Certification Program Manager (M/F)

Let's build a future of trust together

Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three 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 euros per year 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 skill development: training programs, academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

By joining us in La Ciotat, you will integrate a site ideally located on the Mediterranean coast, within an international environment bringing together our digital identity and security activities.

Project / role / missions description

As a Certification Project Manager, you will play a key role in leading the certification activities of our embedded solutions (SIM card, eSIM, eSE) in the telecommunications domain. You will be involved in the development of new products as well as in the management of compliance for already deployed products, in line with the requirements of the automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics markets. Your missions will be as follows:

• Lead certification projects (functional and security), independently or in conjunction with a cross-functional program.
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders (project teams, laboratories, certification bodies).
• Participate in certification evaluations and audits (e.g., GSMA eSA, EMVCo, Qualification Letters, PCN).
• Contribute to cybersecurity requirements and the delivery of elements required for compliance.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, pre-sales, and sales teams to support business opportunities.
• Monitor schedules, ensure the consolidation of deliverables, and the proper execution of regulatory procedures.

Your profile

Do you want to play a key role in the certification of critical products for telecoms and IoT? Is your priority to ensure product compliance, security, and robustness? Do you want to discover or deepen your knowledge of security and functional certification processes?

You have an engineering degree or equivalent, and 5 years of experience in an environment combining security, certification, or technical project management:

• Product certification or cybersecurity,
• Card / SIM / eSIM / IoT technologies,
• Evaluation methods (TOE, schemes, laboratories),
• Basics in project management or cross-functional steering.

Rigor, autonomy, analytical thinking, diplomacy, and a sense of collaboration are recognized strengths in you? Then this position is for you!

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!