AECOM is hiring a Requirements Manager to join our Systems Engineering and Systems Assurance group. This role specializes in Requirements Engineering, Verification & Validation, Integration, and Interface Management, supporting major rail and transit programs across the region. This is a newly created position.
This role can be based in Mississauga, Markham, Calgary or Edmonton.
The Requirements Manager will provide senior-level leadership in requirements development, traceability, compliance verification, and configuration control. This role focuses on establishing, governing, and maintaining the requirements baseline from initial capture through final acceptance, ensuring project requirements are clear, traceable, verifiable, and controlled throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
General Responsibilities
Independently perform and coordinate requirements engineering activities across complex programs
Lead requirements analysis involving ambiguous or evolving technical challenges
Supervise engineers and analysts supporting requirements capture, decomposition, allocation, and verification
Act as the primary liaison between project teams, clients, contractors, and external stakeholders
Operate with minimal supervision while exercising expert judgment in requirements methodologies and tooling
Core Requirements Management Responsibilities
Develop, implement, and maintain the Requirements Management Plan (RMP)
Lead the capture, decomposition, and structuring of requirements from stakeholder needs, standards, and design inputs
Configure and administer requirements management tools, particularly IBM DOORS NG
Establish and maintain bi-directional traceability between system, subsystem, and component requirements
Conduct quality reviews to identify requirement gaps, conflicts, ambiguities, and inconsistencies
Manage requirements change control, impact assessments, and baseline updates
Develop and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs) and compliance matrices
Coordinate requirement reviews with designers, suppliers, client representatives, and assurance teams
Ensure requirements allocation and ownership are clearly defined
Prepare requirements dashboards, reports, and metrics for project stakeholders
Support verification and validation activities as they relate to requirement closure and acceptance
Provide mentorship and training to supporting staff
Contribute to proposals and bids, including scope definition, estimates, and tool strategies