Head of Discipline

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.

About the Role We Are Looking For

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience across multiple operating platforms and programming languages, with a strong focus on both front-end and back-end development. This role requires a strategic mindset, continuous improvement drive, and the ability to navigate the evolving technological landscape while leading and collaborating within an Agile environment.

Profile Expectations:
- Foster competitiveness and performance improvement 
- Lead willing to engage and develop his discipline engineers team members through the use of collaborative work and challenging approaches 
- Open to share knowledge and help people develop themselves, as enabler to be recognized as a great mentor and team-player 
- Be responsible and show a great sense of initiative

Technical competences:

Substantial knowledge of Software:

• Familiar with various operating platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix…,)

• Experience with both front-end and back-end development by having programming skills in [Java/.NET/GO] and exposure to a wide range of other high-level languages and frameworks (e.g. Python, HTML, CSS, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, , GraphQL)

• Familiar with multithreading & UX/UI design, modelling and simulation tools

• Able to use Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) tools (e.g. Gitlab, Jenkins, Git)

• Know Big Data main technologies

• Knowledge about cybersecurity

• Database good knowledge

• Demonstrate a strong desire for continuous improvement and a capacity to develop a strategic vision: able to integrate and anticipate the various elements of discipline environment in order to guide the team through the challenges prompted by competitiveness

•   Know how to adopt a Lean Management approach and apply Agile principles to the management and development discipline team, in Scrum and / or Kanban mode

• Understanding of various testing methodologies, including manual and automated testing

• Knowledge in different types of testing, such as functional, performance, security, and user acceptance testing

Soft skills & attitude

• Good attitude and engagement/involvement related to the actual job, company, tasks

• Good communication and relationship with team members – people from the same level with him

• Capable to give and receive feedback; Able to listen and share, able to give constructive feedback

• Ability to evaluate people both in interviews and day-by-day performance

• Ability to lead a team towards a common aim and objectives;

• Ability to prepare the team to meet current and future challenges;

• Ability to be a role model in all circumstances;

• Be assertive, responsible, takes decisions and inspire change and innovation

• Good negotiator, facilitator and mediator

• Good planner & prioritization, good organization, time-management skills

• Leadership mindset

• Customer oriented

• Ability to guide teams through the problem solving process and come up with positive results

• Ability to simplify complexity, for oneself and for others;

• Able to learn fast and find useful information/solutions

• Able to adapt fast to new challenges, changes & contexts and provide quick and good outputs

• Able to understand and feel team mindset, read between the lines, have a good intuition, empathic

• Ability to understand the dynamics of individuals, groups, cultures and organizations in order to adapt one's behavior and influence others in the interests of the project.

• Ability to take decisions following the project & team scope, objectives

• Being able to look ahead and be able to identify possible risks  

• Ability to see both the overall and immediate picture

Responsibilities:

• Drive as hiring manager the hiring process and team building for all the needs coming from projects for his discipline; help EDMs/CPOs to identify properly the suitable roles based on projects needs

• Be responsible for TSR ramp-up to reach the goal workforce

• Be accountable for onboarding new comers in his discipline

• Be accountable about retention in his discipline teams

• Determine team goals/objectives and make sure the team is moving towards achieving the goals; checkpoints, quality/achievement; team assessment versus teams objectives; develop a strategy the team will use to reach its goal

• Support his discipline team members development and help them to advance professionally within the context of projects' key challenges.

• Help EDMs/CPOs/Tech leaders to identify team weaknesses and strengths and mediate improvement, help team members to follow their carrier path;  develop skills based on project's needs; obtain resources for skill development activities (by coaching, trainings, tasks etc); Be accountable for the carrier development of his discipline teams members.

• Be accountable about trainings plan building for each discipline team member

• Be accountable for his discipline team performance KPIs

• Be accountable about Team Performance assessment inside his discipline

• Be accountable for the team technical expertise support inside his discipline

• Be accountable for Skills matrix management inside his discipline

• Manage, supervise and mentor/coach his discipline members or facilitate it;

• Be responsible about his discipline team members salaries management

• Be responsible about Benefits inside his discipline

• Be clear in expectations, keep an open communication with each member, give feedback and ensure a balance between project needs and team's needs

• Communicate and distributing information inside the team and among stakeholders

• Be the interface for his discipline teams in front of the origin unit HODs/ EDMs/CPOs

• Assure good communications inside team and be a good mediator inside the team and outside the team with the others stakeholders

• Have regular syncs with EDMs / CPOs/ origin unit HODs linked to his discipline

• Be his discipline team members ambassador in front of all involved stakeholders

• Help EDMs/Tech Leads to delegate responsibilities to the right individuals; help to discover each individual's strengths to distribute work effectively; Empower the team

• Help EDMs/CPOs to resolve conflicts in the team and among stakeholders;  Understand the context;   Understands the point of view of each party;  Identifies the win-win solution;  Persuades the parties to adopt the win-win solution

• Ask and give constant Feedback (monthly One&Ones) with each discipline member;

• Help EDMs/CPOs/Team leaders to keep team motivated; Identifies team and individual de-motivators;   Find solutions to remove de-motivators;  Create a positive and optimistic attitude;   Facilitates team spirit and team cohesion;   Celebrates successes

• Monitor and maintain good team mindset and cohesion, team work

• Lead by examples; be a role model in all circumstances for his discipline members;

• Help his discipline team members to identify properly their priorities between discipline & projects and act accordingly

• Ensure his discipline members are self-organizing

• Responsible for any issues or problems within his discipline teams and make sure they are dealt appropriately

• Ensure no one in his discipline teams is solely responsible for any task or activity (each team member has to have a backup)

• Help his discipline team members to remove impediments where possible and to raise the ones to the appropriate person outside of the team and ensure they are dealt with

• Be accountable about team Holiday management; Ensure that holidays & sickness are managed and align with project's needs, tracked and considered in planning.

• Be accountable about his discipline engineers' workload; Ensure continuous and balanced load for all team members

• Be accountable about his discipline Risks management

• Responsible for ensuring his discipline team members are consistently delivering theirs outputs respecting projects standards & expectations

• Help his discipline team members to learn to estimate properly their projects tasks

• Be accountable about his discipline team members quality work in the committed time

• Work with the discipline delivery team to make them efficient - identify gaps and associated actions to support delivery continuous improvement

• Deploy the adequate Practices and Tools tailored to reach the required maturity according to Project/Product delivery challenges

• Support and organize various initiatives from his teams

• Encourage adoption of the New technologies

• Be accountable about Processes, practices and tools capitalization in his discipline

• Be accountable about Best practices sharing in his discipline

• Be accountable about Lesson learn sharing inside his discipline

• Promote innovation inside his discipline

• Promote reusing building blocks inside his discipline

• Organize and facilitate Info share sessions inside his discipline

• Contribute on Bids/Products and Projects peer reviews to reduce technical/engineering risks and increase confidence to deliver

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.