Technical Project Manager

Horizon Aircraft, Inc.; Lindsay; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No Holiday Cap

Hybrid Work Options

Company Paid Group Benefits Plan

Company Stock Matching Program

Health Spending Account

Equity Awards

Job summary

Horizon Aircraft, Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the X7 development program. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across design, build, integration and flight test, ensuring alignment with milestones and budgets.

You will manage external suppliers, drive reviews, and maintain risk and change control while delivering clear status updates to leadership. This role suits a startup-friendly, fast-paced environment with a hands-on approach.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management within aerospace programs

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and track cross-functional workstreams from design to test
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules and identify critical path
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and flight test teams
• Manage suppliers and statements of work with delivery against schedule and budget
• Organize design reviews (ARR, PDR, CDR) and drive actions to closure
• Maintain risk, issue, and opportunity registers and mitigation plans
• Track budget, resources, and variances; flag issues early
• Support configuration and change control and assess impacts of changes
• Prepare status reports and dashboards for leadership
• Help develop program tools and processes as the team scales

Skills

Aerospace PM experience

PMP certification

MS Project / scheduling tools

Risk & change management

Leadership & communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Project

Easy8 WorkOps

Job description

A career at Horizon is for those who want to do something extraordinary, yet with meaningful purpose. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of technology and customer experience to deliver something that has never been done before. We are a fast-moving organization that promotes a hands‑on approach, supporting each other through the tough spots, generating a close-knit team with a family feel.

What we do here is hard, but then very few things worth achieving are easy. By joining Horizon, you will have the opportunity to work with our world‑class entrepreneurial team who are passionate about delivering something special.

What we need you to bring.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead and manage our X7 development program.

Your Day- To-Day

• Plan, schedule, and track cross-functional workstreams across the program, from design through build, integration, and test.
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules, identifying critical path, dependencies, and schedule risk.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test teams to keep deliverables aligned with program milestones.
• Manage external suppliers and partners, including statements of work, deliverable tracking, and performance against schedule and budget.
• Organize and support program and design reviews (ARR, PDR, CDR, etc.), and drive action items to closure.
• Maintain risk, issue, and opportunity registers, and work with owners to execute mitigation plans.
• Track budget, resource loading, and progress against plan, flagging variances early.
• Support configuration and change control, ensuring cost, schedule, and interface impacts are assessed before changes are approved.
• Prepare clear, concise status reports and dashboards for the Head of Programs and leadership.
• Help develop and improve program tools, processes, and working methods as the team scales.

We are looking for people with demonstrated experience (5 + years) in project management within aerospace programs. You will have;

• 5+ years of project management within aerospace programs, ideally in aircraft development, integration, or flight test.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience building and managing integrated schedules using MS Project, Easy8 WorkOps, or similar tools.
• A working knowledge of the aircraft development lifecycle and systems engineering, including requirements, interfaces, and verification.
• Experience managing suppliers and subcontractors, including SOWs, deliverables, and performance tracking.
• An understanding of certification and airworthiness frameworks (Transport Canada, FAA, or EASA).
• Hands‑on experience with risk management, change control, and configuration management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present status and issues clearly to leadership.
• Comfort operating in a fast‑paced startup environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Preferred certification: PMP or similar project management certification.
• Assets: experience with eVTOL, hybrid‑electric propulsion, or composite structures.

About Your Future Team.

As part of the team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. You will join a small team of specialists, which provides significant latitude in developing our working methods alongside needs of developing the platform.

People are the heart of our success, and we like to provide transparency in the way we operate. This is why our benefits are beyond the normal, and we are constantly trying to improve these further.

Our Benefits.

• No Holiday Cap
• Hybrid Work Options
• Company Paid Group Benefits Plan
• Company Stock Matching Program
• Health Spending Account
• Equity Awards

This is an incredible opportunity to be at the forefront of a ground‑breaking industry and work with a dynamic and innovative team. We offer competitive salary, and the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting aerospace projects of our time.

Location.

We are located just outside of Lindsay, in the Kawartha Lakes area of Ontario, Canada. Our team is onsite at our facility, as a group, a minimum of two days per week. This role can be based in Lindsay or in our growing offices in Montreal and Ottawa! We offer relocation allowances in appropriate cases.

We understand everyone’s career is unique and we welcome opportunities to broaden our knowledge in an open, diverse and inclusive way.