Defense Program Director - Execution

As Director - Defense Program Execution at Bombardier Defense, you are responsible for the full lifecycle Program execution once the contract is awarded, and are responsible for its overall success, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and on-spec delivery while maintaining close alignment with functional teams. The activities may span multiple years. This role exists within a growth area and offers potential to shape the future organization and your role within it.

What are your contributions to the team?

Operational Leadership & Delivery Performance
•    Full P&L accountability of a Bombardier Defense program 
•    Own end-to-end delivery of Bombardier Defense programs, ensuring cost, schedule, and quality commitments are achieved
•    Own program initiation governance, ensuring commitments are technically, financially, and operationally sound before contract award
•    Oversee production, modification, and aircraft delivery standards in partnership with functional leadership

Cross-Functional Integration & Governance
•    Manages a cross-functional team to ensure seamless collaboration across Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Excellence, Quality, and Operations
•    Coordinate with the Program Excellence Officer to standardize program management frameworks, performance reporting, and best-practice sharing
•    Recruit, develop and manage a highly functional multi-disciplinary team at multiple work locations (Canada, USA and internationally)
•    Create and nurture transparent, authentic, and effective communication within the organization through collaborative leadership.
•    Define and implement a lean, agile operating system for your team ensuring integration and compliance with Bombardier Policies and Procedures Customer Engagement
•    Accountable for the customer relationship for a given program and act as the prime customer facing representative for a given program. 
•    Engage with senior customer and prime-contractor stakeholders to ensure alignment on execution.  

How to thrive in this role?

•    You have a Bachelor’s degree in business, law, finance, engineering or other aerospace relevant field
•    You have 15+ years of relevant experience in a similar role at Director or Managerial level within aerospace, defense, or other complex environments
•    You have 5+ years of Customer facing experience including at higher levels of Industry, Government and Armed services
•    Proven success delivering multi-year, multi-stakeholder aircraft or mission system programs
•    Strong understanding of cost, schedule, risk, and performance management
•    Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional environments, managing engineering, operations, Supply Chain and In Service
•    You are recognized for being customer focused and having excellent Customer facing skills.
•    You have excellent communication and negotiating skills combined with the ability to understand and interpret technical requirements, financial statements and contractual terms,
•    You are recognized for your exceptional leadership and communication abilities to harness the full potential of the organization
•    You have a broad yet through understanding of aircraft, their systems, operations and support requirement in a governmental or defense applications
•    You have strong commercial acumen to develop compelling value propositions
•    You have experience working with Industrial Technical Benefits, Offsets and other localization aspects associated with defense contract opportunities.
•    You have the ability to work flexible, extended and/or irregular working hours, together with an ability to travel globally in line with business demands;
•    You have working knowledge of Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and/or International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Interested in joining Bombardier?