The PMO Manager supports project and program managers in planning, coordination, and implementation of projects, ensuring smooth processes, structured communication, deadline tracking, and documentation. The role involves optimizing business processes using methods like review preparation and workshops, managing contracts for public clients, and acting as a Key User for Business Intelligence. They also advise on critical project situations, manage solution-finding processes, support bid processes including risk management and workload estimates, and identify and assess project risks.

Must Have

• Support project and program managers in planning, coordination, and implementation of projects
• Ensure smooth processes, structured communication, deadline tracking, and documentation
• Actively support the optimization of business processes using methods like review preparation, Good Practice Transfers, and workshops
• Responsible for contract management of (maintenance) framework agreements with public clients
• Assume the role of Key User in Business Intelligence
• Advise on critical project situations, manage the solution-finding process
• Support the bid process up to offer submission (including Risk Management and Workload Estimates)
• Identify and assess risks in the project lifecycle and derive actions
• Promote potential, deliver ideas for Good Practices, and advise on change management
• Successfully completed studies (e.g., business/engineering, economics, business informatics) or comparable training
• Relevant experience in bid, project, and PMO management (ideally in the defense sector), including Lessons Learned, Risk & Opportunity, and Stakeholder Management
• Economic thinking and acting
• Experience in workload and resource planning
• Proficient in IT applications (especially Excel, JIRA)
• High degree of independence, creativity, flexibility, and assumption of personal responsibility
• Strong service provider mentality
• Team player, enjoys communication, and ability to structure complex issues simply
• Very good German and English language skills

PMO Manager (m/f/d)

At the Ditzingen location

(Ref. No. R0304630)

Thales is a global leader in cutting-edge technologies for defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, and digital identity.

In Ditzingen, you can expect security solutions for monitoring and securing borders, for border controls, for the protection of civilian and military facilities, and for tactical communication. This is the right place for you if you want to work with us on battle-proven, highly mobile radars for ground and coastal surveillance or on night vision goggles and multi-functional thermal imaging devices. Become part of the Thales expert team for radars, optronic vision systems for armored military vehicles, or for securing Bundeswehr field camps. We look forward to meeting you!

Your Mission as PMO Manager:

• Support project leaders and program managers in planning, coordination, and implementation of projects, ensuring smooth processes and contributing to structured communication, deadline tracking, and documentation.
• You actively support the optimization of business processes, applying methods such as review preparation, Good Practice Transfers, and workshops (e.g., target vision).
• Responsibility for contract management of (maintenance) framework agreements with public clients and assuming the role of Key User in Business Intelligence.
• You advise on critical project situations, manage the solution-finding process, and support the bid process up to offer submission (including Risk Management and Workload Estimates).
• Identification and assessment of risks in the project lifecycle and derivation of actions; promotion of potential, delivery of ideas for Good Practices, and advice on change management.

What we look forward to:

• A successfully completed degree (e.g., business/engineering, economics, business informatics) or comparable training.
• Relevant experience in bid, project, and PMO management (ideally in the defense sector), including Lessons Learned, Risk & Opportunity, and Stakeholder Management.
• Economic thinking and acting, experience in workload and resource planning, and proficient in IT applications (especially Excel, JIRA).
• High degree of independence, creativity, flexibility, and assumption of personal responsibility, coupled with a strong service provider mentality.
• Team player, enjoys communication, the ability to structure complex issues simply.
• Very good German and English language skills.

Thales invests more than 4 billion euros annually in research and development in key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum, and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the group generated sales of 20.6 billion euros.

For more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries, we open up forward-looking perspectives, realize individual career paths, and enable creative freedom. This is achieved through courage, diversity, and the firm will to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable, value-oriented personnel management, we actively advocate for diversity.

Say HI* – Your way to us

If the signs of the times point to change, our international teams are there to meet today's complexity with tomorrow's industry-leading technologies. Are you in? Your contact person Lena Digel looks forward to your online application via our career portal.

Lena Digel – Talent Acquisition Partner #LI-LD2

Lena.DIGEL@thalesgroup.com

*Human Intelligence