About the team The Project Management Office (PMO) provides resources, support, knowledge and coaching to the customer and product project management team to ensure a better performance along the project lifecycle. At this moment the PMO department making steps forward to increase the maturity. So the PMO department will beating the rhythm on the project milestones and will serve Thales Naval by providing the expertise, know-how, services and continuously striving to increase the data quality to ensure a better performance along project lifecycle in one predictable way with clear awareness and reliable insight on cost, time and quality. About your future job The role of risk and opportunity manager is highly dynamic. In this position you are allocated to our largest and most complex projects to provide practical support and guidance in a risk manager role. Next to supporting specific projects, you work on the improvement of our risk and opportunity management practices to improve the quality of decisions taken. For example, via the implementation of quantitative analysis methods for schedule risks and the design and implementation of portfolio level reporting on risks and opportunities. Your participation in global key user groups enables the continuous improvement of the added value of these tools. The main tasks and responsibilities are: Facilitate different types of Risk and Opportunity meetings (workshops, reviews, interviews etc.) Perform Risk Manager role in our largest and most complex projects/programs: Initiating and facilitating R&O workshops with the project team, which may include customers/suppliers too; Setting up and maintaining the Risk & Opportunity register, thereby proactively challenging/improving the input by project and work package managers; Setting up plans to mitigate risk(s) or secure opportunities, supporting their implementation and monitoring progress; Work with the project manager and project controller in order to monitor, review and challenge the project contingencies (risk budget) Promote and support effective use of available tooling; Propose and decide on improvements for tools in Thales Group key user groups Define general guidelines/inputs for Risk and Opportunity Management Propose and implement improvements in the Risk and Opportunity Management process Cooperation with other departments and international colleagues to align definition of processes and deliverables Train/coach colleagues throughout the organization on Risk and Opportunity Management Present/discuss portfolio level reporting at portfolio management level Raise awareness on and contribute to improvement of cultural aspects relevant for Risk and Opportunity Management. Why you'd be a good match You have a relevant college/university degree and a minimum of 5 years relevant working experience You have experience with as well qualitative as quantitative Risk and Opportunity Management practices You are able to challenge the status quo at all levels in the organization You thrive on involvement in highly complex situations and decisions You are able to get up to speed very quickly with(in) the Thales organization, our solutions and our customers. You are curious, see opportunities and deal well with complexity You work comfortably in a multidisciplinary, international and cross-cultural team and easily collaborate with a variety of stakeholders; You are a real team player and can easily liaise with various people; you are cooperative, yet decisive when it comes to your areas of expertise Fluent in Dutch and English Experience with facilitating different types of meetings and workshops What's in it for you An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment; Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative; The opportunity to grow within the organization, for instance on a technical, managerial, commercial or international level; An open and flexible work environment where a good work-life balance is considered important; A pleasant workplace in "the best building in the Netherlands" (Public’s Choice Award, 2015) with our own Starbucks corner; Excellent work conditions, with 40 holidays a year, among other benefits. LR 08 VKG 60 Questions? Reach out for more information to our Talent Acquisition Partner Gerlof Jan Heck, via +31 (0) 638697390 or gerlofjan.heck@nl.thalesgroup.com. Or Apply directly by clicking on the button below. #LI-GH1

#J-18808-Ljbffr