Team Manager Operational Analysis (OPAN)

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

Thales Netherlands develops advanced radar and combat management systems. The Systems Engineering department is responsible for the design of new products and for managing software and hardware development. OPAN is a specialized cross-segment team housed within Systems Engineering.

The members of OPAN provide in-depth knowledge and expertise to address issues characterized as New, Few, and Complex. It is a group of highly educated employees, many of whom hold PhDs. They do not always belong to the product organization and offer the independence and impartiality needed to address comprehensive system issues at an abstract level, both above and within the concrete product. This spans from Technical Readiness Level 1 to 9, from concept to customer.

OPAN provides a unique value to the TNL organization with indispensable operational analyses. It serves many internal and external customers through system knowledge, models, concept studies, and operational performance analyses of systems and complex chains.

We are currently looking for a team manager to lead the OPAN team.

About the job

We are looking for a team manager to lead this team of specialists in a motivating and inspiring way.  With your experience and knowledge, you are able to work closely with the team and ensure that they can perform their complex and diverse tasks efficiently and effectively.

The team consists of about 25 engineers and is working on multiple projects and studies across different product segments. As Team manager you are leading a “small” department and your primary tasks revolve around the performance of this department. Are there enough skilled people in your team to be able to meet the demand? Is your team prepared for the next challenges ahead? How do you retain knowledge when team members transfer to another part of the organization? You will work on capacity planning of your team, development and coaching of your team members, budget management of your team, and stay updated with respect to the status of your team’s expert areas to be able to initiate the necessary process improvements and changes.

You are part of the System Engineering Management Team and you will be reporting to the Head of Discipline System Engineering.

Why you'd be a good match

• Clear sense of how to leverage your personality, knowledge and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself;
• You will set the direction, provide energy and connect with your team;
• Good interpersonal and good communication skills towards stakeholders;
• Analytical and solution focused;
• Solid engineering background and you are familiar with system engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and verification principles;
• High level of creativity, initiative, pragmatism and persuasiveness;
• Experience in people management, team management and being able to understand the challenges a team of specialists is dealing with;
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

What's in it for you

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment;
• Freedom for initiative and good ideas;
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization;
• 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).

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