A220 PRODUCT CHANGE PROJECT LEADER

Gestal; Mirabel; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Gestal seeks a Product Change Project Leader (PCL) to join its configuration management team in Mirabel, Canada. You will steer product change projects across development, design, manufacturing, and service, ensuring adherence to cost, quality, schedule, and performance targets.

You will collaborate with product development and multidisciplinary teams, drive risk management, and coordinate with procurement to resolve contractual issues.

Qualifications

• University degree in management, engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 15 years of equivalent experience in product development or related field.
• At least 10 years of product development experience, ideally in aerospace.
• Project management certification (PMP) is an asset.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary programs.

Responsibilities

• Steer product change projects from launch through production and service deployment.
• Direct aircraft configuration management with multifunctional teams.
• Ensure milestones align with schedule, RC/NRC costs, quality, resources, and scope.
• Mobilize and motivate internal and external multidisciplinary teams (engineering, production, quality, procurement).
• Plan and manage change requests from opening to closure with solution integration.
• Collaborate with procurement on contractual and commercial issues.
• Represent program management in strategic meetings and decision forums.
• Anticipate risks and disruptions; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Develop and apply rigorous risk and opportunity management processes.
• Maintain compliance with requirements, quality standards and integrity.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Configuration management

Aerospace industry

Google Workspace

Planisware

Bilingual French/English

Education

University degree in management, engineering, or related discipline

15 years of equivalent experience

Tools

Planisware

Google Workspace

Job description

You have acquired solid project management experience in the aerospace sector and wish to take on new challenges while developing your skills? This opportunity is for you!

We are looking for a Product Change Project Leader (PCL) to join a team specialized in configuration management in the aerospace sector, based in Mirabel, Quebec (Canada).

You will evolve within a dynamic environment of commercial aircraft development and production, in collaboration with product development teams and various multidisciplinary teams.

Your role will consist of steering product change projects, from their launch to their implementation in production and service, while ensuring compliance with cost, quality, schedule, and performance objectives.

Your main responsibilities:

• Steering product change projects through all their phases, notably development, detailed design, part manufacturing, industrialization, and integration into production and service.
• Directing aircraft configuration management activities in collaboration with multifunctional teams.
• Ensuring the achievement of project milestones in accordance with program requirements regarding schedule, recurring and non-recurring costs (RC and NRC), quality, resources, and scope.
• Mobilizing, coordinating, and motivating internal and external multidisciplinary teams, notably engineering, production, quality, and procurement teams, as well as suppliers.
• Planning and managing the entire lifecycle of change requests, from their opening to their closure, through the definition of solutions and their integration into production and service.
• Collaborating with procurement teams to contribute to the resolution of contractual and commercial issues.
• Representing the program management team during strategic meetings and decision-making forums.
• Anticipating risks, crises, and disruptions that could affect projects and implementing necessary corrective actions.
• Developing and applying rigorous risk and opportunity management processes.
• Ensuring consistent decision-making with operational objectives and communicating issues to appropriate management levels when necessary.
• Preparing, presenting, and defending change requests before various management committees and decision-making bodies.
• Ensuring compliance requirements, quality standards, and professional integrity principles are respected across all activities.

Desired profile:

• Hold a university degree in management, engineering, or a related discipline, or possess a minimum of 15 years of equivalent experience.
• Possess at least 10 years of product development experience, ideally in the aerospace sector.
• Holding a project management certification (PMP) is an asset.
• Demonstrate solid experience in managing complex projects, notably in technical and multidisciplinary environments.
• Possess excellent leadership, team mobilization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Have a good knowledge of configuration management and product change processes.
• Master Google Workspace (Google Suite) tools; knowledge of Planisware is an asset.
• Possess excellent analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Show great adaptability, open-mindedness, and an excellent team spirit.
• Demonstrate a developed sense of organization, autonomy, rigor, and perseverance.
• Be capable of simultaneously managing multiple priorities and working efficiently in a demanding environment.
• Possess excellent communication and presentation skills with technical teams and management bodies.
• Be perfectly bilingual in French and English, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrate professional integrity and a commitment to respecting compliance requirements and industry standards.