Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Location : Oxford, United Kingdom

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Together we offer fantastic 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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Working closely with the Engineering and Industrial teams in Harwell and Belfast, the successful candidate will be leading projects for satellites propulsion systems within Thales Alenia Space, and drive positive change in the organisation.

The role will include delivering projects and bids, and supporting sales in capturing future business opportunities.

This role is based primarily in Harwell, Oxfordshire; and will require visits to our Propulsion manufacturing centre in Belfast

An influential position; leading a team to deliver on our project commitments to time, quality and budget.

Your work and that of your team will ensure we deliver on our financial results.

Designing and executing your strategy for two key Propulsion Product Lines.

The purpose of this job is to ensure the successful development and delivery of one or more space propulsion projects.

It requires the excellent management of the relationships with internal and external customers, and the use of highly developed networking and influencing skills to ensure that TAS UK delivers the right project outcomes at the right time and to the right cost and quality.

The role also requires the identification and management of project management capabilities, and the application of best practices. This will involve providing coaching and direct support to less experienced project team members.

It also requires professional project management capabilities (that are founded on significant experience of managing complex projects) to be applied - giving rigour to change control, commercial awareness and stakeholder management.

Relationships must be built and maintained with the following

• Senior members of the Project Management community (e.g. other Portfolio / Programme / Project Managers)
• Senior members of the Engineering team;
• Finance;
• Bid Managers
• Capture Lead / Sales
• Product Line Manager
• PCC Director and Industrial Manager
• Programme Management Office

Liaison with other business functions, including Quality, Finance, Commercial, Legal, HR, IS / IT Quality, Health & Safety

• Deliver the key results and performance metrics for the projects, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash
• Lead the project team, including the provision of tools, direct coaching and your personal support to ensure they are motivated and equipped to be effective in their roles.
• 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,…