Director – Telesat Lightspeed Mission Assurance

Main Responsibilities

• Provide a vision of how the program will achieve Mission Success
• Working across the Telesat Lightspeed segment organizations, drive implementation and oversee execution of processes to ensure Telesat Lightspeed system Mission Success
• Develop and maintain a system for communicating, managing and linking processes
• Work with the Sr. Manager, Lightspeed Program Delivery to provide training on processes
• Develop and advise senior management on communications related to Mission Assurance
• Work with the Director, Lightspeed Program Managment Office to ensure effective Risk Management
• Administer program quality processes including
• Quality and Nonconformity Reporting and Disposition
• Corrective and Preventive Action
• Supplier Assurance
• Software Assurance
• Operations Quality
• Independent reviews, audits, and investigations

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Master’s degree or equivalent in Engineering Management is preferable
• At least 15 years’ experience in engineering development involving both hardware and software, preferably working in communications or satellites
• At least 5 years’ experience as a manager with Mission Assurance experience
• Ability to assess technical status and issues in hardware, software, and operations
• Expertise in failure and anomaly investigation, corrective action, preventive action, and continuous improvement
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in dealing with engineers, internal and external stakeholders, senior management and staff
• Ability to convey status and issues clearly, concisely and accurately
• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical individuals
• Strong organizational skills
• Significant skill in influence management to help broker solutions across organizations
• A team player, collaborative and independently driven
• Must demonstrate a flexible, open-minded attitude and have strong interpersonal skills
• High-level of expertise with Microsoft Office suite: Excel, Project, Word, Visio and PowerPoint, and Atlassian tools: Jira, Confluence

Decision Making and Supervision

• In this role, the individual will wield substantial influence over the trajectory of the Telesat LightSpeed program. They will be responsible for talent acquisition, fostering a constructive work atmosphere, and leveraging their extensive expertise to inform recommendations and decisions.
• This position entails overseeing direct reports

Working Conditions

• General office environments
• Full-time office
• Prefer Telesat Ottawa office based, exceptional candidates based from another Telesat location will be considered
• Occasional travel, including international travel is anticipated
• Candidate must be able to obtain Reliability security clearance