Project Manager

Project Manager

Quebec City, QC (Hybrid) Full Time

About Thales & cortAIx, its AI acceleration and industrialisation lab.

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.

Within the group, Thales Digital Solutions (TDS) is a technological innovation hub supporting all sectors of activity of the Group both in the local market (Canada) and internationally. Join us to contribute to the development of solutions for our mission critical via multiple and varied cutting-edge projects using our expertise in artificial intelligence, human factors, collaborative autonomous systems, optimization, knowledge management, cybersecurity and design.

Recently launched, cortAIx is an AI accelerator designed to provide armed forces, aerospace manufacturers and critical infrastructure operators with advanced, secure solutions that enhance data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency. Designed for critical environments, cortAIx seamlessly integrates AI into systems that must meet the highest standards of cybersecurity, deployability and resource optimization, ensuring superior performance without compromise.

Working at Thales Digital Solutions...

• You have the choice between working at the office or from home.

• You join a company with a family spirit and social activities all year round (5* BBQ, end-of-year party, sporting challenges...).

• You join a "large team" (around a hundred employees at TDS) that shares values of transparency, direct relationship and where mutual aid is essential!

• You have the opportunity to try and evolve in different roles in order to develop your career.

• You work on stimulating and innovative projects, interacting internationally with passionate colleagues around the world as well as with local ecosystems.

Job Summary

Being a project manager at Thales Digital Solutions,

Project management at Thales Digital Solutions is first and foremost a close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (software developers/architects, product owners (PO), designers, scientists, marketing, business development) to manage projects and/or programs of various sizes.

Project management with us is above all a role of facilitator and conductor on a portfolio of projects focused on the same domain of expertise to ensure a common vision between scientific activities, development activities while ensuring that the design vision and user needs are known and integrated into the solution.

Our role as a project manager is to ensure that each collaborator can be heard and have an impact on projects and the objectives to be achieved. The project manager with us is an important part of the team to ensure the success of projects.

As an organization, we believe in the agile philosophy and we do not hesitate to improve our ways of doing things.

Our objective is to encourage innovation on different research axes such as:

• Cybersecurity

• The analysis of human factors using sensory sensors to better support the operator in his critical tasks,

• The use of artificial intelligence to offer decision-making capabilities between different agents,

• The analysis of historical data combined with expert knowledge to make recommendations and support humans in understanding complex situations.

Essential Functions

• You will be responsible, in collaboration with the head of innovation, engineering and research, for the roadmap and global vision of one or more projects and/or project portfolios for which you will be in charge.

• You will ensure the alignment of the strategic objectives of the company, research and projects of the same project portfolio.

• You will be responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and the achievement of the project team's objectives.

• You will facilitate workshops with various stakeholders to ensure everyone is moving in the same direction.

• You will supervise risk management and the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures.

• Always in collaboration with the various project stakeholders, you will establish and communicate the objectives, schedule, performance indicators, project expectations, work to be performed, milestones and deliverables of the projects.

• You will act as a liaison between the various project stakeholders.

• You will coordinate the various perimeter managers involved to ensure project success.

• You will be responsible for planning and managing the workload of the team working on your project portfolio(s).

• You will master the terms and conditions as well as the budget of the projects.

• You will manage the billing milestones associated with the project.

This position is for you if...

• You like supporting teams and clients to solve problems.

• You care about creating solutions that bring value to the client and the company.

• You like to foster opportunities and make the projects you manage known.

• You define yourself as someone organized.

• You have the desire to learn and diversify.

• For you, sharing vision and information within the company is important.

• You like to contribute to the implementation of process improvements and participate in a project manager community.

• You like to be at the heart of a multidisciplinary team and foster innovation to implement the projects of tomorrow.

Minimum Requirements

What you absolutely need to apply...

• A Bachelor's level or equivalent in an appropriate discipline;

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in project management or a strong willingness to rely on significant past experience to enter a project manager role.

This position requires a good knowledge of English to interact, support and/or provide services to international clients, employees and/or partners as well as to foreign government authorities who do not speak French.

Desirable Qualification

And what is strongly advised to have to apply...

• Proactivity and a great sense of organization, priority management and respect for deadlines.

• Good team spirit, excellent interpersonal skills as well as oral and written communication skills;

• Interest in cutting-edge technologies demonstrated by mastered knowledge in our fields of innovation.

• Good command of spoken and written French and English.

• Aptitude for teamwork.

• PMP certification an asset.

• Good knowledge of the software development context an asset.

But since we are looking more for a personality - who has a taste for learning, who remains humble and open - than just skills... Then do not hesitate to contact us because we always have plenty of opportunities!

Special Job Requirements

Travel: Between Quebec City and Montreal mainly and occasionally.