Program Manager - Senior Manager, Program Management – APAC
CAE
- Saint-Laurent, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Evaluate, approve, and manage project requirements, schedule, risks, and costs to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and customer satisfaction.
- Develop solutions to various issues and conflicts arising during projects in collaboration with clients, subcontractors, and internal staff.
- Monitor the quality of delivered products to meet customer expectations and technical requirements.
- Review schedules, progress, risks, and key milestones with project managers, operational services, and clients to ensure projects progress according to schedule.
- Develop strategies to enhance the customer experience in product delivery and update services.
- Participate in business development and proposal activities.
- Collaborate with the Product Management and Aftermarket teams to drive efficiencies and align solutions to drive customer satisfaction.
- Lead and/or participate in horizontal business processes across regions and organisations.
- Identify, participate in, and deliver continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness and enhance the customer experience.
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with customers and subcontractors.
- Supervise and mentor a team of project managers, providing guidance and support to ensure their professional growth and development.
- Conduct performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and identify training needs to optimize team performance and productivity.
- Evaluate workload requirements and conduct hiring activities.
- The position holder makes decisions and recommendations in accordance with company policies.
- The position holder works under administrative direction; work is reviewed based on the achievement of business objectives, professional judgment, and acceptance of management.
- University degree in engineering, project management, business, or equivalent, plus at least 10 years of experience in a related field, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to lead change.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and negotiation skills internally and externally.
- Proven leader who engages the workforce and fosters teamwork while achieving key objectives.
- Ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders and clients.
- Ability to work in a very fast-paced and dynamic environment with constant changes.
- Ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines, with significant workload and competing priorities.
- The work includes interruptions that may occur at any time. These interruptions may be unpredictable, imposed, or controlled by others.
- The position holder must be available for business travel of 3 to 4 weeks, and less than two weeks on short notice.