Project Manager

Location: Austin, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Position Summary

Austin, Hybrid

As a Project Manager for the Identity and Biometrics Solutions team, you will deliver solutions that meet customer requirements and Thales’ commitments. Your role will directly contribute to internal and external customer satisfaction, which is key for business growth.

The Project Manager, manages and coordinates internal (Control Account Managers, Work Package Managers, developers, engineers, etc.) and external (customers, suppliers, sub-contractors, partners, etc.) dedicated teams by involving the following associated teams: Sales, finance, contract management, etc.

In this role, you will directs the project activities (including those relating to risks & opportunities) to ensure projects are delivered on-time, within budget, satisfy technical requirements, and meet customer expectations. This responsibility is exercised from signature of the contract through to the project completion period in terms of organization, time frame, workload, budget, etc.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Must have U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain the post-hire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Justice.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• 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, risks and mitigations)

• 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

• 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 onenterprise experience (lessons learnt)

• Must coordinate across teams for prioritization, resource allocation, risk identification and mitigation, and issue resolution

• Responsible for monitoring project variances; preparing EAC (Estimate at Completion) review slides and presenting to management.

• Present monthly project dash board with project financials, project KPIs like variance and contingencies

• Drive the project to ensure customer satisfaction by meeting deadlines, quality specifications, and project profitability

• Lead customer interactions for the project

• Build project schedule and cost baseline and update project forecast regularly (at-least every month)

• Work closely with the PM Team Manager, Engineering, IT, Security and Operations ensuring clear communication, business based prioritization, and definition of precise scope and planning

• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with decision-makers across operations groups (PMO, Procurement, Supply Chain, Data Center, Quality, Software Development and Validation, Manufacturing, Logistics and Ops Finance) to build and continuously improve process to ensure high quality and on-time delivery

• Must ensure compliance of Thales, Customer, Security and all applicable regulations individually and for the project(s)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar field and PMP certification with 5 years of experience in technical/ engineering project management

• Prior experience communicating pertinent and technical information to external customers and other stakeholders on a regular basis

• Prior experience managing scope and requirements autonomously

• Proven experience with PM tools – Confluence, JIRA or equ