Senior Manager, Program Management Office

6 hours ago
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Telesat Full-time

The Senior Manager, Project Management Office (PMO) reports to the Director of Mission Assurance and Program Integration and is responsible for leading enterprise program governance, integrated schedule and budget planning, program controls, portfolio reporting, and cross-segment coordination for complex telecommunications and space programs.

This role provides the framework, tools, processes, and oversight necessary to enable successful program delivery across multiple organizational segments while ensuring executive leadership has clear visibility into program performance, risks, dependencies, milestones, and strategic objectives.

The Senior Manager, PMO has a staff who serve as the central integrators across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, mission assurance, product management, and other stakeholder organizations supporting multiple projects. The position does not directly manage segment Program Managers, who remain within their respective organizations and coordinate extensively with the PMO, However, the role establishes program management standards, methodologies, reporting requirements, and governance practices across the enterprise. The successful candidate must be comfortable operating in an evolving environment where not all processes, standards, and organizational interfaces have been fully established, and where success requires building structure, alignment, and operational discipline across multiple stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Program Integration and Enterprise Planning

  • Lead the development and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) across all program segments.
  • Manage program-wide integrated budgets and long-term financial plans
  • Establish and manage cross-functional program dependencies, interfaces, and integration milestones.
  • Identify and escalate critical path risks, schedule variances, and program execution concerns.
  • Ensure consistent planning methodologies are applied across all participating organizations.
  • Coordinate enterprise-level planning activities to support strategic objectives and delivery commitments.
  • Facilitate integrated program reviews and milestone readiness assessments.

PMO Governance and Program Controls

  • Develop and maintain PMO governance frameworks, procedures, standards, and operating models.
  • Establish stage-gate and phase review processes throughout the program lifecycle.
  • Drive compliance with program management policies, reporting requirements, and governance expectations.
  • Lead portfolio-level schedule, budget/cost, risk, and performance monitoring activities.
  • Establish and maintain accurate program health and performance metrics.
  • Ensure consistency of reporting, forecasting, and program status assessments across all segments.

Executive Reporting and Decision Support

  • Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, and integrated program performance metrics.
  • Provide objective analysis of program execution, emerging risks, opportunities, and trends.
  • Support executive leadership reviews, and governance forums.
  • Prepare briefing materials, recovery plans, business cases, and strategic recommendations.
  • Present portfolio status, major issues, and critical decisions to senior leadership.

Portfolio Performance Management

  • Establish and monitor key performance indicators for program execution.
  • Consolidate schedule, budget/cost, risk, and resource information
  • Analyze performance trends and identify corrective actions when required.
  • Ensure consistent measurement and reporting of program objectives and outcomes.
  • Lead program health assessments and maturity reviews.

Risk, Dependency, and Change Integration

  • Oversee segment-level risk and dependency management processes.
  • Ensure critical cross-segment risks are identified, monitored, and escalated appropriately.
  • Support the program change management activities and impact assessments.
  • Facilitate issue resolution among stakeholders with competing priorities and objectives.
  • Support integrated decision-making across multiple organizations.

Program Management Excellence

  • Establish and evolve the PMO as an enterprise center of excellence for program and project management, continuously developing frameworks, standards, methodologies, and capabilities aligned with organizational growth

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