Manager, Data Management

Location: Ottawa, Canada

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Manager, Data Management

Position Summary

Ottawa, ON (Hybrid)

Thales Canada Defence & Security (TCDS) is looking for a Manager of Data Management. The Manager of Data Management is the Head of Discipline (HoD) responsible for Data Management (DM) across the organization. They are also the Resource Manager for the DM team.

As a Data Manager, you will oversee the organization's data infrastructure, ensuring efficient data collection, storage, analysis, and utilization. You will manage the full lifecycle of data, from acquisition and processing to dissemination, archiving and destruction, while maintaining data integrity, security, and compliance with regulatory standards.

The Manager of DM is responsible for developing a clear roadmap for improving DM. They will also lead the implementation of a new Data Governance program.

The Manager of DM reports to the Director of Engineering.

Key Areas of Responsibility

The main responsibilities are:

1. As a Resource Manager:
   • Provides appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products.
   • Plans the team’s workload in the short, medium and long term.
   • Develops team skills to support bids, projects and products.
   • Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management and succession planning for the team.
   • Coaches, mentors and develops the team.
   • Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives.
   • Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.
2. As a Head of Discipline:
   • Responsible for the establishment, standardisation and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline.
   • Ensures that the discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products.
   • Responsible for development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline.
   • Responsible for bid, project and product estimates for the discipline.
3. As Manager of Data Management:
   • Implement and sustain the Company’s DM capability.
   • Perform DM Planning and Management.
   • Manage the DM budget.
   • Responsible for subcontractor DM requirements and activities.
   • Implement a new Data Governance program.
   • Maintain data quality, security and integrity.
   • Establish and maintain data baselines.
   • Manage data exchanges between TCDS and various stakeholders.
   • Manage Government-, Customer- and Contractor-furnished Information.
   • Ensure DM conformance to ISO certification.
   • Responsible for performing Internal DM Process audits.
   • Maintains templates for all deliverables.
   • Maintains data repository structures for all bids, projects and products.
   • Maintain and report on DM metrics.
4. As a member of the DM team:
   • Responsible for performing DM work on bids, projects and products.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• An engineering degree or 3-year technical program diploma in a technical field from a recognized university or college program or certified as a technologist by a recognized provincial, state, or federal (national) licensing body in a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years managing a DM team.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the last 10 years of responsibility for DM functions.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the last 10 years as a Data Manager for a Capital or In-Service Support contract.
• Expertise in the deployment, maintenance use of at least one DM tool.
• Expertise in at least one DM standard.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a people or resource manager.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing a budget.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing an Engineering Discipline, including responsibility for associated policies and procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Key Competencies:

• You are a team player, have good interpersonal skills and foster collaborative work both within and outside your team.
• You know how to tackle complex problems.
• You manage resources in order to meet cost, schedule and quality commitments.
• You are able to make decisions in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Uncertain (VUCA) environment.
• You have proven dedication towards continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• You have strong business acumen and dedicate yourself to bringing value to your customers.
• You are rigorous and organized.
• You are a leader.
• You are willing to engage and develop your team.
• You are able to clearly determine and communicate status.
• You are able to prioritize the use of resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Management of budget worth at least 250kCAD.
• Experience in the Defence industry.
• Fluency in French.

Physical Demands

• Office work with occasional national and international travel. About 4 times per year.

What We Offer

• Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
• 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 a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• 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 membership.

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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 International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.