Program Manager

Do you have experience in supply chain management, program, project and/or product management, preferably working in an aeronautical or manufacturing sector and looking 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 teams of Mirabel and Satair.

You will be part of the A220 Satair Program Management team working on several transversal projects, in accordance with our ambitious strategy.

Thanks to the diversity of the personalities that make up our team, we are ready to take on any challenge, whether detailed or high-level strategies.

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

Your challenges:

• Identify A220-related process gaps compared to existing programs, evaluate different working methods requiring particular processes or roles and launch improvement workshops;
• Lead cross-functional projects/work in order to evolve the A220 business. These projects require dynamism and leadership qualities to work with the entire organization;
• Take charge of your projects/work by mastering defined and associated key performance indicators;
• Ensure visibility of the roadmap and expected improvements regarding your projects/work and the global program to stakeholders;
• Ensure accountability for benefits 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 business cases and relevant projects to prepare for the future;
• Work closely with commercial directors, support directors and internal customers to build customer confidence in Airbus commitment to support the A220 program.

Your profile:

• you have a university degree in economics, business administration, marketing, or an equivalent combination of education 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 assignments, especially in the transition and improvement phase while being empathetic and you like helping others;
• you possess high-level analytical skills and use them to get the big picture and think out of 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 member);
• you are able to build strong, trusting relationships and manage expectations. You believe in listening, as much as in the ability to give clear explanations and solve potential problems;
• you are a delivery, customer and tech-oriented person, and you have no problem being autonomous while promoting strong internal and external collaborations;
• you possess excellent commercial skills and a strong business sense - three (3) to five (5) years of experience in the commercial field. An understanding and sensitivity to financial projections and achievement of financial goals are required;
• you are not afraid to negotiate, present, influence or change;
• you preferably possess a solid understanding of the aviation aftermarket supply chain or similar industries - three (3) to five (5) years of experience;
• you also have experience in agile working methods;
• you possess excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in English and French, and in cross-functional collaboration.