Senior Engineering Manager - Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Engineering Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics. The successful candidate will initially undertake the role of Senior Engineering Manager for an entire business sector within Thales OME. This role is to lead, plan and manage the engineering delivery across multiple programmes within the Sea business sector and is part of the senior leadership team for the Sea business.
As the Senior Engineering Manager in the Sea business sector you will:
1. Form and support the multi-disciplinary engineering delivery teams to generate engineering solutions that meet the Customer needs.
2. Support the engineering delivery teams with day-to-day interventions on specific problems and issue management within the Sea business sector.
3. Produce the business sector strategy to ensure delivery of all engineering programs within the sector while meeting the required governance.
4. Work with the Director of the Sea business sector to define the organization and work breakdown required to deliver the programs.
5. Define the strategy for specific process, practice, and tool tailoring with the Head of Engineering Delivery to ensure successful delivery across all programs in the Sea business sector.
6. Oversee the engineering resourcing levels and work with the wider business to resolve any shortfalls and issues.
7. Chair regular Engineering Status Reviews for each project within the Sea business sector to monitor engineering delivery performance, identify resolution actions required, identify improvement areas required, and identify emerging risks.
8. Undertake a project Engineering Manager role for any projects or programs that require significant issue resolution.
9. Work with the Product Line Architect to identify re-use opportunities across projects and programs and contribute to the Product Roadmap.
10. Produce and coordinate succession planning with the functional discipline leads.
11. Act as the People Manager for the project Engineering Managers and provide feedback into the people manager reviews with the functional discipline leads.
The successful candidate will have an extensive background in engineering and engineering management on large programs with demonstrable experience in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. They will be highly customer-focused with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple parallel objectives.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following, aligned to the Thales Leadership Behavioral Model:
1. Acting with agility to ensure that the business objectives remain in focus.
2. Dealing with multiple strands of complexity to achieve business objectives.
3. Engaging with stakeholders to achieve a common goal.
4. Creating a competitive advantage by managing risk, identifying opportunities, and fostering continuous improvement.
5. Supporting the development of others to ensure continuous improvement for our customers.
This role will report to the Head of Engineering Delivery.
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