Project Manager

Location: Bristol, 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 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.

You’ll manage projects in the Space business contributing to the ambitious growth of Thales Alenia Space UK. You’ll provide direction and leadership to your teams to develop and deliver flight units or subsystems and to run studies or phase A projects for the Agencies (mainly UK Space Agency or European Space Agency).

Working closely with our transnational program teams, you’ll ensure closure of design engineering activities, production and testing to ensure a smooth transition through the bid stage, into the production phase and post-delivery assistance. The order of magnitude of the business that you will run is of several millions of pounds.

Day to day your role will include:

• Developing the relationships and managing the interface with the Customer (another TAS entity or an external Company ), the Prime (normally UKSA or ESA) and internal stakeholders.

• Providing leadership and strategic vision to the project team

• Reviewing and committing to project baselines, consolidating the schedule, and driving commitment to delivery dates

• Managing the costs, forecasts, risks, and opportunities of the project

• Providing consistent and accurate project reporting to both internal and external partners

• Identifying when support is needed for the team and obtaining it from the organization

What we’re looking for from you:

• Proven track record of successfully leading delivery of projects in either the space industry or a similarly complex industry (eg. Defence or aerospace)

• Experience of product development life cycle, and managing development/ delivery of new products

• Ability to manage complex project teams and organisational structures consisting of suppliers, external agencies, customers, other company entities

• Ideally, some experience of working with space agencies like the ESA, UKSA, or other country space agencies

• Ideally an engineering or product development background

What kind of person will succeed in this role?

We’re looking for you to be proactive and results oriented, confident and resilient to deal with problems, setbacks, and challenges. Ideally, you have a start-up mindset due to TAS UK’s fast growth. You will need to be a strong communicator and able to develop relationships with key customers and suppliers.

Location: Mainly in Bristol and occasionally in Harwell (Oxfordshire)

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