TechnicalEngineering Project Manager (PMP)

Position Summary

Austin Hybrid

As a Project Manager for the Identity and Biometrics Solutions team you will deliver solutions that meet external customer requirements and Thales commitments. Your role will directly contribute to internal and external customer satisfaction which is key for business growth.

The Project Manager manages and coordinates internal (Control Account Managers Work Package Managers developers engineers etc.) and external (customers suppliers sub-contractors partners etc.) dedicated teams by involving the following associated teams: Sales finance contract management etc.

In this role you will directs the project activities (including those relating to risks & opportunities) to ensure projects are delivered on-time within budget satisfy technical requirements and meet customer expectations. This responsibility is exercised from signature of the contract through to the project completion period in terms of organization time frame workload budget etc.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Must have U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain the post-hire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Justice.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Establish and update project requirements baseline in a collaborative work with the Bid Manager and the Capture Leader

• Establish and update project execution baseline (project structure work package description partners and supplier contractual data management plans costs budgets and financial structure resourced schedule risks and mitigations)

• Lead the project launch review and involves all stakeholders: project team Management Plan and associated documents (WBS OBS schedule budget allocations) industrial scenario project charter team charter

• Manage legal and contractual requirements including handling disputes

• Conduct regular progress review meetings reporting the project progress to the company senior management

• Close the project (archiving of documents closing of the expenditure authorizations) by capitalizing and sharing on enterprise experience (lessons learnt)

• Must coordinate across teams for prioritization resource allocation risk identification and mitigation and issue resolution

• Responsible for monitoring project variances; preparing EAC (Estimate at Completion) review slides and presenting to management.

• Present monthly project dash board with project financials project KPIs like variance and contingencies

• Drive the project to ensure customer satisfaction by meeting deadlines quality specifications and project profitability

• Lead customer interactions for the project

• Build project schedule and cost baseline and update project forecast regularly (at-least every month)

• Work closely with the PM Team Manager Engineering IT Security and Operations ensuring clear communication business based prioritization and definition of precise scope and planning

• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with decision-makers across operations groups (PMO Procurement Supply Chain Data Center Quality Software Development and Validation Manufacturing Logistics and Ops Finance) to build and continuously improve process to ensure high quality and on-time delivery

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or similar field and PMP certification

• 5 years of experience in technical/ engineering project management

• Prior experience communicating pertinent and technical information to external customers and other stakeholders on a regular basis

• Prior experience managing scope and requirements autonomously

• Proven experience with PM tools Confluence JIRA or equivalent building project schedules with Microsoft Project and performing risk management activities such as project cost forecasting measurement of project cost variance developing and monitoring project risk contingencies and adherence to KPIs

• Proven track record with change management- planning for the various stages of transformational transitional change recognizing how people react to it and how it affects the organization and strong technical understanding of multi-tier enterprise solution in a complex environment- within Thales that translates to: front end back end data centers deployment across locations hardware deployment software issues network to and from locations and disaster recovery which are all part of the project

• Proficiency in written and oral communication

Special Position Requirements

Travel: Up to 25% of the time domestically during the specification and integration phases and for workshops

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:

Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Well-being Program