Program Manager

Job Information

• Date Opened 05/13/2026
• Job Type Contract
• Industry Engineering
• Work Experience 5+ years
• City Mirabel Southwest
• Zip/Postal Code J7N
• State/Province Quebec
• Country Canada

About Us

Gestal Amérique du Nord is a partner of choice for companies in the aerospace, shipbuilding, and energy sectors. We offer a full range of services, from design to execution, including maintenance. Our experts support our clients in optimizing their production processes, complying with the most rigorous standards, and improving their overall performance.

Our values: Quality is everyone's business, and our commitment to continuous improvement transforms errors into opportunities for excellence. We foster a respectful and caring work environment where employees thrive. If you are ready to take on challenges and foster innovation, join us!

Job Description

Do you have experience in supply chain management, program management, project management and/or product management, have you worked preferably in an aeronautical or manufacturing sector and do you want to evolve and develop new skills? This position is for you!

The A220 commercial aircraft program is looking for an A220 Satair Program Manager to join our A220 Satair Program Management team based in Mirabel (Quebec, Canada), where you will work jointly with the diversified A220 and Satair teams in Mirabel.

You will be part of the A220 Satair Program Management team working on several cross-functional projects, in line with our ambitious strategy.

Thanks to the diversity of personalities in our team, we are ready to take on all challenges, whether detailed or high-level strategies.

Your role as A220 Satair Program Manager will be to implement cross-functional initiatives to create new satisfactory levels of support that our customers will appreciate.

Your challenges:

• Identify process gaps related to the A220 compared to existing programs, evaluate different working methods requiring particular processes or roles and launch improvement workshops;
• Lead cross-functional projects/tasks to develop the A220 business. These projects require dynamism and leadership qualities to work with the entire organization;
• Take charge of your projects/tasks by mastering the defined and associated key performance indicators;
• Ensure visibility of the roadmap and expected improvements concerning your projects/tasks and the overall program to stakeholders;
• Assume responsibility for profits and net margin for processes, products, policy-related issues, costs according to the defined path and for the overall program;
• Help adapt working methods to fleet development/footprint, establish relevant business cases and projects to prepare for the future;
• Work closely with commercial directors, support directors and internal clients to strengthen customer confidence in Airbus' commitment to supporting the A220 program.

Requirements

Your profile:

• You have a university degree in economics, business administration, marketing, or an equivalent combination of studies and experience, and you hold a master's degree, you are the ideal candidate;
• You have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in program, project or product management within an industrial multinational (preferably in the aeronautical sector);
• You are able to manage a wide variety of missions, particularly in the transition and improvement phase while being empathetic and you like to help others;
• You possess high-level analytical skills and use them to see the big picture and think outside the box. The ideal person is creative, high-level, but can also be precise and pragmatic in implementation;
• You have a consultant mindset and can identify process gaps and propose workarounds. You like to implement new solutions to complex problems involving a large number of stakeholders (colleagues, team managers, management members);
• You are able to create strong, trusting relationships and manage expectations. You believe in listening, as much as in the ability to give clear explanations and resolve potential problems;
• You are a delivery, customer and technically oriented person, and you have no problem being autonomous while fostering strong internal and external collaborations;
• You possess excellent commercial skills and a strong business acumen - three (3) to five (5) years of experience in the commercial field. An understanding and sensitivity to financial projections and achievement of financial objectives are required;
• You are not afraid to negotiate, present, influence or change;
• You preferably have a solid understanding of the aviation aftermarket supply chain or similar industries - three (3) to five (5) years of experience;
• You also have experience with agile working methods;
• You possess excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in English and French, and in cross-functional collaboration.