For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defense and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems´ security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Airspace Mobility Solutions team in Portugal. You will play a key role in delivering projects that support innovative air traffic management solutions, working closely with customers and global teams to ensure successful project execution.
Curious about the solutions you will be working on? Watch how Thales is shaping the future of Air Traffic Management.
Responsibilities:Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards while meeting customer satisfaction and financial objectives;
Coordinate cross-functional teams, subcontractors, and global engineering teams to ensure successful project execution;
Build strong relationships with customers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and contractual compliance;
Monitor project performance, manage risks and mitigation plans, and ensure compliance with Thales Project Management governance;
Identify opportunities for process improvement and business growth;
Support bid and proposal activities by contributing to competitive, high-quality project plans aligned with Thales governance.
Requirements:
Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or a related field.
5 years of minimum experience as Project Manager or Bid Manager;
Strong knowledge of project management and systems engineering, with experience in project planning, risk, procurement and financial management;
Proven leadership, stakeholder management and cross-functional team coordination skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a dynamic environment;
Professional proficiency in English and availability to travel;
IPMA or equivalent certification (nice to have).
The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realize individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.
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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our
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Tiago Vital – Talent Acquisition Partner
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Skills Required
- Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or related field.
- Minimum 5 years experience as Project Manager or Bid Manager.
- Strong knowledge of project management and systems engineering.
- Experience in project planning, risk, procurement and financial management.
- Proven leadership, stakeholder management and cross-functional team coordination skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Professional proficiency in English and availability to travel.
- IPMA or equivalent certification.
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
