Senior Software & Cyber PM — Hybrid UK (UWS)

Owen Thomas B Corp; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Buying or selling annual leave

Cycle to work schemes

Employee discounts

Paid volunteering day

Stocks and shares

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thales is recruiting a Senior Project Manager (Software/Cyber) to lead and deliver complex software and cyber development projects within the M-SET portfolio from the UK base in Cheadle. The role sits in the Under Water Systems (UWS) business, requiring strong Agile leadership, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, and delivery teams.

You will drive multi-disciplinary delivery across a matrix organisation, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risks

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex software development projects.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and sprint-based delivery.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organisation.
• Demonstrable capability in managing project cost, schedule, risk, and performance.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working in customer-facing delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex software and cyber projects through the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans aligned to programme objectives.
• Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, and project performance.
• Drive delivery across multidisciplinary teams in an Agile environment.
• Manage dependencies, risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Provide governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Work with Product Managers and Product Owners to align roadmaps with priorities.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk mgmt

Job description

Thales is recruiting a Senior Project Manager (Software/Cyber) to lead and deliver complex software and cyber development projects within the M-SET portfolio from the UK base in Cheadle. The role sits in the Under Water Systems (UWS) business, requiring strong Agile leadership, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, and delivery teams.

You will drive multi-disciplinary delivery across a matrix organisation, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risks