Senior Project Manager

Core Benefits:

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

Performance-related bonus

Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00

28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)

24 hours volunteering paid for

Private healthcare for couples

Pension scheme

Life cover

24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers

Gym membership discounts

You can read about some of our other benefits here: UK benefits | Thales Group

Optronics & Missile Electronics (OME)

We help forces to find the right information at the right time to make the right decision. For over 130 years we’ve proudly led the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial use. We cover three sectors: Air, Land and Sea.

Main Responsibilities:

Lead and motivate multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver complex engineered products and systems on time, to cost and quality.

Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal delivery functions, ensuring clear communication and trust throughout delivery.

Establish and maintain robust delivery strategies, schedules and baselines aligned to manufacturing, integration and operational milestones.

Drive proactive risk and opportunity management, ensuring issues are identified early and addressed effectively.

Provide clear programme updates at governance reviews, ensuring transparency of progress, challenges and required support.

Ideal Experience & Skills:

Proven experience delivering large‑scale engineered projects (e.g. systems integration, design and manufacture, infrastructure, in-service support).

Strong leadership capability with experience managing cross‑functional teams across engineering, industry, procurement and operations.

Excellent stakeholder management skills, including influencing customers and suppliers involved in tangible delivery.

Solid understanding of scheduling, baselines, project controls, risk management and financial/contractual oversight.

Strong communication, organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to work effectively in complex multi‑site environments.

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.

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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

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