Senior Manager, Major Projects

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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading complex testing, validation, and innovation projects at COVE. Overseeing project governance, financial performance, and stakeholder engagement for diverse defense and technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership and oversight for COVE's portfolio of complex testing, validation, and innovation programs.
  • Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contractual, technical, quality and stakeholder requirements.
  • Collaborate with Project Engineering, Data, and technical teams to establish priorities, optimize resources, and enhance project delivery practices.
  • Lead portfolio financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, financial reporting, and performance monitoring.
  • Promote and foster a collaborative team culture that encourages innovation, accountability, knowledge sharing, and professional growth.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with internal departments, external partners, clients, vendors, researchers, and other stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and collaboration.
  • Develop project management capability, methodologies, standards, and tools that improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and project management best practices.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Science, Planning, or a related technical discipline.
  • 6+ years of progressively responsible experience in project, program, or portfolio management.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada security clearance is required.
  • Demonstrated experience managing technology, innovation, research, engineering, or financial-sector programs.
  • Experience establishing project governance structures, performance management systems, and accountability frameworks.
  • Proven experience managing financial performance across a portfolio of projects, including financial reporting, budget oversight, forecasting, variance analysis, cost control, and communicating financial results to senior leadership and stakeholders.
  • Experience developing project management plans, including objectives, resource requirements, governance structures, and terms of reference for project teams.
  • Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and external partners.
  • Ability to work autonomously and effectively within a collaborative, matrix-based environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, including Word and PowerPoint.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and reporting skills.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to learn and make an impact by working for a dynamic, growing company on meaningful projects that find solutions to real-life problems.
  • Comprehensive paid time off including vacation, personal sick time, and additional days for family illness or medical appointments.
  • Hybrid work model with flexibility to work remotely 1 day/week.
  • Team wide bonding activities and casual work environment.
  • Tech focused office location, convenient via transit and bike paths.
  • Employee wellbeing including full medical & dental benefits and a health spending account.
  • Group RRSP matching program & Income Insurance Plans.
  • Maternity & parental leave top-up allowance.
  • Learning and growth opportunities.
  • Employee referral program.
  • Competitive salary.

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridDartmouthCanada

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