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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Industrial Project Manager - Change Leader

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOrléans, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold an engineering-school qualification or a Bac+5 in industrial management.
  • Have at least 5 years of experience managing transformation or continuous-improvement projects in a complex industrial or service environment.
  • Have solid experience coordinating multiple projects and facilitating multidisciplinary teams.
  • Know Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence principles, including VSM, 5D, and Kaizen tools.
  • Have project-management skills in planning, risk management, performance-indicator tracking, and dashboards.
  • Have digital literacy and be comfortable with performance-management tools and analytical reporting.
  • Be able to analyze, model, and map complex industrial processes.
  • Be able to unite teams and exercise leadership in a cross-functional management setting.
  • Know manufacturing industrial environments and/or supply chains supported by SAP.
  • Be proficient with SAP and Power BI.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure that major projects in the CWS service industry, such as insourcing certain activities, are aligned with the Quality and Transformation Directorate’s overall transformation plans.
  • Facilitate project governance routines to improve information flow and remove obstacles.
  • Promote the sharing of best practices and collective skills development.
  • Map business interdependencies.
  • Analyze and assess each project’s impact across all business areas.
  • Communicate and ensure a shared understanding of the transformation across industry teams and CWS.
  • Lead change management with the teams.
  • Identify adaptation and support plans to help teams implement these changes.

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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