Canada is a strategic market for us. Our autonomous airship technology has clear applications across Canadian defence, commercial and dual-use programs, and we’ve set up shop at Area X.O to be in the middle of it.
We need someone in Ottawa who can run development programs end-to-end: managing customer relationships, translating requirements into engineering work, coordinating with our teams in Finland, and keeping multi-workstream projects on time, on budget, and on spec. Alongside that, you’ll be our boots on the ground while we set the Canadian operation up: getting the office at Area X.O running, finding local subcontractors, and scouting locations for ground bases and eventually manufacturing. That side of the work is planned and led from Finland. You’re the person who makes it happen locally.
You’ll be one of the first faces of Kelluu in Canada, and how you set things up will shape how we operate here for years.
Your main job is the customer interface: being the local link between our Canadian customers and our R&D, software, and flight operations teams in Finland. Alongside that, you’re our boots on the ground as we establish our Canadian operations.
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Coordinate multi-workstream development work. Our programmes span hardware, software, systems engineering, and flight operations. You’ll keep the moving parts aligned locally and stay on top of schedules, budgets, and the reporting rigour that government and defence contracts demand.
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Be the customer interface. You build trust, manage expectations, and make sure they always know where things stand — together with our sales/commercial team.
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Translate customer requirements into engineering action. You’ll turn what customers need into clear, actionable tasks the engineering teams can execute on.
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Bridge Canada and Finland. You’ll coordinate between local Canadian work and our engineering teams in Finland, making sure the two sides operate as one.
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Get the Canadian operation off the ground. Setting up the office at Area X.O is one of your first tasks. From there: finding and screening local subcontractors and suppliers, helping identify locations for ground bases and eventually a factory, handling local practicalities and site visits, and making the most of the Area X.O ecosystem.
You won’t be doing the setup work on your own. It’s planned and led from Finland. You’re the person who makes it happen locally.
You’ll work in close collaboration with our Engineering, production and SW teams in Finland, our Operations team, and the commercial team working Canadian accounts. You’ll report to Head of Engineering and Production. Day-to-day, you’ll work directly with our Canadian customers and act as the primary connective tissue between them and our development teams.
As Kelluu’s Canadian presence grows, so does your scope: more operations and missions, more customers, and in time a local team.
By 3 months, you will have:
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Fully onboarded and got up to speed on our technology, our processes, and customers
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Built relationships with the customer, the Area X.O ecosystem, and the Finnish engineering teams
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A reporting cadence running in both directions
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The customer sees you as a reliable, proactive partner
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Canada–Finland coordination feels seamless rather than something people have to work around
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First rounds of subcontractor and location legwork delivered against briefs from Finland
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Programme milestones delivered, with schedules, budgets, and reporting under control
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A clear picture of what the Canadian operation needs next, including the next hires
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You’re recognised inside Kelluu as the person who ships and gets things done