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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Program Manager - Managed Services & AI

Program ManagementUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeToulouse, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 engineering-school or equivalent university education is required.
  • Significant experience managing complex IT service contracts or programs within an IT services company is required.
  • Experience in roles such as Service Delivery Manager, Service Center Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Program Director is desirable, with responsibility for high-stakes service commitments.
  • Experience managing complex IT service contracts and tracking contractual commitments and service-level agreements is required.
  • Experience managing RUN operations and associated change projects is required.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary, multisite, and international teams is required.
  • Experience financially managing contracts representing several million euros per year is required; experience with annual contracts of approximately €3–5 million is ideal.
  • Experience managing client relationships, escalations, and major incidents is required.
  • Experience in contract management, commitment tracking, and contractual changes is required.
  • Experience leading governance forums and reporting to IT leadership is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the overall execution of Managed Services contracts and ensure contractual commitments are met.
  • Track service-level agreements, service-level objectives, key performance indicators, and performance metrics.
  • Ensure service quality, availability, and continuity of RUN activities.
  • Oversee service areas and coordinate domain leads for monitoring, infrastructure, servers, storage, backup, and support.
  • Anticipate operational risks and define action plans when performance deviates.
  • Ensure effective coordination between recurring RUN activities and contract-related change projects.
  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary operational teams, including nearshore teams based in Romania.
  • Align domain leads and technical stakeholders around performance and service-quality objectives.
  • Organize and optimize the distribution of activities and resources between local and international teams.
  • Ensure resources meet operational needs and contractual commitments.
  • Coordinate internal stakeholders, partners, and subcontractors.
  • Support teams in evolving their practices and adopting new tools and processes.
  • Manage the finances of assigned contracts and programs, with indicative annual revenue of approximately €3–5 million.
  • Manage budgets, delivery costs, margins, and profitability.
  • Maintain control of profit and loss and anticipate potential financial deviations.
  • Track contractual commitments and manage changes in scope.
  • Identify financial risks and opportunities and propose corrective measures.
  • Identify upselling, cross-selling, and account-growth opportunities with commercial teams.
  • Handle major escalations and coordinate actions needed to resolve them.
  • Lead crisis situations and critical incidents that could affect service commitments.
  • Communicate appropriately with clients, operational teams, and leadership during incidents.
  • Identify root causes of recurring incidents and ensure corrective and preventive action plans are implemented.
  • Drive continuous improvement in service quality and resilience.
  • Identify opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence into managed services.
  • Lead deployment of automation and AIOps solutions with technical teams and AI specialists.
  • Develop use cases for generative AI, machine learning, and automation of support activities.
  • Help optimize incident management, monitoring, and predictive maintenance processes.
  • Identify ways to reduce recurring tasks, improve resolution times, and increase team productivity.
  • Measure operational gains and return on investment from AI initiatives.
  • Support teams in adopting these technologies and lead change management.
  • Serve as the primary contact for clients and their IT departments.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with operational and decision-making stakeholders.
  • Prepare and facilitate operational review committees, steering committees, and governance forums.
  • Provide regular reporting to clients and leadership.
  • Present performance metrics, financial results, risks, and action plans.
  • Identify new client needs and contribute to contract growth and continuity.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience managing annual contracts of approximately €3–5 million is preferred.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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