Software Discipline Manager

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Part of the Global Business Unit Land and Air Systems (LAS) within Thales Group, Thales AMS (Airspace Mobility Solutions) is providing leading edge airspace control and security solutions for the commercial and defense sectors, as well as digital solutions for Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) and Digital Aviation. AMS represents revenues of over 500 million Euros worldwide and is the global market leader in the space of Air Traffic Management and one of the most credible players in the new UTM space.

The AMS Business Line is undergoing a set of major challenges, airspace is becoming increasingly saturated, new regulations are being put in place, UTM is emerging as a new domain to cover, cyber threat, and is, in addition, facing technological breakthroughs coming from new technologies (agile software development, component based architecture, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, ...).

The Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) BL strategy is based on two major transformations:

• The establishment of a new product policy based on a consistent products portfolio addressing the market globally
• The identification of new Air traffic Control (ATC) capabilities enabling to grow significantly our order intake by completing our traditional ATC offer with new Digital technology and applications

AMS delivers very complex safety and security critical systems mainly Software based. Projects are following an incremental and parallel development process. Projects involves teams in France (Rungis/Toulouse), Portugal, UK, Romania and Australia. AMS is enforcing the discipline management to master ongoing developments and prepare the future in improving its competitiveness, customer and team satisfaction.

The Software Discipline Manager is part of the Software Discipline governance led by the Software Head of Discipline and is responsible of people and discipline management.

As a key actor of competitiveness improvement, the Software Discipline Manager is in charge to deploy the engineering transformation and develop continuous improvement as well as a culture of innovation.

Within AMS Business Line the software discipline follows the software craftsmanship principles:

• Not only working software, but also well-crafted software;
• Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value;
• Not only individuals and interactions, but also a community of professionals;
• Not only customer collaboration, but also productive partnerships; focusing on the ability to challenge ourselves, produce work of high quality, encourage versatility and boost attractiveness.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

The Software Discipline Manager:

• Contribute to build a clear vision and direction with Head of Discipline in engineering-wide initiatives and communicate to the team
• Contribute to the discipline enhancement plan and support improvements raised by the teams to process and tools in order to boost quality, efficiency and delivery on-time
• Develop innovation and entrepreneurship culture
• Be responsible for the adoption of new technologies linked to our business (Digital tools, Cloud, CI/CD pipeline, containers, …)
• Foster collaboration with other disciplines to define multi-discipline solutions with added value
• Instill into the team and develop external collaboration to foster innovation and seek adequate expertise
• Contribute to Software Engineering Discipline Governance
• Communicate, standardize and reinforce the software quality standards and monitor their deployment
• Ensure & secure the workload to fulfil current and future project needs
• Ensure that any major risk is identified and managed in the scope of the discipline for any project, product or bid
• Perform Technical Reviews associated with their discipline on Bids/projects
• Be responsible for engineering discipline cost model definition and upgrades based on capitalization and Metrics done by the discipline.
• Monitor regularly competitiveness (assess the cost model through benchmark across Thales organization and group similar discipline, challenge bid quotation, …)
• Map current and forecasted soft & hard skills to identify discipline trends and propose upskilling plan (training, coaching, …)
• Manage recruitment and contractor selection
• Roll-out Make Team Buy strategy for the forecasted workload (incoming activities)
• Involve his/her team in the relevant Network of expertise
• Provide leadership to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels
• Interact regularly with team members to define and support engineers in their career development plan
• Interface to the team for non-engineering departments to flow down information from HSE, HR, Facilities, …

Qualification

Experience required

• Proven experience (10+ years) in development of products and projects in a variety of methodologies, with a particular focus on iterative/agile development
• Significant experience (5+ years) in managing people
• Experience in safety critical development and associated software assurance is appreciate
• Working in a complex, multidisciplinary, multi-site and international organization

Knowledge/Skills

• Will to coach people, to share and transfer his/her know-how
• High level of empowerment, ability to engage various stakeholders having different objectives
• Accountability, transparency and curiosity
• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills
• An ability to successfully manage change
• Comfort in facing and managing complexity
• Sound judgement and independent decision-making capability where necessary
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Languages: English

YOUR CAREER AT THALES:

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas:

• Room and attention to personal development.
• Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
• Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path.
• Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group.
• Work for different Thales domains & entities.

YOUR IMMEDIATE BENEFITS

• 24 holiday days a year
• Benefit Online
• A good work-life balance which includes flexible working hours
• A comprehensive compensation and benefit package including medical coverage & life insurance
• Hybrid Workplace
• go FLUENT & Udemy Subscription

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security, aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania, we are advancing innovation through software engineering, research and development, delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design, develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries – from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations, to air traffic management systems, satellite-based solutions, tactical indoor simulations, identity and biometric technologies and more.