Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Work Location: Waterloo, ON (Onsite, 5 days/week)

About Canadian Strategic Missions Corp. (CSMC)
Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation is building the capabilities that will shape Canada's future in space, defence, and energy. We focus on developing dual use systems that address critical challenges here on Earth while enabling sustained human activity beyond it.

Ina short time, CSMC hasestablishedreal momentum. WE have secured significant government investment to advance next generation micro nuclear reactors in partnership with leading institutions, alongside expanding a portfolio of technologies designed for remote environments, national defence, and future space missions. These efforts reflect a broader ambition to deliver reliable power and critical infrastructure where it matters most.
Our work is grounded in close collaboration with government and guided by a clear sense of purpose: to build sovereign capability at a time when it has never been more important. We care deeply about execution, long term impact and earning the trust required to deliver systems that will service Canada and its allies for decades.

CSMC is a company for builders. We are a group of people drawn to hard problems, meaningfulimpactand the opportunity to shape systems that matterata national and global scale. We are building a team that thrives in ambiguity, values execution, and is motivated by mission and impact.

About the Role

The Senior Project Manager will lead complex, multidisciplinary engineering programs from concept through execution. You will drive schedules, budgets, risk management, supplier coordination, and crossfunctional alignment for highconsequence hardware development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of multiphase engineering programs
• Own schedules, budgets, risk registers, and stakeholder communication
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and external partners
• Drive milestone readiness, technical reviews, and program reporting
• Identify program risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Support NGEN and internal program governance requirements

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project/program management in engineering or technology
• Experience with complex hardware development (nuclear, aerospace, defence, or similar)
• Strong risk management, scheduling, and stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to lead crossfunctional teams in fastmoving environments

Preferred Skills

• Nuclear Industry Experience
• PMP or equivalent
• Experience with regulated or safetycritical systems
• Familiarity with earned value, phasegate, or systems engineering frameworks

Why Join CSMC

CSMC is building technologies that will shape Canadas future in energy, space, and national security.Youlljoin a team of engineers, scientists, and missiondriven builders who care deeply about solving hard problems that matter. We move quickly, support each other, and take pride in doing work that hasrealimpact. Along the way,youllhave access to competitive compensation, benefits, and equity, and the chance to grow with a company that values ownership, curiosity, and technical excellence.

Employment Eligibility
CSMC works withhighly sensitivenuclear, defence, and aerospace technologies, and all roles require eligibility for federal security screening and compliance with controlled goods and export regulations. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada, able to obtain andmaintainGovernment of Canada security clearance, and eligible to meet foreign affiliation and export control requirements. These conditions aremandatoryBona Fide Occupational Requirements and reflect the need to securely develop and protect nationally significant capabilities.