Subcontracts Program Manager

Role and Responsibilities

Who We Are :

• CAE Vision : Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission : CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values : Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
• CAE Quality Policy : Our Commitment Matters

What We Have to Offer :

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

CAE Defense and Security deliveries complex training solutions to a wide variety of military customers. These training solutions enable mission readiness and improves the overall safe execution of complex military operations.

The training solutions replicate with exceptional fidelity operation of high technology equipment interacting in a virtual environment indistinguishable from real world operations.

Subcontracts Program Manager to work with our Sr. Director US Operations to manage the execution of subcontracts for materials, equipment, supplies and services of a highly-specialized and complex nature through all phases of the program lifecycle.

Develop, implement, and manage strategies for our critical subcontracts. Working with technical and program management resources to delivery acquisition ready work share packages to major subcontract partners.

Deliver quality customer service to both internal and external customers and foster and maintain good supplier relationships, while driving transparency and success across the supply chain.

This is an evolving position of visibility that works with all levels of program management, finance, engineering management, operations management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

First phase / priority responsibilities / duties are associated with maturing CAE USA’s ability to manage subcontractors and include :

• Develops supply chain and subcontract strategies that support both current and future program needs. Work with functional and program teams to make these plans actionable.
• Coordinates with program management, business development, engineering, and executive leadership to incorporate recent innovations and industry best practices into our global supply chain.
• Provide subcontracting strategies, guidelines and training to Program Managers regarding the development and release of effective subcontract statements of work (SSOW) and associated work scoping material.

This may include reviewing and editing SSOWs for high priority programs.

• Support program teams and subcontracts administration in routine tracking and management of major subcontractor performance to include delivery, quality, and earned value.
• Develop and implement negotiation strategies that support program financial goals.
• Conduct briefings to both internal and external senior leaders in order to convey strategies for improving supply chain and subcontract performance.
• Support additional proposal and / or program start-up activities when not supporting SSOW development or training
• Liaison with subcontract management resources and the program teams to ensure continued alignment and clarification of subcontract tasking to include performance-based criteria
• Analyzes subcontract program performance data to determine gaps or trends
• Attend high priority program start-up and monthly status reviews and document observations

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum 8-10 years subcontract or program management experience, with aerospace and defense preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and bidding proposals or management of supplier performance
• Practical experience and understanding of US Government acquisition regulations such as the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, etc.
• Demonstrated success in leading and developing cross functional teams.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, with all levels of management and individual contributors.
• Experience with Configuration Management, Risk Management, Integrated Master Schedules, Earned Value Management, Sales and Operations Planning

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 be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to Government contract requirements, only citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Ability to travel nationally and internationally, 20% of the time.
• Ability to handle essential duties and responsibilities worldwide.
• Work will be performed in an office environment on a hybrid schedule

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 operate personal computer, communicate via telephone.
• Ability to work many hours under pressure.

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.

CAE USA Inc. is an EOE / AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Position Type

Regular

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