Software Engineering Manager

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Thales Group, Cheadle, Stockport

Full time
Permanent
Remote working

Posted today, 20 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: df921bdded994ad1bc465282076c11b3

Thales Group

Full Job Description

Ensure relevant department/product/project management plans are kept up to date and the correct level of governance is executed for the WP products/projects
Ensure SW development is performed in accordance with these plans and SSP Products Policy and fully engage in agile methodologies when applied
Liaise with Project Customers as required
Plan, coordinate and monitor the performance of the work, identify and manage risks during all the Work Package lifecycle until the closure
Capture and monitor metrics appropriate to each stage of the project's/product's lifecycle, and enact plans to continuously improve the project/product development
Review Engineering Forward Load in accordance with the strategic operational processes and maintain management view for resource/skill demands taking into account late breaking changes, and liaise with Software Team Leaders as appropriate
Contribute to bid activities with regard to estimates, PV scheduling and bid gate review inputs
Proactive in expanding your professional knowledge; seeking opportunities both within and outside of Thales to develop your professional knowledge in software, engineering and management
Develop necessary skills and experience through training (on the job, classroom, e-learning), mentoring and feedback
Encourage innovation of ideas as common practice encouraging new technology and techniques
Provide support to less experienced members of the team, ensuring they are performing to the correct procedures and are not struggling in their work
Lead by example and utilise the Thales Leadership model to create a high performing and culture and coaching environment
Delivery to timescales
Delivery to budget, including management of scope changes.
Delivery within quality KPIs as specified in project/product SDP.
Completion of bids in accordance with bid plans.
Refinement of processes and practices as a result of experience/feedback from work-package(s).
Actions taken in conjunction with software team leader(s) to develop staff allocated to work-package.
Performance against Thales key values

Good communication and inter-personal skills.
Effective personal organisation and an ability to remain composed and focused under pressure.
Organisational awareness, including customer and stakeholder management (internal & external) and negotiation.
Ability to demonstrate leadership, drawing on appropriate expertise to reach decisions that gain the support of stakeholders.
Self motivated, innovative and willing to exercise initiative.
Ability to work within a team under pressure.
Ability to engage and to develop members of the team.
Ability to delegate appropriately to make best use of resources.
Knowledge and proven application of engineering project delivery and processes across the full project lifecycle with cognisance of commercial impacts and for large scale programmes
Knowledge and experience of agile methodologies and practices
Experience of configuration control and change management
Experience of requirements management, software design and development
Experience of Integration and Verification activities
Experience of risk management
Experience of bid management and estimation techniques
Good understanding of current trends in software engineering development techniques and technologies

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.