Software Engineering Delivery Manager
Software Engineering Delivery Manager
Location: Green Park (Reading)
Thales has an exciting opportunity, and we are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Software Engineering Manager with a background in an engineering-related business to join our welcoming and expanding software community across our Crawley and Reading sites. As part of our diverse and inclusive team, you will collaborate on a range of innovative communications products in our sea domain. In this integral software leadership role, you will oversee and guide software developments across the full software development life-cycle (Agile).
As a Senior Software Leader, you will have the opportunity to shape and tailor the software development process, ensuring it aligns with industry best practices. You will manage resources effectively and be responsible for product/project work packages, budgets, and backlogs. Your leadership will also be integral in estimating activities for bids and driving continuous improvement within projects and the broader software function.
At Thales, we value flexibility and work-life balance. We operate a hybrid working model, allowing you to blend working from home with on-site collaboration. This approach supports both personal and professional growth, enabling you to perform at your best while maintaining a balanced lifestyle.
Join us to lead with impact and innovation in a supportive environment where your expertise is appreciated and your career can flourish.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively in the Naval engineering team and with programme team colleagues to provide realistic plans and schedules that identify clear priorities for software activities that support the wider business customer deliverables clearly identifying any software risks, assumptions and dependencies and managing them appropriately
- Maintain and update software development plans that are mindful of evolving customer and business requirements around topics such as software team delivery structures, safety and cyber-security
- Ensure the defined software development process is followed and necessary artefacts are generated to adequate quality, timeliness and budget
- Lead the estimating process in the Naval portfolio for the software function and collaborate with other engineering functions to build realistic and affordable winning bids
- Report monthly on the software delivery performance to the Naval Portfolio and the Head of Software for SIX for the work package performance that you’re responsible for with a view to maintaining and bettering available budgets and delivery milestones.
- Ensure company standard metrics are reporting current and accurate data for the work you are responsible for
- Competently represent the company and the software function at customer facing meetings or audits
- Support Agile Scrum teams and work with the Product Owners and Scrum Masters to maintain focus on milestones and budgets. Opportunity to become the Product Owner in the longer term
- Ensure peer reviews of work and generation of necessary materials for major gate reviews for milestone deliveries are carried out as per the plans
- Opportunity to provide line management after a period of familiarisation with the working environment and people processes to the software engineers working within your sphere of responsibility. This would entail carrying out regular performance discussions and wellbeing 1-2-1s plus collaboratively developing training and development plans with the software function
- Where required provide coaching and support to more junior engineers
About you
We encourage you to apply if you meet the following qualifications:
- You are a self-motivated software professional with experience in successfully leading software projects to deliver on-time and to budget preferably for real-time and embedded software systems.
- Experience with and conversant in Agile development methodologies with a track record in continuous improvement
- Experience in requirements management across the software developmental life-cycle. This includes interpreting system requirements, defining and maturation of software requirements, managing linkages and traceability and ultimately producing compliance evidence
- Experience in managing technology uplifts such as OS upgrades and new tech insertion into established products in complex/distributed systems
- Proficient in Jira for loading epics and stories for backlog management and the generation and management of metrics
- Experience in developing with languages C++ and C are desirable
- Developing software systems to meet international safety systems such as IEC 61508, DO-178C/278 or EUROCAE – ED109 is desirable
- Developed software systems to meet the cyber-security needs of the customer and other stakeholders
Connect with Andreea Burcea, Talent Acquisition Partner #LI-BA1 who is eager to explore together with you this exciting opportunity
Security Clearance statement
As standard, all successful candidates must possess the permanent right to work in the UK, and will be required to go through Government security clearance at BPSS (Baseline Personal Security Standard) Level prior to starting with us and then to obtain full Security Clearance (SC) in line with the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) requirements above.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. As part of the vetting process you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, eligibility to work in the UK, time spent abroad over the last 5 years, as well as employment and / or educational history.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please follow this link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels .
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a variety of opportunities within our diverse, global organization.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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