Head of PMO

7 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Thales Full time

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

**Job title**: Head of PMO

**Location**: - Glasgow (hybrid working arrangement - 3 days a week on site)

Are you an experienced PMO professional looking for your next high-profile role? Do you have demonstrable expertise in the effective deployment of a PMO service in contexts relevant to Thales? Then look no further

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of PMO to join our Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME) UK team in Reading, Berkshire.

**Core Benefits**:
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
- Performance-related bonus
- Company car allowance
- Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
- 24 hours volunteering paid for
- Private healthcare (grade dependent)
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
- Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
- Gym membership discounts

**Key responsibilities**:

- Being accountable for the delivery of an effective and response PMO service to the project management and operations management teams.
- Being accountable for governance, deployment & reporting of Project controls and Risk & Opportunity Management.
- Being responsible for the independent PMO assurance review and reporting process.
- Ensuring that effective assessment of risk and contingency is being applied.
- Ensuring the effective use of ‘lessons learned’ as part of a continuous improvement culture.
- Ensuring the production of the routine project reports.
- Supporting the project contract review.
- Management of the PMO team.
- Ensuring appropriate Project Governance.
- Ensuring the implementation of effective Integrated Business Planning.
- Ensuring all Project activities undertaken comply with the relevant Thales Chorus processes.
- The role will also involve occasional ad-hoc duties that are not listed above but are necessary to respond to the needs of the business. These ad-hoc duties will be consistent with the nature of a [CBU] Head of Planning & Control position within Thales.

**About you**:

- In depth understanding of Project Management processes and their business benefits in contexts relevant to Thales (Defence / O&G / utilities sectors)
- Demonstrable expertise in the effective deployment of a PMO service
- Practical and applicable management skills in order to deliver an effective service through the PMO team’s capabilities.
- The ability to provide accurate and up to date PMO-related information to decision-makers in the Operations Management and Bid and Project Management Teams.
- Strong stakeholder management capabilities to work across the boundaries with the B&PM job family and across other functions.
- Ability to establish and meet deadlines, multi-task and prioritise.
- Excellent communicator
- Strong planning and delivery orientation
- Commercial / financial / business acumen

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