Program Manager

Background

Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is an innovative space systems company serving customers around the world. We blend our advanced space hardware capabilities with smart, rugged designs to develop unique solutions for planetary, orbital, and terrestrial environments. Our modern, commercial, business approach enables effective space program and mission development for both commercial and government customers.

We are seeking high‑calibre, experienced candidates to join a fast‑paced, multi‑disciplinary team working on a series of flight‑focused and near‑term space development activities.

Canadensys Aerospace is currently looking for a Program Manager to oversee the development and delivery of space hardware and software, inclusive of associated internal deliverables. The successful candidate will work with teammates across Canadensys. The primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule while achieving all technical requirements and fostering customer trust toward achieving collaborative solutions.

The individual will lead a cross‑functional organization aligned to common project performance goals. Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). The Program Manager’s responsibilities are broad and rewarding; you are the direct interface to external customers in this position. For your external end‑item customer, you are responsible for capturing new and follow‑on business through the development of business relationships and achieving program expectations.

For your internal customer, you are responsible for supporting in all necessary capacities to ensure Quality, Delivery and Cost goals for your program are achieved.

• Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.
• Lead and direct cross‑functional integrated engineering personnel to meet project cost, schedule and technical performance objectives. Measure and report project performance.
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management and other project stakeholders.
• Participate in the development and refinement of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
• Establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and testing.
• Create, review and finalize project Statements of Work.
• Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of project requirements.
• Establishment and management of the project and subordinate baselines. Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools.
• Identify, allocate and manage project resources, including workforce planning.
• Manage government/customer‑supplied property or information.
• Manage suppliers to meet project objectives.
• Adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
• Ensure project team understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board activities.
• Develop and adhere to master plans and schedules.
• Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
• Develop creative technical alternatives during course of job assignments to reach desired outcome.
• Perform work utilizing frequent application of in‑depth engineering principles.
• Provide guidance to engineers and report writers in the solution of specific, complex design problems, which must be resolved during development and testing.
• Assure supervision awareness of project status, problems and successes. Provide/chair periodic design reviews, critical review boards and update presentations to management and executive teams.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, with at least five (5) years program management experience.
• Ability to manage external customers and internal…