Associate Director, Workforce and Capability Development

About Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a global leader in aerospace innovation, proudly headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, since 1928. We design and manufacture next-generation aircraft engines that power the world's largest fleet of business, general aviation, and regional aircraft and helicopters.

For nearly 100 years, our teams have been at the forefront of propulsion technology, pushing boundaries to make flight more efficient and reliable. Our engines support missions that truly matter, from transporting people and essential goods, to enabling emergency medical services, humanitarian operations, and wildfire suppression around the world.

An Employer of Choice

Pratt & Whitney Canada was named one of Canada's Best Employers for 2026 by Forbes, marking the 11th consecutive year the company has earned this recognition. Pratt & Whitney Canada also ranked #1 employer in the aerospace and defense industry in the country. In addition, our headquarters continues to be recognized among the top employers in the Montreal region. Together, these distinctions reinforce our reputation as an employer of choice in Montreal, across Canada, and around the world.

Why Join The Team?

You will join the Pratt & Whitney Canada's Global Operations Strategy, Transformation and Operation Excellence Organisation. Your Opportunity to Shape the Future of Operations as we are entering a new era of transformation, and our Global Strategy, Transformation, and Operational Excellence organization is at the center of it all, driving performance and accelerating our global operations roadmap.

Reporting directly to the Director – BPM and Digital Transformation, the Associate Director – Global Workforce Planning; DHM & Training plays a critical role in ensuring Global Operations has the right workforce capacity, capabilities, and knowledge to execute today and sustain performance over the long term.

This role is accountable for aligning workforce planning, capability development, training, and knowledge management with business objectives. By structuring and safeguarding critical operational knowledge, identifying and closing skill gaps, and mitigating dependency on key experts, the role directly supports operational resilience, execution excellence, and sustainable growth.

Success in this role requires strong strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to influence decision-making at senior levels across a global organization.

This role is a critical enabler of Global Operations performance and resilience. By integrating workforce planning, capability development, training, and knowledge management, the Associate Director ensures the organization can scale, adapt, and perform sustainably in a complex and evolving operational environment.

This position is part of a French-speaking work environment, it requires a very good knowledge of English to read and understand, on a daily basis, documentation and technical terms that may emanate from international organizations, as well as to write and communicate in English with customers, suppliers or international colleagues.

What will your day-to-day look like?

Strategic Leadership & Workforce Planning

• Partner with Management and Senior Leadership Teams to define and deploy global workforce and capability strategies aligned with operational priorities and growth plans.
• Lead the development and execution of Global Operations-level workforce planning, including capability forecasting, succession considerations, and long-term talent sustainability.
• Define and oversee the Discipline Health Management Strategy for Global Operations, including governance, metrics, and improvement roadmaps.
• Establish clear Roles & Responsibilities frameworks to ensure alignment between organizational needs, accountability, and required capabilities.

Capability, Knowledge & Discipline Health Management

• Establish and sustain a structured Knowledge and Capability Management framework across Global Operations.
• Ensure the effective capture and balance of tacit knowledge (expert know-how, experiential learning) and explicit knowledge (documented processes, standards, standard work, and best practices).
• Drive the standardization and institutionalization of critical operational knowledge to ensure consistenc