Manager, Configuration Management

Job Description

Overview

Location: Ottawa, Canada. This position is Hybrid Ottawa, Halifax or Victoria. Thales is looking to hire a Manager of Configuration Management. The Manager of Configuration Management is the Head of Discipline (HoD) responsible for Configuration Management (CM) across the organization and the Resource Manager for the CM team. The Manager of Configuration Management reports to the Director of Engineering.

Thales is a global technology leader in aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space. The Ottawa office has a long-standing partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to enable mission success.

Regulatory Compliance

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• As a Resource Manager you will provide appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products; plan the team’s workload in the short, medium and long term; develop team skills to support bids, projects and products; support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management and succession planning for the team; coach, mentor and develop the team; lead the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives; ensure that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.


• As a Head of Discipline; establish, standardize and evolve processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline; ensure that discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet current and future needs of bids, projects and products; develop lessons learned and share knowledge across the discipline; responsible for bid, project and product estimates for the discipline.


• As Manager of Configuration Management you are to implement and sustain the Company’s Configuration Management capability; perform CM planning and management; responsible for configuration identification, control, status accounting, verification and audits; manage the CM budget; manage configuration identification activities and the CI structure for projects and products; integrate CM data between the CM System and other applications (Maximo, SAP, DOORS, Omega PS, JIRA and SharePoint); manage subcontractor CM requirements and activities.


• As a member of the CM team you will perform CM work on bids, projects and products.

Minimum Requirements

• An engineering degree or 3-year technical program diploma in a technical field from a recognized university or college, or certified as a technologist by a recognized licensing body in a related field.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years managing a CM team; experience in CM functions; experience as a Configuration Manager for a Capital or In-Service Support contract.


• Expertise in deployment, maintenance and use of at least one Configuration Management tool; Expertise in at least one Configuration Management standard.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a people or resource manager; minimum of 5 years of experience managing a budget; experience managing an Engineering Discipline, including policies and procedures.

Other Experience

• Expertise in deployment, maintenance and use of Configuration Management tools.


• Experience with at least one Configuration Management standard (e.g., EIA 649, ISO 10007).


• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a people or resource manager.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing a budget.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing within an Engineering Discipline, including responsibility for related policies and procedures.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, or related field.


• Experience managing a budget worth at least 500k CAD.


• Experience in the Defence industry.


• Experience in Data Management.

Special Position Requirements

• Occasional national and international travel (about 4 times per year).


• Schedule: 40 hours per week.

The referenced total target compensation (TTC) range for this position, inclusive of base salary and target variable pay, is between CAD 123,000 and 171,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Thales may offer additional benefits and compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools as part of our recruitment process to support activities such as candidate discovery, résumé matching, and interview scheduling. All hiring decisions are made by human recruiters. AI does not make hiring decisions on our behalf.

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Benefits

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.


• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with company contributions and matching.


• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.


• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.


• Employee discounts on home, auto, and gym memberships.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All accommodation requests during the interview process will be considered and kept confidential.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US ITAR and/or EAR. Applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access, including eligibility for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and the ability to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.