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About the Role
This is a leadership opportunity to shape and strengthen operations assurance across a complex and high-profile business environment. As Operations Assurance Lead – Air Sector, you will provide independent oversight and assurance that programmes are delivered to cost and schedule. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the Air Sector, Operations Leadership Team, and the Operations Assurance team, this role plays a critical part in driving performance, identifying risks early, and ensuring successful programme execution across the full business lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Provide independent assurance of programme delivery, ensuring performance against cost, schedule, and risk expectations
- Accountability for the management of operational site activities within OME foot print at Green Park
- Lead independent Air portfolio review and support governance processes across bids and programme execution
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and Operations Assurance peers to identify risks, improve performance, and strengthen operational delivery
- Ensures that issues related to the operations “Delivery Engine” are resolved /escalated in support of delivery for customers.
- Ensure that the impact of issues is fully understood resulting in effective prioritisation.
- Implement leading/lagging indicators of Programme health to ensure earlier intervention on issues.
- Flag changes appropriately for review to ensure full understanding of the Operational impact.
- Ensure full breadth of Operations capacity/capability is considered during Bids.
Requirements
- Experience working across Programme Management, Engineering and Industry
- Strong understanding of the full business lifecycle, from bid through to programme delivery
- Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels across a matrix organisation
- Demonstrated track record of delivering results in complex, cross-functional roles
- Strong commercial and business awareness, with the ability to identify risk and drive performance improvement initiatives
- UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats.
- Must undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.
- 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.
Skills
- Programme Management
- Engineering
- Industry
- Business lifecycle understanding
- Stakeholder engagement
- Risk identification
- Performance improvement
Location
- Reading, United Kingdom
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Leadership
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus
- Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
- 24 hours volunteering paid for
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
- Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
- Gym membership discounts
About the Company
- Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents.
- With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust.
- Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.
- We enable forces to gather timely, meaningful information so they can make thoughtful, decisive choices that safeguard communities.
- For more than 130 years, we’ve championed the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial applications.
- Our expertise covers three sectors: Air, Land and Sea.
Equal Opportunity
- At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all.
- We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring.