Project Manager

Role and Responsibilities

Summary

This position is contingent on contract award.

This position plans, organizes, and controls assigned projects from contract award notification through program life cycles to optimize profit and meet marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives. Provides project management for Training Systems Analysis, courseware development, and training solutions in support of the United States Department of Defense and international contracts. Provides updates for Program Management Reviews and weekly status updates. Manage projects from start to finish, within time, cost, scope and quality constraints with guidance of a senior project manager or Program Manager by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Project Execution

• Coordinate transition from proposal to active project after contract award, to include preparing for and executing System Requirements Reviews, Design Reviews, and all required Systems Engineering activities
• Act as Project Management Lead on assigned projects related to integrated training systems
• Develop project management plan and establish goals and objectives for projects
• Manages team(s) of courseware developers, multi-media developers, information systems specialists, instructional designers, subject matter experts, and analysts while in project execution
• Manage the human, financial and operational resources necessary to meet contractual and company related obligations of the project to ensure profitability.
• Resolve project work/scheduling problems by reprioritizing activities
• Evaluate potential project risk and develop and implement mitigation plans
• Develop and implement project work breakdown structure.
• Control project schedule and cost.
• Provide support for Program Managers on all operational matters

Finance

• Analyze and validate budget changes
• Maintain the project budget at completion
• Provide project budget/schedule forecasts to Program Manager/Senior Manager

Customer Interaction

• Act as primary liaison with customer on project matters such as securing customer acceptance and change control/requests
• Provides timely updates and briefings to customer(s) based on project status and contract deliverables
• Discuss alternative solutions with customer including contractual changes
• Deliver results which achieve lasting satisfaction with customer and achieve financial goals

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent
• Experience with customer interaction involving government contract deliverables, training, and acceptance of requirements
• Recent Project Management experience, team leadership and team integration
• Strong knowledge of program budget and schedule development
• Experience with determining/reporting Earned Value Management highly desired
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Project a plus

Language Skills

Ability to write, read and interpret multiple complex documents and communicates essential data effectively. Ability to speak effectively before small groups and at mid-range management levels. 

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply basic measurement standards to determine and assess changes in performance. Possess basic math skills to support earned value assessment, variance analysis, negotiations and proposal evaluations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to logically interpret an extensive variety of management and technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Preferred Skills

• PMP Certified preferred
• Prior courseware and/or syllabus development and management
• SAFe Agile project implementation experience
• Knowledge of US Navy training systems (Highly desired)

Security Responsibilities

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures.  Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval.  All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

•  Incumbent must have or be eligible to obtain DoD Secret Clearance

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  

• Office environment
• Domestic and international travel

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to use a PC, Microsoft Office applications, and communicate via telephone

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.

The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.