Program Manager, Environment and Climate Change

CSA Group is seeking a Program Manager for Environment and Climate Change in Montreal, Quebec. This permanent, full-time role involves leading a team to develop standards-based solutions, managing relationships with industry and government, and ensuring project objectives are met. Candidates should possess strong decision-making and communication skills, with a focus on people and process management to achieve financial targets and program goals.
Statut d'emploi:
Permanent

Type d'heures:
À temps plein

Nous avons besoin de vous pour former une équipe de calibre mondial
Les activités du Groupe CSA reposent sur l’atteinte d’un idéal : rendre le monde meilleur, plus sûr et plus durable.

Cet ideal est au coeur de notre mission depuis 1919, année où nous avons élaboré notre première norme d’ingénierie sur les ponts ferroviaires. Aujourd’hui, près de 100 ans plus tard, le Groupe CSA compte plus de 3 500 normes, codes et produits connexes.

Le Groupe CSA, dont le siège social se trouve au Canada, est présent à l’échelle mondiale : il possède plus de 30 laboratoires et bureaux en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique du Nord. Il propose des services de mise à l’essai, d’inspection et de certification d’une vaste gamme de produits — des articles de maison aux technologies de pointe — pour veiller à ce qu’ils répondent à des exigences strictes en matière de sécurité, de performance et d’impact sur l’environnement.

Nos employés sont fiers que leur travail ait une incidence positive sur la vie des gens. Nous avons besoin de personnes comme vous pour poursuivre notre mission en ce sens.

Résumé du travail:

CSA Group Standards Division has an opportunity for a Program Manager, Environment and Climate Change in the Environment & Business Excellence Sector, reporting to the Director, Standards Environment & Business Excellence. The location for this position may be at the CSA office in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary or Montreal. The Program Manager (PGM) is responsible for providing strategic and execution leadership in the development of standards-based solutions for the Environment and Climate Change program;

addressing the needs of industry, government and the public, primarily through the management of a team of Project Managers.

A leader, motivator, and builder, you thrive on developing and executing plans and strategies for expanding CSA’s presence in safety standards. An outstanding relationship builder, you have a track record of developing and maintaining strategic relationships with senior leaders within industry, government and academia.

Facilitative and customer-driven, you have a knack for developing the solutions that pragmatically address CSA clients’ needs. You also understand the importance of effective people and process management, utilizing CSA’s recently introduced metrics to augment your team’s decision-making.

You have proven, well-developed decision-making and communication skills, along with exceptional organizational and people development abilities. You show initiative, ensuring that all financial targets are met (revenue, cost and margin), as well as being someone who is motivated, resilient and flexible. Detail and process orientation is important, as is the ability to work well with people at all levels and with divergent interests.

Responsibilities:
• Meets regularly with staff to ensure standards projects are achieving their objectives (e.g. timelines), within prescribed budgets, planning and executing corrective actions as required, while meeting policy and procedures from Standards Council of Canada and ANSI.
• Hires, continually assesses, trains and develops Project Managers, to ensure program objectives are achieved.
• Develops annual business plan for the program, including the execution plan, strategic plan and budget.
• Works with the Director, Strategic Initiatives Managers, and Commercial Managers, to drive business development opportunities within the scope of the program, to ensure continual growth of the full portfolio of products and services, interfacing with other groups as required (e.g. Commercial, Marketing, Government Relations, and TIC division).
• Interfaces with external parties to advance the work of the program, facilitates knowledge transfer, and manages program specific stakeholder issues. This includes working with organizations such as ISO, NGOs, industry associations, strategic partners, government agencies, etc.
• Committee management, as applicable (e.g., Strategic Steering Committees), including establishing the scope of work to be completed, preparation of meeting agendas/minutes/documents, managing required resources,…