Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

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.

Product Manager – RTE(Run Time Environment)

Based in Cheadle – travel approx. 40% to Templecombe and Crawley

Do you want to be a part of a team transforming a key pillar of the Thales UWS business critical to maximising naval days at sea for the RN and international navies?  Are you a goal-oriented person who can engage and contribute within multidisciplinary teams? Then look no further……..

What the role has to offer:

Working with key capabilities and innovative world beating technologyGreat opportunity for career developmentGreat opportunity to join a growing business where you can really add value

What can we offer you?

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

Performance Related BonusHalf day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pmPension Scheme28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) Life Cover24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing appEmployee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailersGym membership discounts

Our Opportunity

We have a really exciting opportunity for a Product Manager to join Thales Underwater Systems who provide technology to enhance and secure the future of our world leading Sonar Capability to UK and International Navies.

You will be responsible for managing and enabling a product Building Block (BB) based delivery approach, managing the development life cycle and delivery of the UWS RTE product into multiple UWS Sectors and projects.

You will work with the UWS Product Delivery Director to establish a strategy for a product based approach (including hardware and software), aligning goals and monitoring commonality across a suite of products in the UWS domain and then to move into execution to deliver to one or more UK and Export customer(s).

This role is likely to grow in scope and responsibility as UWS moves towards a more embedded product based delivery organisation across all sectors.

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; if not currently held it is expected that the post holder will undergo SC Clearance, please visit the UKSV website for further guidance

About You

You will have strong leadership, professional project management expertise, excellent stakeholder management, team building skills, and a proactive approach to identifying and managing risks and opportunities.

You will need a proven track record of delivering successful products or projects in a context relevant to Thales together with the following:-

Leading and managing multi-disciplinary teamsManaging customer and supplier relationshipsLeading the process of structuring and planning complex products or projects and the tailored deployment of best practice product or project controlsDirecting product or project activities with reference to the baseline and critical path, with a focus on proactive risk and opportunity management and controlling variance to time/cost/qualityProduct or project financial and contractual managementWorking across functional boundaries to achieve alignment and support for product or project objectivesDemand/business planning principles in a product or project context with a focus on the reliable forecasting of resource requirements (including critical skills) and working with adjacent functions to schedule those appropriatelyRepresenting products or projects through established governance, giving an evidence-based account of progress and distilling key risks/opportunities/support needed for Senior Management

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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.

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