Project Manager

MDA; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible complementary healthcare

Dental and vision benefits

Disability income protection

Life insurance

Group retirement savings plans

Employee and family assistance program

Job summary

MDA Space invites driven professionals to join the Satellite Systems team in Montreal as a Project Manager. You will lead program planning, resource coordination, and client communications for complex space missions, balancing budget, schedule, and technical objectives.

We value collaboration, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to operate across French and English-speaking stakeholders. Join a company with a 55-year space heritage and global presence.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in program/project management or project engineering in a related technical field.
• Mechanical or electrical engineering or similar degree, bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Experience in negotiations, risk management, contract management, subcontract management, finance, and U.S. ITAR regulations.
• Interpersonal qualities and leadership skills.
• Team spirit.
• Proactive, dynamic, resourceful, and autonomous person.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to deal with all levels of the company and with external clients.
• Must be flexible and open to change.
• Ability to communicate in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requests from line management and plans resources to manage the program from start to finish.
• Negotiates and agrees with the client on key requirements, funding, resources, and methods.
• Prepares detailed schedules and tracks costs and estimates to complete.
• Identifies and manages program risks and opportunities.
• Maintains program visibility through regular reviews and meetings.
• Establishes a framework of subcontractors and suppliers with supply chain.

Skills

Project management

Negotiation

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Mechanical or electrical engineering degree

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Posting Details

• Posted : July 10, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

Showing 1 locationMontreal 21025 Trans-Canada Highway Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3R2, CAN Montreal 21025 Trans-Canada Highway Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3R2, CAN

Job Details

Description

MDA Space (TSX: MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry, creating the space between what is proven and what is possible. As a pioneer in robotics, satellite systems, and geospatial intelligence, with a 55-year history of world firsts and over 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communication, Earth observation and space satellites, as well as space infrastructure and exploration. MDA Space's team of over 3,000 space experts in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom possesses the knowledge and expertise to transform the client's bold vision into a feasible mission, through a unique combination of experience, technical excellence, and wonder that has been part of our DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on land and in the stars to change the world for the better, we will take you there.

Are you ready to embark on the next step of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a Project Manager within our Satellite Systems team at our Montreal office.

As the world's leading independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, our team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions over the past 60 years. With a long history in a wide range of solutions provided to clients around the world, our Satellite Systems team continues to grow and evolve on the ground and in the stars.

We are a dream team made up of passionate, collaborative, and determined individuals, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to inspire new and innovative problem-solving approaches that push us to improve life on and above Earth. If you are excited about expanding our place in space and want to inspire the next generation, we will take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA invites all who wish to get involved and be a part of it. As an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, integrity, and collaboration, we are committed to strengthening MDA's and Canada's leadership status in this new chapter.

Responsibility:

• Reviews requests from line management, implements and plans the resources needed to manage the program in its entirety. This may require negotiations with line managers or other programs for conflicting resource needs, which must always be done with the overall interests of the company in mind.
• Negotiates, discusses, and reaches an agreement with the client regarding the key requirements and objectives of the program, as well as the funding, resources, and methods required. In many cases, these will be contradictory, and the program manager must maintain a diplomatic and persuasive approach to maintain a balance between what can be achieved for the budget and planned schedule, while preserving the interests of the company.
• Prepares detailed schedules to track program progress on a daily basis, performs frequent and regular assessments of costs to date and estimates to complete, and develops workaround plans as needed to achieve cost and schedule objectives.
• Identifies and manages program risks and opportunities.
• Maintains hands-on program control through a process of regular program reviews, design reviews and audits, recovery plan meetings, staff meetings, program meetings, etc. Provides technical and administrative advice, guidance, and decision-making to the program team.
• Maintains program visibility at the client level through regular technical, management, and progress meetings.
• Maintains program visibility with senior management through monthly program reviews and briefings, as needed, on topics of importance to the company.
• Establishes a framework of competent subcontractors and suppliers in collaboration with the supply chain that will ensure the satisfaction of procurement requirements throughout the life of the program.

Minimum required qualifications:

• Three years of experience in program/project management or project engineering in a related technical field
• Mechanical or electrical engineering or similar degree, bachelor's degree or higher.
• Experience in negotiations, risk management, contract management, subcontract management, finance, and U.S. ITAR regulations.
• Interpersonal qualities and leadership skills.
• Team spirit.
• Proactive, dynamic, resourceful, and autonomous person.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to deal with all levels of the company and with external clients.
• Must be flexible and open to change
• Ability to communicate in French and English.

Special considerations:

Successful candidates must obtain and hold a reliability status security clearance and pass the security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

Benefits

MDA offers competitive compensation and benefits to its employees across all its locations.

• flexible complementary healthcare and prescription drug plans
• dental and vision benefits
• disability income protection
• life insurance
• group retirement savings plans
• an employee and family assistance program

Equal Opportunity Statement:

MDA Ltd. is proud to offer accommodations during the recruitment process. If you wish to take advantage of such measures, please indicate this in your application or cover letter, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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