Program Manager

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services. Coordinates departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project i.e. product on schedule and within budget constraints.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct all phases of the program from requirements analysis, initial planning through all phases to successful product delivery and assure a timely closeout of completed programs to ensure that all obligations are satisfied, and program documentation is properly recorded
• Support program bid and proposal activities. Ensure that requirements of the request for proposal are met in the preparation and documentation of bids and proposals
• Actively seek new business and growth opportunities in coordination with business development
• Develop and implement plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts. Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel, and purchased services. Report program status to senior management monthly 
• Development and maintenance of the program integrated master schedule to include the internal and external milestones and phases as established by the respective program teams 
• Establish and monitor adherence to program master plans and schedules, identify program problems, obtain solutions, direct allocation of resources
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedule are evident. Seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise
• Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtain management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost, and schedule objectives
• Maintain program financial forecasts, report progress to financial objectives
• Serve as primary the primary interface with the customer on all matters involving contract execution. Coordinate with other departments on resolution of contractual problems with customer. Coordinate with contracts manager on issues pertaining to contract requirements, changes, and interpretations 
• Ability to clearly communicate program status, issues, risks, opportunities and plans to internal senior management  
• Ensure coordination across multiple programs and/or projects and with other product line leads

Qualifications and Education Requirements  

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, engineering or similar field with a minimum of 3 years project management experience
• Successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military organization within the defense aerospace capacity
• Must be a dynamic and energetic leader that involves other team members in the decision making and change process 
• Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity, and variance analysis
• The position requires coordinating and working with cross-functional teams 
• Strong communication skills to advise team members and senior management on status and/or actions 
• Microsoft Office Suite skills, inclu