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Project Manager

Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Hybrid working arrangement: 3 days per week on site (based on full time hours)

Working hours: Full time or part time hours available

We are looking for a Project Manager. In this role you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of complex projects that are critical to our customers and the business. You’ll take end-to-end ownership of project performance, managing multi-disciplinary teams, engaging with customers and suppliers, and ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality targets.

Core Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
  • 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
  • 24 hours volunteering paid for
  • Private healthcare (grade dependent)
  • Pension scheme
  • Life cover
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
  • Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
  • Gym membership discounts

You can read about some of our other benefits here: UK benefits | Thales Group

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We help forces to find the right information at the right time to make the right decision. For over 130 years we’ve proudly led the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial use. We cover three sectors: Air, Land and Sea.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Lead and motivate project teams to deliver against scope, schedule and quality expectations.
  • Establish robust project baselines, forecasts and execution strategies.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
  • Drive performance through effective KPIs, PMO practices, risk management and change control.
  • Represent the project through governance reviews and ensure compliance with internal processes.

Ideal Experience & Skills:

  • Proven experience delivering complex projects, ideally in engineering or manufacturing environments.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to guide multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Excellent stakeholder and relationship-management skills.
  • Solid understanding of planning, forecasting, financials, risk and opportunity management.
  • Strong communication, organisational and analytical capability in complex environments.

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.

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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’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: UKSV website

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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.

If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.

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Skills

Project management
Leadership
Stakeholder management
Risk management
Financial management
Planning
Forecasting
Change control
Governance
Engineering
Manufacturing
Communication
Analytical skills
Organizational skills
Multi-disciplinary team management

Location

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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