Project Manager - Tiger Team

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About Naval NL

Naval Netherlands develops, manufactures and integrates mission and radar solutions for the defense market. These products, solutions and services enable our customers to perform their task of keeping/making the world a safe place.

We're experiencing significant growth in our Naval business due to the several changes within the world. This presents an exciting opportunity for us to think big, collaborate, and drive success together as per Thales slogan: Think big, Make it happen, Together.

The main location of Naval is Hengelo (NL).

About your future job

To manage the challenges in our Bids & Projects, we need a very stable, above average, maturity in project management skills and competences.

For our organization we are looking for a senior project manager who will act as a “Tiger” for the Project Management discipline. The Tiger provides support to the team of project managers and work package managers by supporting the introducing of new methodologies, artefacts etc. The Tiger may also provide mentoring on request of projects and may support teams in solving project issues by guiding them to through the right processes and steps to resolve their issues. Under all circumstances the Tiger is not supposed to take over the work but rather work on development of skills and competences of the team by being the example.

In exceptional cases the Tiger can be asked to take up operational work for a short period of time; think on 2-3 months as a maximum.

The Tiger will functionally report to Director Bid & Projects and operationally to the Head of Discipline Project Management.

Why you'd be a good match

We are searching for a senior project manager;

• With at least 10-15 years of (hands-on) experience in complex project management
• Proven track record of successful implementation of project + organizational changes
• With In-depth knowledge of all relevant project management skills and competences and preferably including development projects; think on risk & opportunity management, scheduling, earned value management, setting and defining baselines, etc. etc.
• Having strong leadership skills
• Stakeholder management on all levels of (senior) (international) management
• Coaching skills
• Who is structured and very patient to help projects and projects managers again and again
• Who as the seniority and authority to point other in the right direction
• Who has excellent interpersonal skills
• Is fluent in English and preferably Dutch

What's in it for you

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas.
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills.
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe.
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.
• You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it.
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.
• 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

Level of Responsibility - LR 10 VKG 80

Interested?
Reach out for more information to our Talent Acquisition Partner Gerlof Jan Heck, via [email protected] or +31 (0) 638697390.
Would you like to apply directly? Then click on the link to show your interest.

An assessment could possibly be part of the procedure.

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