Assistant Bid and Project Manager

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom 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.

Crawley - Hybrid Working (3 days per week onsite) We are looking for an Assistant Bid and Project Manager to join our A2IS business, supporting the Secure Communications & Information Systems (SIX) portfolio. You will be responsible for supporting and providing bid and project management to the Naval (NIS) projects (from contract award to final delivery) as well as bid activities from supporting and shaping to award and handover to contract. You will be responsible for liaisons across a range of activities to ensure that best practice is being applied and that project management capability strengths and weaknesses are identified and managed supporting an overall improvement of PM capability within the B&PM function in SIX, specifically this is through the implementation of “left-shifting”, the use of Baseline reviews and roll-out of new WPM tools and approach.

What the role has to offer: Working on a diverse and far ranging portfolio in an area Thales is a European industry leader – Naval secure communications Involvement at the f