Business Manager - Digital
Crawley
Are you ready for a rewarding role where you can play a key part in shaping and securing exciting business opportunities? If so, we may have the role for you.
What the role has to offer
Excellent career development in an exciting market where digital ideas become real-world solutions
Opportunity to work in a fast paced, exciting, and dynamic environment
Our Opportunity
We are seeking a forward-thinking business manager to drive digital business growth within our Thales Training & Simulation (TTS UK) business line within Thales.
In 2025 The UK Digital twin centre opened and is a new centre where its mission is to support Thales and other companies create and use digital twins – Virtual models of real-world systems, such as ships, aircrafts, or other whole environments. These models help us test and improve things before they are built or used in real life.
The Business Manager – Digital is responsible for managing all UKDTC Digital opportunities from qualification through to contract award. This includes value proposition, strategy development, solution development, commercial considerations, partner identification, proposal writing and risk management.
Key tasks/Responsibilities:
Acting as Capture Lead for portion of Digital Campaign portfolio of opportunities – primarily within the UK DTC
Identify, analyse, qualify, advocate, and track Digital opportunities – focussing on gathering intelligence and building relationships
This individual will act on behalf of the digital solutions lead for all the digital captures within their purview
This individual will engage with customers around Digital technologies, identifying customer pain points & opportunities / benefits of utilising Digital solutions, shaping solutions specific to customers, to underpin their internal business cases.
About You
We are looking for someone who can confidently communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and capable of building effective relationships.
The ideal candidate will be agile and adaptable, thriving in fast paced environments and manage change with confidence.
A solid business background is essential, along with an ability to deliver impactful outcomes through strategic thinking, collaboration, and a hands-on approach.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
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.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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