities with reference to baseline and critical path, with 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 in a project context focusing on resource forecasting and scheduling with adjacent functions.
• Representing projects through governance, providing evidence-based progress updates and highlighting risks/opportunities to Senior Management.
• Experience coaching junior Project Managers.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-site organisation.

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of the work, many roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held; if not, the successful applicant will need to obtain and maintain SC clearance prior to commencing employment. Visit the UK government guidance for further details. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years (in some circumstances a minimum of 3 years may be accepted with additional overseas checks).

About You

• You will have a proven track record of delivering successful projects or portfolios in a complex, multi-site organisation, and be able to work across functional boundaries.
• Experience leading teams directly and in matrix structures, including coaching and development.
• Experience in managing customer and supplier relationships.
• Strong ability to structure and plan complex projects and deploy best-practice project controls.
• Proficiency in managing baselines, critical paths, risks, opportunities, and variance control.
• Experience with project financial and contractual management.
• Ability to forecast resource requirements and coordinate with adjacent functions to schedule those resources.
• Experience presenting progress and risks to Senior Management and governance bodies.
• Experience coaching junior Project Managers.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-site organisation.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We offer market-leading training, development and experiences, with mentoring and coaching. We hire from within as our first priority, providing opportunities within a diverse global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matter, so we offer flexibility to suit your needs (part time hours, job sharing, home working, or flexible start/finish times). We support a working pattern that helps you reach your ambitions.

If you are interested in this role, we encourage you to have an informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity and inclusion. In line with Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity and eligibility to work in the UK; some vacancies may require full Security Clearance. For details of required evidence, refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting Agency.

At Thales we provide Careers, not only jobs. With 80,000 employees in 68 countries, mobility and career development opportunities are available across roles and regions. Thales UK is committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.

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