Project Manager

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Thales people architect solutions that support ‎85 million mainline and
suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and
Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and ‎72,000
kms of route, ‎52,000 trains per day in ‎16 countries are controlled by our
Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide
ticketing system which processes over ‎50 million ticketing transactions in ‎100
cities daily.
We have been present in Saudi Arabia for ‎40 years and with over ‎600 employees
to date, we are growing rapidly. Together we are delivering our signalling,
control and train protection systems for the North -South Railway (NSR), the
longest system of it's kind in the world. Together we are key suppliers of In-
flight entertainment and connectivity systems as well as air traffic
management solutions in Saudi. We are making Saudi Arabia a safer place by
securing the country's critical infrastructure and e-security solutions that
secure the country's electronic payment systems. Thales has been selected to
supply major electronic systems for air defence and the Group also supplied
communication and optronic systems for the Army, the Saudi Arabia National
Guards and the Air Force.
JOB OBJECTIVE
* Manages the complete project lifecycle and ensuring the project activities are accomplished as per the project standards.
* Manages and coordinates internal (Control Account Managers, Work Package Managers, etc.) and external (Customer, suppliers, sub-contractors, partners) dedicated teams by involving the following associated teams: Sales, finance, contract management, etc.
* Directs the project activities (including those relating to risks & opportunities) to reach completion of the project regarding its technical, industrial, financial, and customer satisfaction aspects.
* This responsibility is exercised from signature of the contract through to the project completion period in terms of organization, time frame, workload, budget, etc.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Manager will work with the project team and contributing departments
(and if necessary, external partners or main suppliers) to:
* Detail and flow down the Costs, Schedule and Performance commitments with contributing departments (Work Packages will have been agreed at the time of acceptance of the contract - Gate ‎3), as well as the availability of the resources necessary to execute,
* Initiate the opening of budget lines to enable the team to book to the project and be operative,
* Revalidate the risk and opportunity register(s) and present the actions to reduce the causes and the effects of them (Risk and Opportunity Management process),
* Commence configuration management,
* Put in place the management tools, and set up the project data repository,
* Formalize the composition and the appointment of the project team and of people in the contributing departments
* Validate the PMP and associated documents (WBS, OBS, schedule, budget allocations, etc.)
* Establish the status of the make/buy decisions
* Validate the Industrial scenario
* Confirm and validate the contributions of departments, partners, subcontractors and suppliers against the requirements conformity matrix, performance, cost and schedule
* Validate the estimated financial position at completion, as a reference for the contract (any variation compared to Gate ‎3 will have to be justified and agreed)
* Contributes to the definition of the Make/Team/Buy strategy and for the involvement of KIP, the Industrial & contractual strategy
Project Manager will work with the project team and contributing departments
(and if necessary, external partners or main suppliers) to:
* Detail and flow down the Costs, Schedule and Performance commitments with contributing departments (Work Packages will have been agreed at the time of acceptance of the contract - Gate ‎3), as well as the availability of the resources necessary to execute,
* Initiate the opening of budget lines to enable the team to book to the project and be operative,
* Revalidate the risk and opportunity register(s) and present the actions to reduce the causes and the effects of them (Risk and Opportunity Management process),
* Commence configuration management,
* Put in place the management tools, and set up the project data repository,
* Formalize the composition and the appointment of the project team and of people in the contributing departments
* Validate the PMP and associated documents (WBS, OBS, schedule, budget allocations, etc.)
* Establish the status of the make/buy decisions
* Validate the Industrial scenario
* Confirm and validate the contributions of departments, partners, subcontractors and suppliers against the requirements conformity matrix, performance, cost and schedule
* Validate the estimated financial position at completion, as a reference for the contract (any variation compared to Gate ‎3 will have to be justified and agreed).
* Contributes to the definition of the Make/Team/Buy strategy and for the involvement of KIP, the Industrial & contractual strategy
Identify and allocate the source project requirements
The Project Manager will flow down Technical and non-technical requirements,
(examples of non-technical requirements are legal, regulatory, schedule, etc.)
relating to the solution, either internal or external, and managed by the Work
Package Managers (WPMs) in accordance with the defined methods
Deliver and manage payments from the customer
The Project Manager, assisted by Finance, is in charge of the cash-in for the
project. The PM shall raise invoice to the customer so as to get payments in
accordance with the contract payment plan (generally upon deliveries)
* monitor the status and track overdue
* organize the release of the guarantees and financial obligations where applicable.
Enrich the company capitalisation database.
The Project Manager must collect, analyse and synthesise the strengths and
weaknesses noted during the course of the project with the participation of
the project team.
Update and maintain the project baseline.
The project baseline includes the elements that describe the basis of the
project: objectives, strategy, the organisation and the justification of the
project.
Manage Risks and Opportunities
Make the Group more robust against risks, whatever their nature or origin,
affecting its activities, in particular its bids and projects, by anticipating
them;
* Enhance reliability of decision-making through better analysis of the scenarios based on relevant information, contributing to the achievement of the Group objectives;
* Increase the profitability of projects through better risk anticipation and management, as well as through the identification and the realisation of opportunities.
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
* ‎5+ years' of experience in Complex and ‎5 years in standard Bid/Project Management
* Managing project execution activities for the delivering the project while satisfying Customer needs and expectations
* Experience in System Engineering Project life cycle activities
* Management of high quality customer deliverables
* Compilation of lesson learnt and applying in projects
* Team development and foster continuous improvement
* A proven track record of driving successful bids solutions relevant to Thales across complex, multidisciplinary, multi-site organizations
* identifying innovative ideas and concepts
QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
* Bachelors in Electrical / Electronic / Computer / IT or relevant Engineering and should be certified by Saudi Engineering of Council (SEC)
PREFERRED SKILLS
* Certified Associate in Project Management from PMI or similar certification
* Ability to adapt personal style of management and communication to achieve the desired results from interactions with team members and stakeholders.
* Ability to drive the right project solutions to conclusion across complex multi-faceted organizational and stakeholder boundaries.
* Ability to successfully manage change.
* Excellent professional project management skills.
* Negotiation skills with the ability to deal with customers, partners, suppliers and other parts of the business (stakeholder management skills).
* Strong organizational, managerial and team working skills.
* Excellent Analytical skills
* Ambitious and accountable with risk taking.
* Perform through cooperation and managing diversity.
* Leadership ability and organizational skills.
* Interpersonal and verbal communication skills .
* Commercial, financial and business acumen.
* Estimation and cost benchmarking methods
* A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
* Able to work under tight schedule, technical and operational constraints
* Flexibility on work as project or company needs
* High sense of responsibilities and ownership
* Able to use engineering tools and processes
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of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that
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