Project Manager

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Responsibilities:

Ensure successful transition to the project and contribute to prepare, organize and validate the project launch:

• 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)
• Establish and update project key decision data (contingencies, assumptions, strategy, business case)
• Initialize the project: Identify the key project stakeholders, set the project team, organize the project structuring activities, start-up project activities and identify and allocate project requirements
• Manage the financial aspects of the acquisition strategy: Make/Team/Buy strategy, suppliers’ consultation and negotiation, signing contract, contract’s execution and closure
• 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, etc.
  
  
  

Execute, monitor and control the project:

• Start the work packages, control the project and ensure the respect of the stakeholders’ commitments, while mastering risks and opportunities
• Control requirements, costs and schedule during the whole project life cycle
• Deliver project within project constraints (cost, schedule, resources)
• Manage project quality and customer and stakeholders overall satisfaction
• 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).
  
  
  

Other responsibilities:

• Managing project in accordance with Thales internal processes & guidelines ensuring it addresses the objectives of the business.
• Liaising closely and collaboratively with functional teams to ensure efficient delivery of projects. Particularly, coordinating with internal cross-functional teams in order to maximize efficiency and ensure project outcome meets the objectives.
• Acquiring and implementing knowledge about the business policies & practices, business intelligence tools, interact with contracts, finance, quality, PMO and other lines of business.
• Generate & maintain project dashboard and relevant KPI scorecards for review.
• Stakeholder management with leadership support and help business track KPIs/focus areas for the year.
• Develop KPIs and conduct analysis to provide early alert to the business of all significant emerging variances and risks; develop and execute mitigation plans to counter variances and risks.
• Coordinating and negotiating input from partners and oversees subcontractors.
• Developing customer relationships by ensuring products and services delivered exceed where possible, customer expectations.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
• Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned time frames.
• Implement governance standards, including tracking, monitoring and track status of project team and deliverables.
• Assess and understand end-to-end process for better efficiencies and effectiveness and establish best practices.
• Reporting and tracking of projects, staffing, financials, SLAs, forecasting and other key business metrics in terms of actuals vs planned.
• Manage risks, changes and impact analysis and identify key areas of improvement.
• End to end project deliverables & documentation, project control & success and handover to Services.
• Support activities & action plans relating to customer satisfaction survey.
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Degree qualified in computer science, information technology, engineering, project management or other suitable discipline.
• PMP Certification or equivalent (e.g. IPMA)
• Proven and effective leadership with a high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to manage multi-disciplinary/multi-cultural teams across geographies and time zones.
• At least 5 years Project Management experience in a multinational enterprise business organization
• Exceptional written communication skills including authoring content and editing.
• Basic project finance understanding.
• Strong internal stakeholder management in a matrix organization.
• Strong customer focus and external relationship management.
• Organized and analytical, adept at working in a team environment and able to handle multiple priorities.
• Self-motivated and comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization with a rapidly expanding customer base and new products
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity to make informed project decisions.
• Excellent negotiation, collaborative, interpersonal & time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities is essential
• Results-oriented, ability to work in autonomy, use own initiatives and willing to work in a dynamic structure
• Curious with an open, creative and multi-cultural mindset
• Highly organized and responsive
• Proactive and positive “Can Do” attitude
  
  
  

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