Senior Manager, R&D Operations

Who We Are: 

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness. 

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness. 

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed. 

What We Have to Offer: 

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance 

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe 

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions 

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun! 

Summary   

The Senior Manager, Operations for the Technology & Product Development (TPD) group is responsible for coordinating essential daily activities driving successful execution for the entire TPD team. This role requires strategic coordination with the TPD engineering leadership team to ensure rapid delivery of innovative solutions to both customer programs and R&D projects. Staffing, planning, financial forecasting, employee training, communications, and logistics are all key duties for this role.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• General staffing – manpower forecasts, supporting interview process, onboarding, coordination of program assignments with engineering leaders and program management  

• Responsible for all budgetary and forecasting tasks for all Defense & Security R&D projects globally and working with Finance team to maintain forecasts and provide timely reporting on actuals/forecast as required leveraging the company prescribed financial tools  

• Ensures customer programs, R&D projects and other supporting initiatives are effectively staffed and are executed to planned budgets  

• Closed coordination and effective communication with TPD Senior Director on relevant issues and status  

• Leads agile execution leveraging SAFe for all D&S R&D projects and customer programs staffed by the TPD team  

• Coordinate employee performance reviews with engineering leaders  

• Works with the rest of the TPD leadership team to enhance employee morale and retention rate  

• Responsible via delegation for supporting sales team via proposal writing, reviewing and BOE support  

• Facilitates project status reporting for all projects in execution in the TPD portfolio  

• Along with the rest of the TPD leadership team, supports employees as a resource to eliminate roadblocks, answer questions, etc.  

• Coordinating training plans (both corporate and technical) with engineering leaders and timely completions of corporate training tasks  

• Facilitate procurement needs for R&D projects  

• Effective delegation of tasks to N-1 team members to maximize team efficiency  

• Facilitates communication of TPD team accomplishments via TPD newsletter and other mechanisms  

Qualifications and Education Requirements   

•  Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferably Computer or Electrical), or Computer Science  

• At least 10 years of experience in simulation and modeling or related industry  

• Leadership skills necessary to manage a small team, experience with Agile methodologies preferred  

• Knowledge of Software Development and Integration, Systems Engineering, and hardware interfaces  

• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills  

• Must be eligible for DoD Security Clearance, eligibility for Top Secret clearance preferred  

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.  

Security Responsibilities   

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.  

•  Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.  

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.   

Work Environment   

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This is a critical role for the organization and CAE and will require majority of time in office.  

Physical Demands   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  

• Work activities require sitting, standing or walking for short periods throughout the day and focused visual concentration or focused listening.  

• Ability to sit and operate a personal computer for long periods  

Other Duties  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.  

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