Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.
Location: Cheadle (Hybrid working: 3 days per week onsite, based on full-time hours)
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Under Water Systems (UWS) business.
In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex software and cyber development projects within the M-SET portfolio, with a particular focus on the evolution and delivery of RTE capability and related software products.
Working within an Agile environment, you will be responsible for delivering projects to agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality, and customer requirements. You will collaborate closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Owners, Solution Architects, and Software Delivery Teams to ensure successful delivery aligned to programme objectives and product strategy.
This role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, governance, planning, and risk management skills, alongside a solid understanding of Agile software development practices.
What we offer
- The opportunity to work on innovative, world-class technology
- A strong platform for career development and growth
- The chance to make a meaningful impact within a growing business
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of complex software and cyber projects throughout the project lifecycle
- Develop and maintain delivery plans aligned to programme objectives and commitments
- Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, and project performance
- Drive delivery across multidisciplinary teams in an Agile environment
- Manage dependencies, risks, issues, and opportunities
- Provide clear governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement
- Work closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to develop, maintain and execute product roadmaps, ensuring alignment between capability evolution, programme priorities and delivery plans
Skills & Experience
You will bring significant project leadership experience within a software delivery environment, including:
- Proven experience delivering complex software development projects
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and sprint-based delivery
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organisation
- Demonstrable capability in managing project cost, schedule, risk, and performance
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience working in customer-facing delivery environments
Under Water Systems (UWS)
Our purpose is to be the leading provider of underwater sensors and decision superiority, helping navies across the world keep our friends, families and all of us safe. We cover four sectors: Mine Counter Measures, Anti-Submarine warfare, Services and Future Capabilities.
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 you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. 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.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.
If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.
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Skills Required
- Significant project leadership experience within a software delivery environment
- Proven experience delivering complex software development projects
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and sprint-based delivery
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organisation
- Demonstrable capability in managing project cost, schedule, risk, and performance
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience working in customer-facing delivery environments
- Must be a UK national
- Must achieve and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC) without caveats before commencing employment
- Generally must have resided in the UK for the last five years, although three years may be accepted in some circumstances
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.
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