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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Bid Manager - Satellite Navigation

Proposal ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeToulouse, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of bid management experience on B2 or critical bids.
  • Solid experience structuring and writing proposals.
  • Several years of project management experience and international experience.
  • Experience analyzing and establishing contracts.
  • Fluent English.

Responsibilities

  • Manage proposals related to contractual amendments to existing contracts, including B0 offers under €5 million and B1 offers from €5 million to €50 million.
  • Manage more complex competitive offers, potentially up to B2 or critical-offer level.
  • Contribute to defining a winning response strategy, including target price, target cost, industrial setup, local share, phasing, compliance, technical content, and innovation.
  • Prepare offers, including organization, scheduling, and costing, in accordance with Thales’s process and winning-offer practices and the capture strategy defined by the capture leader.
  • Coordinate a dedicated team for a satellite-navigation tender.
  • Identify risks, establish mitigation actions, and quantify provisions for residual risks.
  • Evaluate opportunities and determine actions to realize them.
  • Ensure offer competitiveness.
  • Manage the decomposition of requirements to partners with support from procurement management.
  • Plan bids by leading internal bid reviews, including Bid KO, Bid Baseline Review, and Estimate Review, and produce summaries of cost and risk/opportunity items for the various Bid Management process gates.
  • Support and negotiate the offer with the customer in coordination with customer-facing program and Sales & Marketing interfaces.

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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