Sub Discipline Manager - IVVQ

Canadian Inclusion; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health & Dental

RRSP / TFSA matching

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Thales Canada Inc., Defence and Security in Ottawa, Ontario is seeking an IVVQ Sub-Discipline Manager who guides integration, verification, and qualification across bids and projects. You will mentor engineers, optimize processes, and champion discipline excellence within a multidisciplinary environment.

Requirements include an engineering degree or equivalent, 6+ years IVVQ experience, 2+ years leading IVVQ teams, and eligibility to obtain security clearances.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years IVVQ experience in last 10 years.
• 2+ years leading IVVQ team in last 10 years.
• Expertise in at least one IVVQ tool.
• Expertise in at least one IVVQ standard.
• Expertise in Requirements Management or sell-off.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide resources to deliver bids, projects and products.
• Plan team workload short/medium/long term.
• Develop team skills for bids, projects and products.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and performance management for the team.
• Coach, mentor and develop the IVVQ team.
• Lead the team to meet productivity, quality, and objectives.
• Ensure policy and procedure adherence (timesheets, time off, travel).
• Be accountable to IVVQ Manager/HOD and the company.

Skills

IVVQ team management

English communication

Resource planning

Leadership

Systems engineering knowledge

Education

Engineering degree or 3-year technical diploma

Technologist certification / equivalent

Tools

IVVQ tool

IVVQ standard

Job description

Thales Canada Inc., Defence and Security

Sub Discipline Manager - IVVQ (Engineering)

Ottawa, ON- Hybrid

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Ability to acquire and maintain Canadian Secret, Controlled Goods, ITAR, NATO Secret and COMSEC security clearances.

Position Summary

We have a current vacancy for an Integration, Verification, Validation, and Qualification (IVVQ) Sub-Discipline Manager who provides IVVQ support throughout the project life cycle from requirements analysis, through development, integration, test and acceptance to integrate, verify, and validate commercial and/or military systems and products. The IVVQ Sub-Discipline Manager supports the Manager/HOD of IVVQ both in terms of team management, and discipline management. They act as the resource manager for a subset of the IVVQ discipline resources, taking care to ensure that each resource under their mentorship is given the support they need to excel in their respective roles. They inspire and catalyse the improvement of best practices, processes, tools and governance within the IVVQ discipline, ensuring that the discipline is mastered effectively. They act as a primary point of contact on complex subjects and take on an educational role so that their team members can reach discipline excellence and deliver competitive solutions within a multidisciplinary environment. They are a mentor and coach - serving the discipline's engineers and offering a diverse and inclusive environment. They are the guardians of an engineering discipline excellence in a learning environment which contribute to our highly competitive advantage.

The IVVQ Sub-Discipline Manager reports to the Manager/HOD of IVVQ.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Resource Manager Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products.
• Plans the team's workload over the short, medium and long term.
• Develops team skills to support bids, projects and products.
• Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management, and succession planning for the team.
• Coaches, mentors and develops the team.
• Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives.
• Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.
• Be accountable to both the IVVQ Manager/HOD and the company for their team.

Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• In the establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline.
• In ensuring that the discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products.
• In the development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline.
• Foster continuous improvement based on root cause analysis, problem solving and new practice deployment.
• Support bid, project and product estimates for the discipline and sub-disciplines.

IVVQ Engineering Team Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing IVVQ work on bids, projects and products.
• Be able to adopt a holistic approach to analyse a system, focusing on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and verity that the systems work over time and within the context of larger systems.
• Be able to understand the system capabilities through functional, logical and value analytic testing.
• Understand the importance of requirements definition and tracking.
• Have notions of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, R-A-M-T (Reliability/Maintainability/Availability/Testability), and associated norms and standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• An engineering degree, 3-year technical program diploma in a technical field from a recognized university or college program or certified as a technologist by a recognized provincial, state, or federal (national) licensing body in a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in the last 10 years of IVVQ experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the last 10 years managing an IVVQ team, project, or product.
• Expertise in at least one IVVQ tool.
• Expertise in at least one IVVQ standard.
• Expertise in Requirements Management or sell-off.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Additional Requirements

• You are a team player, have good interpersonal skills and foster collaborative work both within and outside your team.
• You have a strong understanding of IVVQ processes and how they interact with other engineering disciplines.
• You are willing to engage and develop your team.
• You are able to clearly determine and communicate status.
• You are able to prioritize the use of resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• A University degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field
• Management of budget worth at least 200k CAD
• Experience in the Defence industry
• Fluency in French

If you're excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

Special Position Requirements

Travel: Occasional national and international travel. About 4 times per year.

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between Total Target Cash (TTC) $120,000 - $150,000 CAD Annual.

We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools as part of our recruitment process to support activities such as candidate discovery, résumé matching, and interview scheduling. These tools may help screen and assess applications and recommend potential matches based on the requirements within the job description. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters. Artificial intelligence does not make hiring decisions on our behalf.

Benefits

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&DD, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&DD, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.

Salary Minimum: 125000Salary Maximum: 125000