Change Manager

About the team

With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2000 employees are based, we are located in four cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions and research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

F126 is the first major shipbuilding project of the German Navy since 20 years and at the same time its largest ship building program ever. Based on the increasing operational needs, the German Navy plans to build four new multi role combat ships. In order to respond in a flexible way to national and NATO obligations of different types, the modularity of the vessel became a key requirement for the design.

The Thales part of the project is by volume the biggest project in the history of the Thales Netherlands and Thales Germany Naval organizations. To realize this, we are expanding and strengthening our solution engineering capacity.

About your future job

The Requirement Management Role is focused on technical management and way of working of requirement engineering activities. As a Requirement Manager, you will be responsible for leading the team with the main focus on delivering the requirement engineering deliverables. You will be working closely together with the Workpackage Managers, Project Design Authority and IVVQ Manager, with the aim of creating goal-driven team(s) based on engineering earned value management. Within this scope you are responsible for organizing the Requirement Engineering processes and deliverables within given time and money in close co-operation with the EDM and System Architects.

As Requirement Manager you will be responsible for:

• Defining the processes related to Requirements Engineering from the requirements definition until requirements acceptance
• Supporting the WPMs in their responsibility of on-time delivery and defined quality of Requirement Engineering deliverables;
• Establishing the drumbeat to finalize the requirements development according to the needs pulled by the Integration, Verification and Validation activities;
• Ensuring the process related to Change management of requirements, being a stakeholder of the Change Control Board;
• Deploying a Requirements review board with the objective to review and finalize the requirements across teams and products;
• Ensuring the consistency and maintainability of the requirements baseline (for functional and non-functional requirements);
• Gathering the requirements baselines including traceability from the subsystems that deliver to the program;
• Taking project execution to the next level by developing requirement management skills and requirement engineering processes;
• Managing the requirements progress based on Requirement Engineering KPIs, in the larger context of the Program Engineering KPI’s.
• You will have contact with various departments within the development departments, such as Radar Front-end, Software-, System-, Mechanical- & Electrical Engineering, but also with Supply Chain and Purchasing. In this role, you are reporting directly to the Engineering Delivery Manager.

Why you'd be a good match

• Completed Master’s degree in Engineering;
• 3-5 years of experience in the field of Requirement and/or Systems Engineering;
• Familiar with the INCOSE documentation on Requirement Engineering and Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification. Preferably you are certified;
• You have experience on Requirements Management tools (preferably DOORS and Polarion)
• Project Management experience within an Engineering Company (high tech) is preferable;
• You are results-oriented, cost-conscious and you like to take initiative;
• You work with a vision, and deal well with complex situations;
• You have a “can-do” and “why-not-this” mentality:
• You like to lead with integrity and engage stakeholders;
• You have a positive and cooperative mind-set, looking for what to improve in his own team instead of looking at defaults in other teams;
• You are enthusiastic, dynamic and have excellent communication skills.

What's in it for you

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas;
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organisation, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills;
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe;
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance;
• You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it;
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalise your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs;
• 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.