TPD Project Manager I

Who We Are: 

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation 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 R&D Project Managers is a key role of the Technology and Product Development (TPD) Team that delivers forward leaning technology, products, and solutions to CAE though research and development initiatives. The ideal R&D Project Manager possesses a strong technical background and working knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as well as traditional project management skills. An R&D Project manager is able to work in a fast-paced environment and owns cost and schedule performance for a portfolio of projects and delivers monthly reports on each project to multiple levels of leadership. This role works directly with project, technical and product leadership within the engineering team to achieve project outcomes on schedule, in scope and on budget. Additionally, this role is the primary interface to support groups outside of engineering like finance, procurement, and subcontracts for each project.  The TPD team is executing a complex R&D strategy to serve business needs of CAE and across the globe. R&D project managers ensure we meet that challenge on time and on budget. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

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

• Ability to manage multiple projects with complex funding profiles 

• Perform all budget and forecasting related activities for projects across the portfolio 

• Strategize with leaders to develop best practices for the project management process 

• Execute the project review cycle process 

• Align project resources to project budget and schedule 

• Ensure skills of engineering resources aligned to execution needs 

• Work with TPD Product Management team to ensure product need and roadmap are aligned to budget 

• Identify and mitigate risks to schedule and costs 

• Monitor and control the billing milestones schedule to include intercompany purchase orders 

• Develop and maintain deliverables, KPM’s & OKR’s per TPD execution cadence 

• Drive all purchasing with the D&S procurement team for the assigned projects 

• Participate in the Scaled Agile Process by attending project team events 

• Responsible for Control Account Management (CAM) duties for assigned projects in the context of SAFe execution 

• Interface with business functions outside of engineering for reporting and process compliance 

• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve processes in TPD 
   

Qualifications and Education Requirements  

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical area, may be waived with PMP Certification & prior experience. 

• 5 years of relevant experience  

• 2 years owning a leadership role for program/project, years maybe offset if well qualified candidate possesses a PMP certification  

• Experience leading program/project teams using Agile development methodology. 

• Expertise in Agile tools such as JIRA and AzureDevOps. 

• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills. 

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. 

• Strong working knowledge of Earned Value Management.  

• Ability to travel < 20%. 

• Must be eligible for DoD Secret Security Clearance. 

Preferred Skills  

• Strong background int Project and Financial management in DoD  

• History writing proposal responses, SOW’s and other contract related documentation. 

• Background in Agile Software and Scaled Agile Framework development. 

• Experience writing features, user stories and acceptance criteria. 

• Strong presentation skills including preparing impactful material and delivering the message. 

• Ability to read and interpret DoD and company regulations. 

• Compilation of data and statistical analysis 

• Experience with Power BI for actionable, on demand insights 

• Current or prior CAE experience highly preferred 

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.  

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 lift and carry a minimum of 35 pounds and manual dexterity to bend, stoop, squat and stand for prolonged periods 

• 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 equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws. 

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 [email protected] 

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

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 [email protected].

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