Program Manager domaine spatial

Job Description

Program Manager, Space Domain | Thales

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Thales, located in Toulouse, France. Thales is a global leader in high technologies, specialized across Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital sectors. The company develops cutting-edge products and solutions to foster a safer, more environmentally responsible, and inclusive world, investing significantly in R&D in areas like AI, cybersecurity, and quantum technologies. This Program Manager role, situated on a site dedicated to sovereign cyber defense and critical digital services, is vital for driving the management of a diverse portfolio of offers and projects within the critical space domain for international clients.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Toulouse, France

• Team: Thales Services Numériques, reporting to the Director of the Space Pole within the Aerospace Business Unit.
• Mission: To rigorously manage a portfolio of multiple commercial offers and operational projects for French or international clients in the space sector, ensuring successful delivery, client satisfaction, and sustained business growth.
• Tech Stack: Critical software systems in the space domain, space development and quality assurance standards.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Management: Oversee the comprehensive delivery of projects within the assigned portfolio, ensuring strict adherence to allocated costs, contractual commitments, and achieving high levels of client satisfaction.
• Bid Management: Take primary responsibility for leading the development and submission of strategic commercial offers designed to expand and grow the current activity portfolio.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Manage and coordinate all internal parties, including engineering teams, as well as external stakeholders such as clients, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners, throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Business Development & Strategy: Actively promote Thales’s offerings, proactively identify opportunities for business expansion within existing projects, and collaborate with commercial and technical teams to define and execute offer strategies.
• Financial & Risk Reporting: Ensure rigorous financial management for both offers and projects, anticipate and mitigate potential risks, create an environment favorable to opportunities, and provide reliable, consistent reporting to senior management and clients.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Master’s Degree (BAC+5) in Engineering, combined with several years of confirmed professional experience in both business/project management and bid management.
• Experience: Demonstrated successful experience in managing a diverse portfolio of offers and projects, showcasing strong leadership capability to quickly engage teams on bids and support their long-term execution on projects.
• Skills: Strong command of financial management for both offers and projects, sound knowledge of software development practices, proven capacity for high-volume work and commitment, meticulous rigor in activity management and reporting, excellent client relationship management, negotiation skills, and a strong strategic and business vision. Must possess very good command of English.
• Bonus: Confirmed and successful practice of projects for European or extra-European space agencies; practical knowledge of critical software systems specific to the space domain, as well as relevant space development and quality assurance standards.