Integrated Solution Lead D&S

Role and Responsibilities

(French below)

The Training System Integrated Solution Leader (ISL) is part of a small team of senior training development experts responsible to design complete end-to-end solutions for training systems used by defense forces and para-military organizations around the world, leveraging CAEu2019s core simulation technologies along with best-in-class teaching methodologies and tools. The targeted end-user base include the air, naval and land forces domains.

In close collaboration with CAEu2019s worldwide network of domain experts and industry partners, the ISL leads the definition of training solutions at the very early stages of customer needs definition, helping to shape and influence requirements for complete training programs that can include individual, team and collective training.

The ISL is responsible to ensure that the comprehensive integrated training solution delivers state-of-the-art and cost-effective training that is optimized to meet customer requirements throughout the entire life cycle of the training program. These solutions integrate the full-spectrum of the training continuum, from academic and simulation-based synthetic training up to a full live-virtual-constructive (LVC) environment that can support complex immersive mission rehearsal scenarios.

• Lead the definition of fully integrated Training Solutions from the early stages of customer interactions (pre-RFP), through the Capture and Proposal phases, all the way to contract award

• Act as the main focal point and Design Authority on training solutions for all internal and external stakeholders, including customers and the end-user community

• Participate in training product R&D road map definitions to outline strategies to meet todayu2019s and future customers training needs through best-in-class learning methodologies and tools, while reducing training development and delivery costs.

• Provide leadership to the Capture Teams on large training system integration (TSI) opportunities to develop various aspects of the proposed solution, including;

• Direct initial Training Task, Training Needs and Training Media Analysis and Training Curriculum Design in partnership with the technical leads, learning specialists, domain experts (SMEs) and customer authorities

• Leverage CAE technologies, standard products and sub-contractor capabilities in the design of a cohesive and optimal integrated training solution

• Leverage modern tools and multi-disciplinary teams to perform Training Solution design within the applicable training development processes

• Work with System Architects to ensure training requirements are well defined and are clearly derived into engineering and courseware requirements, with their associated objective verification and validation criteria

• In collaboration with Program Management, define a winning execution strategy for major opportunities including make-buy analysis, strategic partner selection and workshare definition, considering any in-country/offset requirements

• Prepare and deliver comprehensive Solution Reviews to all stakeholders to clearly communicate the winning strategies and end-to-end technical, programmatic and commercial solutions

• Facilitate, consolidate and validate the cost estimating and risk analysis from the different stakeholders.

• Identify potential execution and deliverable issues, concerns and risks associated to the overall training solution design, deployment and delivery phases

• Interface with customers and end-users to present and review training solutions, primarily during the pre-contract award business capture phases

• Minimum of 15 years of related experience in industry and/or military service, with 10 years focused on the development and/or delivery of training programs in an operational and/or maintenance capacity for the defense sector

• Canadian Forces experience highly desirable

• Relevant experience leading large training development, training integration or engineering projects

• Knowledgeable of training development processes

• Science of learning, adult learning, e-learning, etc.

• System Approach to Training (SAT & DSAT) and Instructional Systems Design

• Excellent oral & written communication and presentation skills

• Good ability to develop capture strategies and proposal storyboards, leveraging winning themes and discriminators

• Good business acumen and political savvy

• Knowledge of systems engineering development processes

• Experience in large project management is considered an asset

• Knowledge of CAEs training solutions approach and of CAEu2019s modeling and simulation systems is considered an asset

• Availability to travel internationally up to 5 of the time

• Must be able to obtain and retain Canadian and NATO Secret Security Clearances

Le chef des solutions intu00E9gru00E9es (CSI) fait partie du2019une petite u00E9quipe de spu00E9cialistes principaux en u00E9laboration de formations chargu00E9s de concevoir des solutions complu00E8tes de bout en bout pour les systu00E8mes de formation utilisu00E9s par les forces de du00E9fense et les organisations paramilitaires dans le monde entier, en su2019appuyant sur les principales technologies de simulation de CAE ainsi que sur les meilleurs outils et mu00E9thodes du2019enseignement. La base du2019utilisateurs finaux visu00E9e couvre les domaines des forces au00E9riennes, navales et terrestres, avec un accent particulier sur lu2019u00E9laboration de solutions pour les opportunitu00E9s avec les forces navales.

En u00E9troite collaboration avec le ru00E9seau mondial du2019experts du domaine et de partenaires industriels de CAE, le CSI dirige la du00E9finition des solutions de formation du00E8s les toutes premiu00E8res u00E9tapes de lu2019analyse des besoins du client, en aidant u00E0 fau00E7onner et u00E0 influencer les exigences des programmes de formation complets qui peuvent inclure la formation individuelle, collective et en u00E9quipe.

Le CSI veille u00E0 ce que la solution de formation intu00E9gru00E9e complu00E8te fournisse une formation de pointe rentable qui soit optimisu00E9e pour ru00E9pondre aux besoins des clients tout au long du cycle de vie du programme de formation. Ces solutions intu00E8grent le spectre entier du continuum de la formation, de la formation thu00E9orique et de la formation synthu00E9tique fondu00E9e sur la simulation u00E0 lu2019environnement complet de formation ru00E9elle, virtuelle et constructive pouvant prendre en charge des scu00E9narios complexes de ru00E9pu00E9tition de missions immersives.

• Diriger la du00E9finition de solutions de formation entiu00E8rement intu00E9gru00E9es, depuis les premiu00E8res u00E9tapes du2019interactions avec les clients (avant lu2019appel du2019offres), en passant par les phases du2019acquisition et de proposition, jusquu2019u00E0 lu2019attribution du contrat.

• Agir en tant que principal point de contact et du2019autoritu00E9 de conception en matiu00E8re de solutions de formation pour toutes les parties prenantes internes et externes, y compris les clients et la communautu00E9 des utilisateurs finaux.

• Participer u00E0 la du00E9finition des feuilles de route de R-D des produits de formation afin de du00E9finir des stratu00E9gies pour ru00E9pondre aux besoins de formation des clients actuels et futurs gru00E2ce aux meilleurs outils et mu00E9thodes du2019apprentissage, tout en ru00E9duisant les cou00FBts du2019u00E9laboration et de prestation de la formation.

• Assurer le leadership des u00E9quipes du2019acquisition sur les occasions majeures du2019intu00E9gration de systu00E8mes de formation pour u00E9laborer divers aspects de la solution proposu00E9e, notamment:

• Superviser les tu00E2ches de formation initiales, lu2019analyse des besoins de formation et des mu00E9dias de formation ainsi que la conception du programme de formation en partenariat avec les responsables techniques, les spu00E9cialistes de lu2019apprentissage, les experts du domaine (PME) et les autoritu00E9s du client.

• Exploiter les technologies de CAE, les produits standard et les capacitu00E9s des sous-traitants dans la conception du2019une solution de formation intu00E9gru00E9e cohu00E9rente et optimale.

• Miser sur des outils modernes et des u00E9quipes multidisciplinaires pour concevoir des solutions de formation dans le cadre des processus applicables du2019u00E9laboration de formation.

• Collaborer avec les architectes de systu00E8me pour su2019assurer que les exigences de formation sont correctement du00E9finies et clairement du00E9rivu00E9es en exigences en matiu00E8re du2019ingu00E9nierie et de didacticiels, avec les critu00E8res objectifs de vu00E9rification et de validation qui y sont associu00E9s.

• En collaboration avec la direction de programmes, du00E9finir une stratu00E9gie du2019exu00E9cution gagnante pour les principales opportunitu00E9s, y compris lu2019analyse des achats, la su00E9lection des partenaires stratu00E9giques et la du00E9finition du partage des tu00E2ches, en tenant compte des exigences u00E9ventuelles du pays ou des compensations.

• Pru00E9parer et pru00E9senter des examens complets des solutions u00E0 toutes les parties prenantes afin de communiquer clairement les stratu00E9gies gagnantes et les solutions techniques, programmatiques et commerciales de bout en bout.

• Faciliter, consolider et valider lu2019estimation des cou00FBts et lu2019analyse des risques des diffu00E9rentes parties prenantes.

• Cerner les problu00E8mes, les pru00E9occupations et les risques potentiels liu00E9s u00E0 lu2019exu00E9cution et au produit livrable quant u00E0 la prestation de la solution globale de formation lors des phases de conception, de du00E9ploiement et de prestation.

• Interagir avec les clients et les utilisateurs finaux pour pru00E9senter et examiner les solutions de formation, principalement pendant les phases du2019acquisition pru00E9alables u00E0 lu2019attribution du contrat

• Minimum de 15ans du2019expu00E9rience connexe dans lu2019industrie et/ou dans les services militaires, dont 10ans dans lu2019u00E9laboration ou la prestation de programmes de formation dans une capacitu00E9 opu00E9rationnelle ou de maintenance pour le secteur de la du00E9fense.

• Connaissance des processus du2019u00E9laboration de la formation.

• Science de lu2019apprentissage, formation des adultes, apprentissage en ligne, etc.

• Approche systu00E9mique de la formation (SAT et DSAT) et conception de systu00E8mes didactiques.

• Excellentes aptitudes pour la communication (tant u00E0 lu2019oral quu2019u00E0 lu2019u00E9crit) et la pru00E9sentation.

• Bonne capacitu00E9 u00E0 u00E9laborer des stratu00E9gies du2019acquisition et des scu00E9narios de propositions, en tirant parti des thu00E8mes et des facteurs distinctifs gagnants.

• Bon sens des affaires et bonnes connaissances sur le plan politique.

• Connaissance des processus de du00E9veloppement de lu2019ingu00E9nierie des systu00E8mes.

• Disponibilitu00E9 u00E0 voyager u00E0 lu2019international jusquu2019u00E0 20 du temps.

• Une expu00E9rience dans la gestion de projets du2019envergure est considu00E9ru00E9e comme un atout.

• La connaissance des solutions de formation de CAE ainsi que des systu00E8mes de modu00E9lisation et de simulation de CAE est considu00E9ru00E9e comme un atout.

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.

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