Senior NPI & Manufacturing Program Lead

North Vector Dynamics Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

North Vector Dynamics Inc. in Calgary, AB is seeking a Program Manager, Manufacturing & NPI to own the plan from released design to delivered hardware on time and at cost.

You will lead integrated schedules across engineering, supply chain, and production, drive stage-gate NPI, and manage readiness reviews and cost tracking. You’ll deploy MES/ERP/PLM rollouts, coordinate AS9100 milestones, and partner with Supply Chain to protect the build schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• 5+ years in hardware manufacturing PM with NPI/production ramp ownership.
• Proven ability to build and run integrated, multi-domain schedules.
• Experience with stage-gate NPI, readiness reviews, and design-freeze discipline.
• Knowledge of engineering change control, bills of materials, and configuration management.
• Strong planning-tool proficiency (MS Project/Smartsheet/monday.com) and data-driven reporting.
• Experience with budgets and cost tracking for programs or capital projects.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and BOMs and challenge plans with technical teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to escalate options early with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated manufacturing schedule for current and future products, including build cycles, material readiness, and government deliverables.
• Translate commitments into build plans with gates, owners, and dates; update priorities as needed.
• Manage risk, issue, and hard-stop registers and drive closure weekly.
• Track costs (unit cost, BOM costing, budget vs actuals) for manufacturing projects and capital.
• Set manufacturing cadence: weekly reviews, risk reporting, and clear status on track/risk/blocked.
• Build and own the stage-gate NPI process from prototype through rate production with entry/exit criteria at each gate.
• Lead readiness reviews against Manufacturing Readiness Levels; ensure tooling, fixtures, and training are ready.
• Drive DFM and design-for-test inputs; coordinate design freezes and baselines for controlled production.
• Coordinate design changes from engineering to floor with impact assessment on schedule and cost.
• Plan first article inspections and pilot builds; capture lessons for next products' NPI plan.
• Support production transfer and expansion planning with allied partners (incl. future EU manufacturing).
• Project-manage stand-up of new manufacturing facility: fit-out, equipment moves, commissioning, re-validation.

Skills

Integrated scheduling across orgs

NPI program management

Clear communication

Budget & cost tracking

Stage-gate / phase-gate processes

Security clearance (Canada)

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

monday.com

Excel

Power BI

Job description

North Vector Dynamics Inc. in Calgary, AB is seeking a Program Manager, Manufacturing & NPI to own the plan from released design to delivered hardware on time and at cost.

You will lead integrated schedules across engineering, supply chain, and production, drive stage-gate NPI, and manage readiness reviews and cost tracking. You’ll deploy MES/ERP/PLM rollouts, coordinate AS9100 milestones, and partner with Supply Chain to protect the build schedule.