Product Assurance Manager

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A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

We are looking for Project PA Manager

The incumbent will ensure the implementation of all Product Assurance tasks on institutional projects for the assigned perimeter (project or sub-system), and as such she/he will:

Ensure the compliance to project requirements or, as applicable, that deviations are duly documented and justified
Ensure that project activities are carried out in compliance to Company Quality Management System, applicable Standards and Regulations
Establish and maintain appropriate interface with the Customer Quality representative, for all relevant PA matters
Represent the privileged interface for the Project Management team for relevant PA matters
Establish/update the Project PA Plan (if applicable) in compliance to the PA requirements, and ensure that it is correctly implemented throughout the Project
Ensure Non-Conformities are managed according to applicable requirements and processes internally and within suppliers, ensuring proper visibility to the Customer
Coordinate the activities of the Project Quality team, ensuring that the PA Requirements and/or Plan is correctly flowed down at all levels, internally and towards external suppliers
Prepare Quality documents under PA responsibility, and verify/approve other project Quality documents
Ensure a proper reporting of Quality aspects towards the Customer, the PMO and the management
Ensure the participation to (internal and Customer) Project meetings and reviews as relevant, providing Quality contribution whenever necessary
Ensure that lessons learnt are formalized, capitalized & promoted
Exercise the duty of alerts and the right of vetoes according to existing processes
Ensure that Risk Management processes are well executed, and provide proactive contributions
Ensure that continuous improvement processes are in place and implemented

4 - Main Interfaces:

TAS Project Manager and Project team
Customer PA Manager and Project team
Q representatives of suppliers and partners, as applicable

5 - Required Experiences and Skills

7 years’ experience in the Space Domain (nice to have)
5 years in Quality (preferably as Project / Product PA)
Deep knowledge of ECSS
Capability to effectively interface at management level
Very good communication and negotiation skills
Capability to effectively coordinate and delegate
Proactivity, open-mindedness
Fluency in English

LR08

Type of contract: Permanent

Experience: 6 – 11 Years

CCNL Met/Ind – B3 Category

€ 41.424,25 - € 51.823,67

VC Target Rate up to 8%

CIPI up to 1.822€

Performance Bonus (PDR): up to 4.550€

At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now!

How we score this

Product Assurance Manager at Thales scores 37 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 1 of 4 (Little AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

Classification

AI Level 1. The work itself involves no AI, or AI only appears as scenery, such as a company tagline.