We are looking for an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Planner. You will be part of the Program Management Office function, and you will support a small number of IPTs as part of the Integrated Planning & Scheduling (IP&S) team in defining and maintaining their part of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). As an IP&S team member, you will be required to develop proposal plans and schedules, baseline execution schedules, maintain the in-work schedules, perform critical path analysis and what-if scenario development, and support the delivery of a number of other IMS-related deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- You will serve as the team planner for a selection of Integrated Product teams in developing, integrating, and maintaining the IMS reporting to the Program Management team
- You will work closely with Integrated Product Team Leads and Product Owners, IP&S team, and program leadership to ensure alignment and integration of the IMS with the high level Master Phasing Plan (MPP), as well as the execution-level Initiatives, Epics and Tasks in Jira.
- You will be accountable for assessment of schedule risk, identification of opportunities (including schedule margin planning), and providing robust/actionable performance reporting from the IMS to support and drive program management understanding and action
- You will drive program execution through quick turn generation of prospective schedule performance analyses, recovery/alternate scenario planning, and improved schedule visibility/visualization.
- You will provide labor and material resources forecasts as an input to yearly company planning
- You will coordinate across functions and IPTs to identify and resolve schedule performance issues
- You will directly provide input in preparation of the Program Management Review (PMR) every 4 weeks
- You will drive efficiency in program planning and scheduling through continuous process improvement
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in scientific, technical, or business field
- Over 4 years of Planning experience
- Well-rounded, advanced Program Planning skills (budget and schedule development and monitoring, EVM, risk and issue management, program performance metrics and reporting, etc…)
- Experience with all phases of the development life-cycle including planning, conceptual design, requirements definition, preliminary design, prototyping, test and evaluation, detailed design, integration, formal verification, entry into service, etc.
- Outstanding communication & interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively present data and recommendations to executives, peers, and team members
- Exceptional facilitation skills, with the ability to listen carefully and understand in depth the plan of a team in order to translate it into a schedule, and to “connect the dots” in order to identify opportunities to optimize the schedule.
- Demonstrated decision-making skills and ability to effectively manage conflicting tasks and priorities
- Expert knowledge using Integrated Scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project, Open Plan Professional, Primavera, etc
- Working knowledge of tools such as Jira, Confluence, and G-suite
Desired
- Advanced degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or an MBA
- Over 6 years of specific Program Planning experience
- Experience developing and certifying aircraft from concept through entry into service.
- Exposure to a wide variety of aerospace systems.
- Exposure to Advanced Air Mobility and/or electric VTOL programs
- Experience operating in a hybrid waterfall/agile environment
- Scrum certification (Scrum master and/or Product owner)
- Experience using Microsoft Project Server/Online
- Experience using Milestones Professional
- Experience operating in an Agile program
- Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
Salary: $87,00 - $103,000 CAD/year
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance (company pays 100 of employee premium), alternative work schedule (9/80), 20 days of PTO, 10 company holidays, a retirement savings plan with 100 company matching up to 8 and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, fruit, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and much more
If you are interested in this opportunity please send your resume to karen.roemorsoncanada.com
