Project manager upstream studies - M/F

At the heart of Saint Quentin en Yvelines, the Elancourt site is one of Thales' most important technological centers. You will join a team of about ten project managers within the Sector's program and operations department. You will functionally lead a project team of about twenty multidisciplinary actors. Your mission is to ensure contract execution (costs, deadlines, quality), maintain good client and partner relationships, promote technical innovation, and coordinate internal stakeholders.

Must Have

• Ensure contract execution (costs, deadlines, quality)
• Maintain good relationships with clients and partners
• Promote technical innovation and product roadmaps of the STC Sector
• Coordinate internal stakeholders (DT, CCT, engineering, D Strategy, support services)
• Contribute to the STC Sector's revenue, cash, and EBIT
• Establish, consolidate, and present project reporting
• Minimum 4 years of experience in optronic or related technical/technological field and project management
• Previous experience as a technical, scientific, or commercial manager
• Master project management by planning and costs
• Understand and express yourself in English, both written and oral
• Experience in the field of optronics
• Synthesis skills
• Ability to work in a team

Good to Have

• Rigor and curiosity
• Spirit of innovation
• Ability to evolve in a changing environment
• Dynamism

Perks & Benefits

• Attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies and communities
• Inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Let's build a future of trust together

Thales is a global leader in high technology specializing in three business 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 skills development: training courses, internal academies and communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

At the heart of Saint Quentin en Yvelines, the site is one of Thales' most important technological centers. The diversity and technicality of the systems and equipment mobilize expertise in more than 80 professions in defense, high-tech security, and digital services solutions.

Within the STC Sector (Terrestrial Cryogenics/Cinema Sector), you will join a team of about ten project managers in the Sector's program and operations department. You will functionally lead a project team of about twenty multidisciplinary actors.

Your mission

• Guarantee the execution of notified contracts (costs, deadlines, quality)
• Ensure good relationships with the Client and partners
• Promote technical innovation and the STC Sector's product roadmaps in coordination with PLM, PLA, with and towards the technical authorities of the BL and the GBU.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders:
• DT, CCT, sector engineering, and D Strategy for technical specificities
• Support services (DFi, DJu&C, DQ, DCom, DAchats…) for contract execution and consolidation
• Directly contribute for your portfolio to the revenue, cash, and EBIT of the STC Sector, commensurate with the amounts of your contracts/orders.
• Establish, consolidate, and present project reporting to the sector management and the BL if applicable.

Your profile

With a Bac+5 diploma, you have at least 4 years of experience in the optronic or related technical and technological field and in project management. You have previous experience in a technical, scientific, or commercial manager position. You demonstrate rigor, curiosity, and a spirit of innovation. You master project management by planning and costs. You understand and express yourself in English, both written and oral.

You have worked in the field of optronics.

You have synthesis skills and are able to work in a team. You are able to evolve in a changing environment and are recognized for your spirit of innovation, dynamism, and rigor.

A word from the manager

Within the sector, as an Upstream Studies Project Manager, you hold a key position in leading and coordinating the innovative projects for which you are responsible.

Interactions are numerous and very enriching, both externally and internally, with a large number of professions including technical, strategy, commercial, finance, and legal.

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