Engineering Delivery Manager

Responsibilities :

Team Leadership & Technical Direction

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver engineering solutions ensuring team capabilities align with customer expectations.
• Provide direction, expert advice, mentoring, and workflow management, including task prioritization and resource coordination, to achieve project objectives and milestones.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams in line with the agreed architecture, ensuring both effectiveness and adherence to customer requirements.
• Provide functional encompassing the Thales Performance Management framework management for reporting delivery roles

Promote knowledge sharing, ensuring work products are sufficiently documented for reuse across projects.

Project & Process Management

• Oversee the timely delivery of artifacts and releases in line with program milestones.
• Facilitate and lead technical reviews, workshops, peer reviews, and project reviews as required by the program.
• Ensure delivery in accordance with Thales processes and practices, actively contributing to their continuous improvement

Support discipline managers in defining and tailoring applicable processes, practices, and tools for the project

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Communicate, analyse, plan, and report as necessary to align team capabilities with customer requirements
• Ensure clear and effective communication (both written and verbal) with internal and external customers
• Manage customer scope in line with the approved baseline and schedule

Manage customer expectations and provide support during requirements analysis, proposing and negotiating mutually beneficial (“win-win”) solutions

Risk, Quality & Reporting

• Identify and assess risks, propose effective solutions, execute mitigation actions, and report on outcomes, cost savings, and residual risks
• Define and maintain metrics to monitor progress, measure performance, identify issues early, and support informed decision-making to ensure successful delivery

Prepare and lead monthly Technical and Financial Reviews (TFR) sessions and support the Work Package review process

Commercial & Bid Support

• Support bid activities and contribute to the preparation and review of engineering cost estimates for modification proposals to the functional baseline

Qualifications

·       Degree inEngineering, Computer Science, IT or other relevant qualification

Essential Experience

·       Solid experienceof managing the development of real time distributed complex software centricsolutions in a safety critical environment (10+ years)

·       A recognisedleader with solid experience in managing multi-skilled global engineering teamsand fostering a collaborative and productive work environment

·       Solid knowledgeand experience in Systems Engineering lifecycle (eg. EIA632, ISO/IEC15288)

·       Advancedanalytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage a wide rangeof stakeholders across a complex environment

·       Solid experiencein upskilling and training new engineers

·       Strongexperience using Earned Value Management, Work Package Control and reporting,with exposure to scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera etc.)

·       Financial /budgetary management of engineering work packages or tasks

·       Strong abilityto communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including Project,Engineering Delivery Managers, Product Owners, Technical Design Authorities,Speciality engineers and the engineering team under management.

·       Collaborationtools including Jira, Confluence etc.

Desirable:

·       Air TrafficManagement domain expertise (inc. standards such as ICAO, Eurocontrol, AIDC)

·       Experience inproduct delivery using agile methodologies like Lean methods (including PDCA,Kanban, Value-Stream Mapping).  Priorexperience working in an Agile@Scale framework is a bonus

General/SpecialRequirements

GENERAL

·       Assist inensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are workingwith by upholding Thales' key values.

·       An advocate forcontinuous improvement and knowledge sharing

·       An advocate fordiversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing changeinitiatives to achieve our diversity goals

·       An advocate fora culture of continuous improvement

·       An advocate forAccountability, transparency and curiosity

·       Comply with allrelevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies andframework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimisingaccidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment andto ensure a safe work practises at all times.

·       Comply with allrelevant Company policies and procedures.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Be eligible for Security Clearance from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs (CAT2)

·       Occasional international travel may be required