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Senior Project Manager in Madrid

Thales

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Full-Time
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Job Description

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

With the massive surge of electronic travel documents and national eID cards, Thales Digital & Security is supporting border agencies, government authorities and airports to exploit technology convergence to gain consistent, comprehensive border, visa management and document verification worldwide,  that will:
  • Deliver seamless travel with border control applications
  • Offer convenience for travelers for fast and secure border crossing
  • Improve border intelligence for detection and prevention, including some of the most disruptive new technologies like biometrics, machine learning, or micro services.

We're currently looking for a Project Manager to join our team! You will manage the delivery of the customer's solutions and services in accordance with predefined time, quality and cost criteria and as per contract, as well as contribute in presales tasks: you will identify the customer's needs and support the pre-sales activity for the existing and new customers.

A week in the life of a Project Manager. Main tasks:

  • Be accountable for on-time, on budget and on quality of all projects aspects in accordance with customer contract.
  • Manage project risks and impacts during the project and communicate on them.
  • Be the main interface for the customer, delivery team and suppliers
  • Supervise and ensure quality of all deliverables part of the project (software, hardware, documentation, training, deployment,…) Implement the quality process according to in-house custom development rules
  • Build the master project plan and ensure that activities comply with contractual commitments
  • Capture, complete and validate the customers' requirements in the Solution Requirements Specification
  • Report project progress to Thales DIS management, customers' project managers and sponsors.
  • Setup project budget, track projects costs while maintaining profitability
  • Manage subcontracting deliveries and contract
  • Identify and support new business opportunities to existing customers.
  • Identify the customers' extra-needs during the project delivery and during the support & maintenance period to increase solutions and services upsales
  • Manage opportunities and change requests of Solutions and Services and coordinate offer preparation with the account manager
  • Identification and support to new business opportunities to existing customers.
  • Identify the customers' extra-needs during the project delivery and during the support & maintenance period to increase solutions and services upsales

Knowledge, Skills And Experience:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
  • +10 years experience in similar position.
  • Project management certification
  • Contract Management
  • Microsoft Project
  • Fluent English & Spanish (French would be a plus). Availability to travel.
  • Communication and Negociation skills. Crisis management
  • Basic knowledge in: cryptography, smartcard, personalization solutions, Coesys solutions

What do we offer?

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Intensive working days on Fridays and during August.
  • Remote-friendly - 2/3 days a week working from home.
  • Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarden).
  • Free coffee on-site!

Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

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. Great journeys start here, apply now!
 

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