Technical Project Manager • Mission-Critical Software Delivery

Pal Airlines; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits (medical

Dental, vision, life insurance

Pension Plan with employer matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Assistance Program

Personal travel privileges with PAL

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Industry discounts

Job summary

CarteNav Solutions, a PAL company, is seeking a Technical Project Manager to bridge software engineering teams and customers, translating progress into business confidence and requirements into technical plans.

You will own planning, coordination, and execution of complex software delivery projects, influence delivery practices, and help scale operations while ensuring security and compliance obligations are met.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in project management, with meaningful time spent managing software delivery.
• Experience managing projects for government, defense, or other highly regulated customers.
• Technical fluency — comfortable in conversations about architecture and SDLC, even without hands-on engineering background.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale software initiatives in a multi-stakeholder technical environment.
• Proficiency with project management delivery tools like Jira, Microsoft Planner, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Clear, precise written and verbal communication, including formal status reporting and documentation.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance or meet export control and citizenship requirements.
• PMP, Agile, or similar certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, technical projects from kickoff through deployment and acceptance.
• Develop project plans, risks, budgets, and deliverables, while managing schedules, budgets, and reporting requirements.
• Translate customer and contractual requirements into clear technical specifications and actionable plans for engineering teams.
• Ensure deliverables meet contractual, security, and compliance requirements, including export control and testing obligations.
• Represent the project delivery function in leadership planning and customer engagements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact as a trusted advisor to customers and senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate efforts across engineering, QA, product, and support teams to keep priorities aligned.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery practices, tooling, and templates across PM function.
• Support proposal development and project estimation for new opportunities.

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Planner

Azure DevOps

Job description

CarteNav Solutions, a PAL company, is seeking a Technical Project Manager to bridge software engineering teams and customers, translating progress into business confidence and requirements into technical plans.

You will own planning, coordination, and execution of complex software delivery projects, influence delivery practices, and help scale operations while ensuring security and compliance obligations are met.