Manager, Configuration Management

Location:

Ottawa, Canada In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Manager of Configuration Management

Position Summary

This position is Hybrid Ottawa, Halifax or Victoria.

Thales is looking to hire a Manager of Configuration Management. The Manager of Configuration Management is the Head of Discipline (HoD) responsible for Configuration Management (CM) across the organization. They are also the Resource Manager for the CM team. The Manager of Configuration Management reports to the Director of Engineering.

Regulatory Compliance Requirement

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Resource Manager you will provide appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products;
Plans the team’s workload in the short, medium and long term;
Develops team skills to support bids, projects and products;
Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management and succession planning for the team;
Coaches, mentors and develops the team;
Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives;
Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.

As a Head of Discipline; you will be responsible for the establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline;
Ensures that the discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products;
Responsible for development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline;
Responsible for bid, project and product estimates for the discipline.

As Manager of Configuration Management you are to Implement and sustain the Company’s Configuration Management capability;
Perform Configuration Management Planning and Management;
Responsible for Configuration Identification, Control, Status Accounting, Verification and Audits;
Responsible for managing the CM budget;
Manages Configuration Identification (CI) activities and the CI structure for projects and products;
Responsible for the integration of Configuration Item technical data between the Configuration Management System and other applications including Maximo, SAP, DOORS, Omega PS, JIRA and SharePoint;
Responsible for subcontractor Configuration Management requirements and activities.

As a member of the CM team you will be responsible for performing CM work on bids, projects and products.

Minimum Requirements

An engineering degree or 3-year technical program diploma in a technical field from a recognized university or college program or certified as a technologist by a recognized provincial, state, or federal (national) licensing body in a related field.

A minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years managing a CM team; A minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years of responsibility for CM functions; A minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years as a Configuration Manager for a Capital or In-Service Support contract.

Expertise in the deployment, maintenance use of at least one Configuration Management tool;
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