Project Manager Global Expansion

Bombardier Transportation GmbH; Dorval; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance and retirement benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Bombardier Transportation GmbH seeks a Project Manager for Global Expansion to drive strategic analyses, build financial models, and manage end-to-end expansion initiatives across international sites.

You will coordinate with Finance, Operations, Legal, HR and other stakeholders, lead negotiations, ensure operational readiness, and maintain rigorous governance to deliver on-time, on-budget outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Finance or Business.
• Master’s degree preferred (Strategy, Finance, PM or MBA).
• 7–10 years in PM, finance, strategy or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic & market analyses: regional economic, political, workforce, and competitive assessments.
• Build full financial models to support expansion plans (ROI, NPV/IRR, scenarios).
• Lead or support end-to-end expansion projects, budgets, timelines, risk registers, governance.
• Support commercial structuring, leases, contracts with external stakeholders.
• Lead construction governance and ensure alignment across internal/external teams.

Skills

Strategic analyses

Business case development

Project management

Negotiation skills

Governance oversight

Operational readiness

Strategic thinking

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

MS Office

Presentation skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Management, or Business Administration

Master’s degree in Strategy, Finance, PM, or MBA

Job description

When applicable, Bombardier promotes flexible and hybrid work policies.

At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.

Working at Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing employee growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the best work happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.

With our employees’ well-being top of mind, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits Program, which includes the following:

• Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Program

What are your contributions to the team?

• Lead Strategic & Market Analyses: Conduct regional economic, political, workforce, and competitive assessments, perform market attractiveness, demand sizing, and competitive benchmarking, recommend expansion priorities based on data-driven insights.
• Business Case Development: Build full financial models to support future expansion project business plan including ROI, NPV/IRR, and scenario modeling. validate assumptions with Finance, Operations, Legal, HR, and other stakeholders. prepare approval materials for Leadership and the Board.
• Project & Program Management: Support or lead end-to-end execution of expansion initiatives, manage project plans, governance routines, project budgets and timelines, risk registers, and mitigation strategies, coordinate alignment among internal cross-functional teams. Provide regular governance to senior executives to drive decision making and obtain senior executive alignment and approvals
• Commercial Structuring & Negotiations: Support processes to obtain competitive and quality offers (RFPs, RFQs) and support commercial, contractual, and financial negotiations. You will participate in development and review of leases, agreements, and contracts with external stakeholders such as contractors, financiers, partners, suppliers, consultants, airport management, etc.
• Construction Oversight & Governance: You will lead construction governance, establishing a structured oversight framework that ensures full alignment between all internal and external stakeholders involved in facility design and construction. This includes coordinating internal teams to translate operational requirements into clear design specifications. You will collaborate closely with architects, contractors, developers, and our customer representatives to monitor progress, validate milestones, and proactively address risks. You will ensure construction remains on time, on budget, and compliant with Bombardier specifications by driving regular governance routines, leading design and progress reviews, escalating issues when required, and maintaining transparency across all stakeholders through disciplined reporting and communication.
• Operational Readiness: Lead full implementation plan process to ensure facility is ready to start operations once construction is completed. Coordinate with all key workstream to support hiring, certifications, tooling, IT setup, processes, and compliance readiness and work with site teams to ensure alignment to timelines and budgets.
• Strategic Aftermarket Initiatives: Lead international projects such as organic expansions, and strategic partnerships to optimize Bombardier’s maintenance footprint capacity and capabilities, from strategic assessment to completion

How to thrive in this role?

• You holda bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Management, Business Administration or related field
• Master’s degree in Strategy, Finance, Project Management, or MBA preferred
• You have at least 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in project management, finance, strategy and/or management consulting, or a related discipline
• You haveat least 2years of relevant experience in business aircraft industry
• You have strong project management skills
• You have good negotiation skills
• You have experience in developing business cases and have a good financial acumen
• You have excellent problem solving skills
• You have the ability to align and drive stakeholders towards required decision points
• You are assertive and results-oriented and demonstrate leadership
• You have strong financial and analytical skills, including financial modelling
• You have experience in managing and aligning cross-functional stakeholders in a large company (legal, HR, finance, procurement, operations, etc.)
• You have experience in preparing presentations and presenting to senior executives
• You have excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• You have a self-starter and can work independently as well as in a team
• You can manage multiple priorities simultaneously and work well under pressure
• You demonstrate strategic thinkingas well as strong business acumen
• You areadvanced in MS Office suite (specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• You are available to travel 10-30% of the time (as required)
• International experience is preferred

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply.

Job Project Manager Global Expansion

Primary Location Administrative Centre (CA)

Organization Aerospace Canada

Shift

Employee Status Regular