Senior Project Manager, Aircraft Program Development (ACP) Location: Ottawa, Montreal On-Site Type: Full-Time You own the engineering scope, schedule, development cost and risk for the ACP aircraft as a whole. Every discipline building it, Aerodynamics, Structures, Avionics, GNC, Propulsion, Mission Systems, Autonomy, resolves its trades against the baseline you hold, and you're technically fluent enough to monitor that resolution yourself, not just track it on a schedule someone else built.

You carry the program the full distance: concept, requirements, design, integration, ground test, flight test. You work closely alongside the ACP Program Manager, who carries the business case, partnerships, procurement and manufacturing strategy, and the customer relationship. Your job is the engineering effort behind the aircraft: the disciplines, the baseline, the integration, and the pace.

The Program

Manager tracks the development program as a whole and needs a reliable read from you on scope, schedule, cost and risk to do it. Hold accountability for the engineering scope, schedule and development cost of the ACP aircraft against the baseline set by the Program Manager. Technical decision authority lies with your peers, but you own scope, schedule and costs.

Maintain the integrated program schedule and risk register, and ensure the resolution of conflicts between disciplines before they become schedule risks. Carry the program from concept and requirements through integration, ground test, and flight test. Ensure that the technical teams complete the configuration and program reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR) and build the data packages that go with them.

Manage the technical execution of engineering subcontracts and development partner statements of work once they are in place: scope, schedule and deliverables.



Give the ACP Program Manager a reliable read on engineering scope, schedule, cost and risk, and provide the inputs the Program Manager uses for customer (CAF) and DD management reporting. Represent the engineering baseline at technical reviews with customer engineering staff when asked.

Provide engineering inputs to the Program Manager's manufacturing, procurement and partnership plans, including design-for-manufacture and supplier technical requirements. 10+ years progressing complex technical programs in aerospace or defence, with real authority over scope, schedule, and cost. ~ Experience carrying a program the full lifecycle: concept through flight test or fielding. ~ Experience briefing status, risk and trade-offs to senior internal leadership and to customer technical staff at design reviews. ~ Eligible to obtain and maintain a Canadian security clearance (Secret or higher). ~ Experience with an Integrated Master Schedule and standard PM tooling (MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, or Smartsheet).

Background on an uncrewed or autonomous aircraft program specifically. Supplier and technology-partner management experience on a flight hardware program. PMP or equivalent program management certification. Building something meaningful starts with the right people.

Shape

Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust workplace with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now.

Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. Competitive base salary and company equity* Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Equity awarded to full time employees only. #

📌 Senior Project Manager, Aircraft Program Development (ACP) (Montreal)
🏢 Dominion Dynamics
📍 Montreal