Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE. Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi’s airport. IS-IT Business Change Manager CANDIDATES THAT WOULD IMPRESS US PROFILE: You graduated with a Master of Engineering or any relevant field in University You want to supervise all the operations with the aim of ensuring that the CompetenceCenteractually keeps in line with business expectations You are a born leader and look forward occupying a position of responsibility within a challenging environment You already have significant experience in project management within a technical context You are a recognised team-player, demonstrating a taste for collaborative work and good interpersonal skills You are said to be versatile, result-oriented and rigorous COMPETENCIES: You can integrate a strategic vision at scale, demonstrating a great understanding of what is at stake in order to make the most appropriate decisions for your scope You have good organisationalskills, which gives you the ability to define and take in charge the generic Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as well as all the tools that are likely to help the disciplines improve their capitalisation capabilities You are versatile enough to multi-task within a fast-paced environment and be comfortable with detailed information (whether financial or technical) You are able to collaborate and interface with the various stakeholders thanks to your people skills and mastery of several co-engineering techniques (e.g .Agility, Lean Management) NICE TO HAVE: + [Specific knowledge linked to the domain / product / project – to be filled in by Engineering Manager or Talent Acquisition] LIFE AS A BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGER As a BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGER, you will: Maintain an up-to-date workforce planning in line with the business expectations, ensuring staffing of products and project teams Contribute to the Make / Team / Buy and the footprint strategy and ensure its execution with HoD support Consolidate the competitiveness dashboard of the Competence Center Ensure consistency, maturity and configuration management of the CompetenceCentercost estimate process and practices (cost estimating models, parametric estimate…) Tailor the Process and Practices applicable to the Competence Center if delegated by the Engineering Manager to the Product Owner with HoD recommendations Provide engineers with an efficient Engineering Environment with the related engineering support: A workspace enabling collaboration and focus Tools according the tailoring definition and IT infrastructure that runs the tools + [Other specific info - to be filled in by Engineering Manager or Talent Acquisition] YOUR CAREER AT THALES Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competencies 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 Engineerin At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now! Interested in a CAREER IN THE RAIL transportation sector? To see our jobs in the railway market, please visit our dedicated site here