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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Technical Director - Defense and Public Sector Business Unit

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVélizy-Villacoublay, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac +5 qualification and confirmed experience in architecture, complex systems integration, and management of critical information-systems projects.
  • In-depth knowledge of the Defense sector, including MINARM/NATO technical standards, and/or the Public Sector and Health.
  • Command of advanced digital technologies, including sovereign cloud (SecNumCloud) and migration challenges, Big Data, artificial intelligence, DevSecOps, and Agile.
  • Ability to act as a business partner and arbitrate among business priorities, technical opportunities, and risk management.
  • Leadership and ability to mobilize cross-functional teams in high-pressure contexts.
  • Confirmed experience influencing senior decision-makers, including ministerial information-systems directors and executive management.
  • Ability to demonstrate the Thales leadership competencies: managing complexity; acting with ambition and responsibility; cooperating to succeed; influencing key stakeholders; engaging and developing teams; and demonstrating emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the Business Unit's technical policy in alignment with the Group and TSN strategies for premiumization, cloud, and artificial intelligence.
  • Secure critical bids and projects by validating technical commitments from the bid phases.
  • Partner strategically with the commercial organization to advance complex, high-value offerings such as trusted cloud, health-data warehouses, and reducing technological dependencies.
  • Lead task forces when major information-systems programs encounter difficulties, ensuring compliance with regulations and requirements for the public and Defense sectors, including SecNumCloud and HDS.
  • Supervise and develop a team of high-level experts and domain technical managers.
  • Represent the entity in technical coordination bodies across Thales digital-services activities, the Group, and major partners.
  • Arbitrate technical priorities and coordinate contributions to cross-functional projects.

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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