Principal Program Manager

About This Role

CAE Flight Operations Solutions is an industry-leading digital platform trusted by the world’s top airlines and business aviation companies to optimize their operations. Every year, more than 50 million flights and over 200,000 crew members are supported by CAE's flight operations software backed by a global team and unparalleled expertise.

We offer a comprehensive portfolio of products and a digital ecosystem to address three main markets – Commercial Aviation, Business Aviation, and Crew Engagement.

Spanning crew, flight, movement, airport, on-board catering, and cost management, CAE's customizable end-to-end solution improves decision-making by harnessing the power of integrated data and advanced technologies to improve operational performance, profitability, employee satisfaction, and passenger experience.

The Principal Program Manager is responsible for the delivery of our complex, high-risk, very large, multi-side portfolio implementations and/or innovative solutions, often international in scope. Are you ready to:

The role we are offering you:

• Leads delivery teams, develops and maintains relationships with key customers, including C-Level executives, being point of escalation.
• Ensures all projects are moving forward and that all components for successful delivery are in place.
• Coordinates resources and supports the development of project plan, resolves issues with regards to delays in project delivery and resource constraints.
• Advise senior executives of project and pulse of the customer.
• Facilitates program-level issues and change management resolution.
• Responsible for aligning the efforts of cross-functional teams to support the company’s strategic objectives.
• Manages ongoing work through governance structures, creating high-level plans that provide guidance to projects where detailed plans are established.
• Drives alignment and adherence to standards and direction set by the organization.
• Removes barriers that prevent efficient execution of projects.
• Ensures that approved methods, processes, and tools are consistently used across projects and programs, including change, issue, risk, and quality management.
• Provides quality assurance. Supports initial proposals and Sales pursuits, estimates program management effort, checks deal sheets, and provides input into account plans.
• Accountable for forecasting Services revenue and generating Services sales. Supervises and/or develops and manages a program communication plan to include content, frequency, audience, and channels.
• Leads internal CAE initiatives and responds to operational requests.
  
  

Our ideal candidate has:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master's degree preferred. Project/ program management certification required (PMP preferred).
• Minimum 15 years of experience in management consulting, working for a software vendor and/or in the travel industry.
• Minimum 10 years Project and Program Management experience managing complex software system implementations.
• Airline domain expertise is a must.
• Operational savvy.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Solid negotiator and facilitator.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
• Proficient with a project scheduling software tool – MS Project preferred.
• Fluency in English.
  
  

The successful candidate must have:

• Experience interfacing and building relationships with senior client executives at the C-level.
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects.
• Experience in translating technology into business terms and with integrating technology into the business environment, including the development and tracking of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
• Experience working in international markets.
• Experience working in a matrix organization and leading virtual distributed teams.
• TRAVEL: approximately 25%
  
  

CAE offers:

• an environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued
• the opportunity to travel internationally
• the opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team
• the opportunity to represent the organization at external conventions and conferences
• the possibility to work from home occasionally
• flexible schedules
• attractive employee benefits
  
  

Come share your passion with us!

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, defense and security forces and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission and medical simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at rh-hr@cae.com.

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