Thales Cybersecurity Products · 1 week ago
Program Demand Specialist
Irvine
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$83K/yr - $139K/yr
3+ years expThales Cybersecurity Products is a leader in aerospace solutions, and they are seeking a Program Demand Specialist. This role involves managing program demand activities to support delivery commitments with airline customers and aircraft manufacturers, ensuring effective planning and risk mitigation.
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Responsibilities
Serves as the single point of contact for assigned customer programs and associated workstreams, ensuring consistent communication and coordination, while supporting leadership through risk identification, impact assessment, and mitigation planning
Develops, maintains, and governs customer project revenue and billing plans, COGS forecasts, ship-set delivery data, and the project program file/portfolio throughout the full project lifecycle to support accurate financial, operational, and demand planning
Coordinates and monitors engineering and material readiness, including the release of engineering drawings and technical documentation, timely sourcing and costing of materials, and readiness to meet project deliverables and contractual schedules
Tracks and manages project deliverables to ensure execution aligns with contractual commitments, schedules, quality expectations, and Customer On-Dock Dates (CODDs), including coordinating the receipt, validation, and entry of Customer Purchase Orders and resolving discrepancies
Ensures accurate system demand and data integrity by managing the timely entry of hardware demand into the Thales ERP system (SAP), proactively resolving rescheduling errors, system inconsistencies, planning variances, and ensuring project deliverables drive accurate demand signals
Drives data governance, analytics, and continuous improvement, including establishing validation best practices, analyzing demand trends to improve forecast accuracy, supporting audits, participating in Tiger Teams, and driving process and procedural automation to improve efficiency, scalability, and data reliability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with 5–8 years of relevant professional experience, or an Advanced degree with 3–5 years of relevant experience, supporting independent contribution in complex program and demand-driven environments
Demonstrated understanding of global supply chain mechanics and interdependencies across demand, inventory, procurement, and cash flow, with ERP experience (SAP preferred)
Strong ability to analyze contracts, proposals, technical documentation, drawings, regulatory requirements, and financial reports, including variance analysis across billings, forecast revenue, EAC, COGS, rebates, discounts, credits, and project P&L alignment
Proven capability to manage scope, schedule, risk, technical execution, and financial performance; develop project plans, quality objectives, lessons learned; and support Program Managers in preparing program and financial reviews for senior leadership
Demonstrates effective consulting, negotiation, influencing, and persuasion skills with diverse stakeholders, including clear and professional verbal and written communication and strong executive-level presentation and storytelling capability
Strong strategic, critical, and data-driven thinking with the ability to simplify complex problems, develop practical solutions, and drive implementation to completion
High proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, MS Teams); experience with Visio, MS Project, or Primavera is a plus
Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional intelligence, integrity, and professional maturity, with the ability to collaborate and lead cross-functionally, challenge the status quo, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous, and multi-national environments
Ability to travel domestically 20% of the time
Benefits
Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period
Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off
Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program
Company
Thales Cybersecurity Products
Thales is a global leader in cybersecurity, helping the most trusted organizations in the world protect their most critical applications, data, and identities anywhere at scale.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security
2025-07-22Grant· $1M
2022-07-29Acquired
Leadership Team
Dave Jordan
Global Partner Programs and Strategy
Rick Robinson, MBA, CISSP, ISSAP
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