# Senior Aerospace Development Program Manager

> SOGECLAIR · Wichita, United States (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2026-08-27

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

This role is best positioned as a Senior/Lead Aerospace Development Program Manager opportunity with a strong engineering and certification component. The successful candidate must be able to lead a complex aircraft development program across engineering, certification, suppliers, finance, customers, and executive stakeholders.

The key differentiator is that this is not a traditional project manager position focused primarily on schedules. Bombardier needs a technically credible program leader who can integrate the entire aircraft development effort and drive the program from technical definition through certification and customer delivery.

## Requirements

-   10+ years of aerospace and/or defense experience, ideally supporting aircraft development programs.
-   Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
-   Technical depth sufficient to credibly lead and challenge engineering organizations.
-   Aircraft development and certification experience, particularly 14 CFR Part 25.
-   Experience working in or alongside an FAA Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) environment.
-   Program leadership spanning schedule, cost, risk, technical performance, suppliers, certification, and delivery.
-   Experience taking aircraft modifications, new products, or development programs from definition/design through certification and delivery.
-   Strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to influence teams without formal authority.
-   Customer-facing experience, particularly with executive, government, military, or high-value aircraft customers.
-   Budgeting, forecasting, financial governance, and preferably Earned Value Management (EVM) experience.
-   Familiarity with PLM and ERP systems.
-   Defense, special-mission, business-jet, or complex Part 25 aircraft experience is highly desirable.

## Apply

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