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Professional Senior, Engineering Strategy*
@ Bombardier
Dorval, Quebec
Overview
Bombardier is hiring a Professional Senior, Engineering Strategy to shape the future of its Engineering organization. The role develops long-term workforce and capability strategies, forecasts five-year skills and capacity needs, and advises Engineering leadership. Candidates need 15+ years of engineering experience and strong business and financial acumen; the level and title may be adjusted to the selected candidate.
Responsibilities:
- Develop five-year engineering workforce and capability strategies
- Forecast engineering skills and capacity needs and identify gaps
- Evaluate workforce scenarios and advise on resource and investment decisions
- Partner with Engineering, Finance, HR and program leaders
- Coach and mentor team members and deliver engineering training
Requirements summary:
- Engineering bachelor's degree or equivalent; master's in management an asset
- 15+ years of progressive engineering or aerospace experience
- Experience in strategic initiatives, workforce planning or skills management
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Excellent communication skills for technical and business audiences
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-18
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 15+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Engineering, Engineering management, Business management |
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Bombardier is a global leader in aviation, focused on designing, manufacturing, and servicing the world's most exceptional business jets. Bombardier’s Challenger and Global aircraft families are renowned for their cutting-edge innovation, cabin design, performance, and reliability. Bombardier has a worldwide fleet of approximately 5,000 aircraft in service with a wide variety of multinational corporations, charter and fractional ownership providers, governments, and private individuals. Bombardier aircraft are also trusted around the world in government and military special-mission roles leveraging Bombardier Defense’s proven expertise. Headquartered in Greater Montréal, Québec, Bombardier operates aerostructure, assembly and completion facilities in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The company’s robust customer support network services the Learjet, Challenger and Global families of aircraft, and includes facilities in strategic locations in the United States and Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the UAE, Singapore, China and Australia. For corporate news and information, including Bombardier’s Environmental, Social and Governance report, as well as the company’s plans to cover all its flight operations with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing the Book and Claim system visit bombardier.com. Learn more about Bombardier’s industry-leading products and customer service network at businessaircraft.bombardier.com. Follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,202,510
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 24,921
- Reported office locations
- 400 Côte-Vertu Ouest, Dorval, Québec H4S 1Y9, OO
- 800 boul. René-Lévesques Ouest, Montréal, Québec H3B 1Y8, CA
- 10 Kallang Ave, Singapore, Singapore 339510, SG
- 1 Learjet Way, Wichita, KS 67209, US
- Other recorded names
- Bombardier
- Specialties
- Transportation
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Aviation
- and luxury
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Bombardier is a global leader in aviation, focused on designing, manufacturing, and servicing the world's most exceptional business jets. Bombardier’s Challenger and Global aircraft families are renowned for their cutting-edge innovation, cabin design, performance, and reliability. Bombardier has a worldwide fleet of approximately 5,000 aircraft in service with a wide variety of multinational corporations, charter…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Dorval, Québec |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | TransportationEngineeringAerospaceAviationand luxury |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,238 |
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Why join us?
At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.
Providing services to Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing continuous growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the greatest results happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.
Professional Senior, Engineering Strategy*
Bombardier is a global leader, creating innovative and game-changing planes. Our products and services provide world-class transportation experiences that set new standards in passenger comfort, energy, efficiency, reliability, and safety. We are a global organization focused on working together with a team spirit.
As a Professional Senior, Engineering Strategy, you will help shape the future of Bombardier’s Engineering organization by developing innovative strategies to address evolving skills, talent and capacity needs.
As part of the Engineering, Product Development and Bombardier Defense, this role is ideal for an experienced engineering professional who has developed beyond technical execution and is motivated by solving complex organizational and workforce challenges. You will bring deep engineering knowledge and credibility while applying strong business and financial acumen to help shaping the organization, its people and its long-term capabilities.
What are your contributions to the team?
- Develop long-term engineering workforce and capability strategies aligned with business objectives, program demand and future technical requirements.
- Forecast engineering skills and capacity needs over a five-year horizon and identify critical workforce gaps.
- Develop innovative solutions to address capacity and skills gaps beyond traditional recruitment, leveraging internal mobility, talent development, succession, partnerships and other workforce strategies.
- Evaluate workforce scenarios and provide data-driven recommendations to support resource, investment and organizational decisions.
- Partner with Engineering, Finance, HR and Program leaders to align workforce plans with budgets, business forecasts and project requirements.
- Lead complex cross-functional initiatives, build alignment across stakeholders, and translate business, financial and technical considerations into actionable workforce strategies, business cases and implementation roadmaps.
- Act as a strategic advisor to Engineering leadership on talent, capability, capacity and workforce challenges.
- Establish and continuously improve workforce planning processes, governance, analytics and tools, including AI-enabled solutions.
- Coach and mentor team members to support growth and strengthen organizational capability.
- Develop and deliver training and knowledge transfer for engineering teams, including Engineering Essentials and Fundamentals Training.
How to thrive in this role?
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline
- Master’s in engineering management or business management is an asset
- 15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, aerospace or another complex technical environment, with demonstrated experience contributing to strategic initiatives, organizational capability, workforce planning or skills management
- Deep understanding of engineering organizations, technical disciplines and the skills and capabilities required to support complex engineering programs
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple functions and connect business objectives, project/program requirements, engineering considerations and workforce needs
- Strong business and financial acumen, including experience working with budgets, headcount/resource planning and business priorities
- Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex situations and translate them into actionable recommendations
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate complex technical and business concepts clearly to different audiences
- Experience within Bombardier and/or knowledge of BES is considered an asset
- Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI, and their potential impact on engineering capabilities and workforce requirements in an asset
* The level and title of the position may be adjusted based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.
Now that you can see yourself with the Bombardier Team!
Please note: You don’t need all the skills, knowledge, and experience listed to contribute for this opportunities . We’re not seeking perfection, just passionate, committed individuals.
Bombardier is committed to providing equal access to professional opportunities and encourages qualified individuals of any race, colour, sex, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, civil status, age except as provided by law, religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition, a handicap or the use of any means to palliate a handicap to express their interest in providing services. In accordance, Bombardier is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities in connection with access to professional opportunities. Requests for accommodation may be communicated to the Bombardier contact and will be handled confidentially.
Interested in joining Bombardier?
Bombardier is hosting a Virtual Engineering Hiring Event on October 22 and 23, 2026.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Format: Virtual interviews via Microsoft Teams
Registration is required. Only selected participants will be invited to attend. Registration closes on October 20, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Register here: https://aerocareer.ca/events/evenement-de-recrutement-en-ingenierie-2
Opportunity Technical Expert Senior, Engineering, Product Development and Bombardier Defense
Primary Location Administrative Centre (CA)
Organization Aerospace Canada
Requisition 14811 Professional Senior, Engineering Strategy*
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