Senior Program Manager

Location: Overland Park, United States of America

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Senior Program Manager

Salt Lake City, UT or Overland Park, KS (Hybrid)

Position Summary

Thales is looking for a Senior Program Manager with experience in development programs, leading programs that take a concept through prototype and production.  This position will report to the Director, of ATM Programs. He/she is responsible for managing the execution of assigned customer program(s) from sales handover through delivery of the final system and closure of commitment letter items. Responsible for the cost and schedule performance and risk management for assigned programs.

In this position, you will coordinate with internal Thales organizations, to communicate customer requirements and execute the program with technical accuracy, consistency and profitability as well as managing the communications and relations with customer/s.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Lead customer interactions for the project via direct customer interface
• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with decision-makers across functional organizations (Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Technical Publications, Manufacturing, Logistics and Ops Finance) to build and continuously improve process to ensure high quality, on-time delivery and ownership/accountability.
• By respecting the cost objective (assigned costs) and thus the margin, while trying constantly to reduce the costs, to manage the risks with caution and to take advantage of internal and external opportunities.
• Staffing, budget and plans defining for all aspects of the program, the timetable and workload, risks and opportunities. Manage the financial aspects of projects including costs, margin, cash and revenue
• Build project schedule and cost baseline and update project forecast regularly (at-least every month). Oversee project risks and related action plans.
• Ability to manage program details while maintaining a “big picture” view of the overall program. Organize the team and delegate the tasks to the individuals in charge of the work packages.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related and appropriate field of study with a minimum of 6-8+ years of relevant work experience or a Master’s degree in a related and appropriate of study with a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in the management of development programs - 3+ years of work experience in a technical delivery environment.
• Solid experience in project management with the US DoD or FAA.
• Proficient with PM tools – Confluence or equivalent, JIRA or equivalent, MS Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law. Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Special Position Requirements

• Travel: domestic and/or international travel to perform the essential functions of the position; 4 times / year.

If you’re excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following: 

• Elective Health and Dental plans. 
• Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period. 
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave. 
• Company provided Life Insurance.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

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