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PMO Manager

Thales Group, Bristol

PMO Manager

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Thales Group, Bristol

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 3 days ago, 28 Mar | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 5e85262945d74270b1859d8ef33a76c8

Full Job Description

  • You will be joining at the initial project stages and will be able to establish and lead project control disciplines
  • Great career development opportunities
  • You will be joining a friendly new & emerging team. They are based across the UK and NL, working across the Crawley, Bristol and Hengelo sites. You will be working closely with the Project Manager within a mission systems team, delivering bids and projects to the customer., Thales AWS (Above Water Systems) have an exciting opportunity for a PMO Manager to join the Project Management Team providing specialised Project Controls support including the provision of accurate, integrated and meaningful bid and / or project planning and reporting.
    • You will be responsible for ensuring that best practice Project Controls are deployed across bids and projects and that data from those Controls are interpreted and clearly presented as actionable information for Project Leadership and Senior Management decision making. In particular, the role holder will ensure that all Projects have a robust Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Performance Management Baseline (PMB). As a PMO Manager this will involve leading a team; balancing workload, delegating effectively, creating a strong culture of continuous improvement, innovating where appropriate, challenging the status quo and proactively identifying potential issues prior to them becoming detrimental to project performance.,
  • Providing specialised Project Controls leadership support including the provision of accurate, integrated and meaningful bid and / or project planning and reporting.
  • Ensuring best practice Project Controls are deployed across bids and projects in accordance with the defined Thales processes and that data from those Controls is interpreted and clearly presented as actionable information for decision-making. In particular, you will ensure that all Projects have a robust Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Performance Management Baseline (PMB).
  • Leading and line managing a team; balancing workload, delegating effectively, creating a strong culture of continuous improvement, innovating where appropriate, challenging the status quo and proactively identifying potential issues prior to them becoming detrimental to project performance. You will also be allocating Project Control resources, carefully balancing demand with capacity and relative priorities.
  • Identifying trends, analysis of variances and recommending appropriate corrective actions.
  • Ensuring a strong focus on proactive risk and opportunity management, including identification and support to the resolution of cross-portfolio risks/issue themes.
  • Establishing and operating an appropriate business rhythm/drumbeat E.g. ETC Reviews, Schedule Reviews, Risk Reviews, Reporting Activities. As well as this, consolidate reports, ensuring that reports are issued in a timely manner, and the facilitation of Project reviews.

    You will have a strong track record of successfully designing, deploying, operating and/or improving the full range of Project Controls in a context relevant to Thales.
    • You will have a solid understanding of advanced Project Control techniques E.g. Earned Value Management and Schedule Risk Analysis, with experience of deploying these techniques for more senior positions. You will be able to build strong relationships with key stakeholders in complex environments and working across functional boundaries.

    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., 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.

    We 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

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