PMO Project Manager

About Thales

Thales is a global leader in high technology, specializing in three business sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly €4 billion annually in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, internal academies, and communities
• An inclusive, supportive environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

The Gennevilliers Campus is the heart of design, development, and support activities for major defense systems: radiocommunications, resilient networks and infrastructure systems, satellite communications, collaborative combat, and cybersecurity. Located north of Paris, it is easily accessible by public transport.

The Strategic Networks & Infrastructure (RIS) sector is the prime contractor and integrator of resilient networks offering a high level of service quality, security, and guaranteed availability during crises, even in cases of force majeure.

Reporting to the Head of the Project Office, your objective is to actively contribute to the management of an RIS Project. You will act as the coordinator for the project PMOs. You will also serve as the PMO for Costs, Structuring and Planning, Risks, Reporting, and Document Management.

You will participate in updating decision-support data for project and lot management. To do this, you will work closely with the Project Manager (PM) and the Work Package Managers (WPM).

Your role:

• You will provide expertise in project management in accordance with the Thales framework, adjusted for the project.
• You will collect progress information from the work packages and participate in consolidating a project management schedule in Primavera.
• You will be responsible for managing the remaining work.
• You will update and consolidate data in the Risks & Opportunities register.
• You will prepare baselines.
• You will produce data for various reports.

Throughout the project, you will ensure the validity, consistency, and relevance of the project's reference data. You will be a central player in the project's success through your control, analysis, and data alerting capabilities. Your role as functional manager for the project PMO team is crucial for the project.

Your profile:

• Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a PMO.
• Experience in functional management.
• Coordination skills, service orientation, interpersonal skills, and diplomacy.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as MSProject, Primavera, PMBI, GIRO.
• Recognized for your autonomy, rigor, organization, and synthesis skills.
• Operational English.

Do you see yourself in this role? Don't hesitate, apply!

Thales, a company committed to disability inclusion, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our greatest asset. Apply and join us.

As the position may require access to information classified as national defense secret, the selected candidate will undergo an vetting procedure in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the French Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.