Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Manager

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
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.
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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.
Senior Project Manager
Based Glasgow - Hybrid working
Would you like to work for a new department that 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? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? Then look no further )
What can we offer you?
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Performance Related Bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
• 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

What the role has to offer:.

• Opportunity for personal growth and to influence within Thales
• Diverse role with exposure and visibility across the whole of Thales and international customers
• Opportunity to work in an exciting, dynamic and fast moving environment on this key project
• Working on leading edge technology

Our Opportunity
Thales Optronics and Missile Electronic (OME) have a really exciting opportunity for a Senior Project/Portfolio Manager to join the team in Glasgow.
You will be responsible for the delivery of a large International Project, where you will be taking the lead and ensuring successful delivery of this project where you will ensure effective liaison happens across a the project to ensure that best practice is being applied and that project management capability strengths and weaknesses are identified and managed.
You will also provide coaching and direct support to less experienced and less capable project managers ensuring high standards of rigour to change control, commercial awareness and stakeholder management is achieved
The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC) -For more information and guidance please visit the UKSV website
This role is based in Glasgow with 10% travel to Thales UK sites and some International travel
About You
You will have an extensive track record of delivering successful complex projects in contexts relevant to Thales and will have experience working in a complex, multidisciplinary, multi-site organisation together with the following:-

• Full business lifecycle management, including capture, qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies.
• A solid understanding of generic processes and techniques used to schedule project activities (for example; WBS, OBS, milestones, dependencies , EVM).Project Management process (including Change Control, Risk Management and Information Management), and project life cycle for complex projects through delivery of Development, Implementation, Closure and Support activity.
• The ability to directly successfully manage project teams (including the coaching of project managers).
• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to successfully manage change together with excellent negotiation skills with the ability to deal with customers, partners, suppliers and other parts of the business (stakeholder management skills).

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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