Job Offer: Program Manager
Location: Mirabel
Company: AAA Canada (mandate for a major aerospace player)
Type: Full-time, permanent position

Benefits and Advantages

• Permanent employment offering stability and security.
• High-performance tools and quality equipment.
• Sick days to ensure your well-being.
• Comprehensive group insurance program.
• Career development and professional growth opportunities.
• Stimulating work environment with major projects in the aerospace, land transport, and defense sectors.
• Health, wellness, and development program.

Job Description

• Identify process gaps related to the A220 compared to existing programs.
• Evaluate different working methods requiring specific processes or roles and initiate improvement workshops.
• Lead cross-functional projects/initiatives to evolve the A220 business. These projects require dynamism and leadership skills to work across the entire organization.
• Take ownership of your projects by managing defined and associated key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Ensure visibility of the roadmap and expected improvements related to your projects and the overall program with stakeholders.
• Be accountable for benefits and net margin for processes, products, policy-related issues, and costs according to the defined path for the overall program.
• Help adapt working methods to fleet development/footprint, establish business cases and relevant projects to prepare for the future.
• Work closely with commercial directors, support directors, and internal customers to strengthen customer confidence in Airbus’s commitment to supporting the A220 program.

Your Profile

• You hold a university degree in economics, business administration, marketing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; a master’s degree is preferred.
• You have at least ten (10) years of experience in program, project, or product management within a multinational industrial company (preferably in the aerospace sector).
• You can manage a wide variety of tasks, particularly during transition and improvement phases, while being empathetic and enjoying helping others.
• You have strong analytical skills and use them to take a global view and think outside the box. The ideal candidate is creative and strategic, but also precise and pragmatic in execution.
• You have a consultant mindset and can identify process gaps and propose workaround solutions. You enjoy implementing new solutions to complex problems involving multiple stakeholders (colleagues, team managers, executives).
• You are able to build strong, trust-based relationships and manage expectations. You value listening as much as providing clear explanations and solving potential issues.
• You are delivery-, customer-, and technically-oriented, and comfortable working independently while fostering strong internal and external collaboration.
• You have excellent business acumen and a strong financial sense—3 to 5 years of business experience is required. Understanding and sensitivity to financial projections and achieving financial targets are required.
• You are not afraid to negotiate, present, influence, or drive change.
• You preferably have a strong understanding of the aviation aftermarket supply chain or similar industries—3 to 5 years of experience.
• You also have experience with agile working methods.
• You have excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English and French, and strong cross-functional collaboration abilities.
• This role may involve business travel (worldwide).
• Required travel: occasional travel within Canada and internationally.
• This position involves frequent business travel, and you must be able to travel accordingly.
• Required travel: less than 5% domestic and international travel.
• On-call availability may be required during weekends and/or holiday periods.

About AAA Canada

At AAA Canada, we believe in human potential above all. We look beyond résumés: what matters to us is your journey, your expertise, and your vision.
AAA is committed to employment equity and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities to apply.

To Apply

Send your application to: elisa.costa@aaa-canada.ca