We have a great opportunity in Thales Optronics and Missile Electronic (OME) for a Senior Project Manager to join the expanding team.

This is a really exciting opportunity to work closely with both internal and external customers

You will be responsible for a highly complex project or high value portfolio. You will liaise across the project to ensure best practice and that the project management capability strengths and weaknesses are identified and managed. You will also be providing coaching and direct support to less experienced project managers.

Exposure to a cutting-edge, diverse product offering and project portfolio in a growing industry

Opportunity to work in an exciting, dynamic and fast moving environment, Deliver the key results and performance metrics the projects, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash.

Management of a project team including the direct coaching and provision of assistance to less experienced / less capable project managers.

Creation of the initial Project Plan during the bid or "Demand" phase of the lifecycle through requirement capture, work definition, estimating and scheduling that will include all Milestones, activities, resources and any other feature that will require to be delivered.

Project Governance (the Gate and Stage Processes) over the bid and project delivery activities to ensure project, technical, procurement and support processes are applied and are effective in controlling risks.

Ensure all business planning and reporting is published in accordance with Business directives e.g. Project Management reviews (PMR), Business Operations Report (BOR) and On Time Delivery (OTD).

Drive Quality, Cost & Delivery performance through close working with other functions.

Manage all project stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established and maintained.

We are looking for a fully established Senior Project Manager with an extensive track record of delivering successful complex projects in the Naval or other defence sectors.

Full business lifecycle management, including capture, qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies.

Comprehensive understanding of generic processes and techniques used to schedule project activities (for example; WBS, OBS, milestones, dependencies , EVM).

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)