Project Manager in Vancouver

What you’ll do: Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Delivery, the Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing and leading medium to large IT, business improvement, and change management projects. The Project Manager will work closely with senior leadership and be part of a dynamic team working in a product driven environment. The Project Manager is responsible for planning and managing all aspects of project execution including timelines, budgets, internal resourcing, external vendors, business and customer change management, issue tracking, risk management, and status reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Facilitation: Facilitate and lead the development of comprehensive project plans that outline objectives, scope, budget, schedule, milestones, resources, and risks.
• Influential Leadership and Execution: Lead the execution of projects in a matrixed environment, ensuring timelines and milestones are met by coordinating efforts across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Documentation and Governance: Prepare and maintain essential project management documentation, ensuring all documentation is current and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
• Monitoring and Control: Establish and tailor project controls and track adherence to them, ensuring they drive project success.
• Stakeholder Management and Communication: Navigate complex stakeholder and decision-making structures to effect project delivery and change activities.
• Change Management: Develop and implement customer and organizational change management plans.
• Resource Management: Assess staffing or consultant needs and secure resource approvals in collaboration with business owners.
• Project Management Best Practices: Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of project management best practices and tools for the organization.

We encourage you to apply if you have:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or comparable alternative.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in managing complex, time sensitive projects with diverse requirements.
• Track record of managing $8-10M projects successfully to completion with satisfied stakeholders.
• Experience with business analysis, agile methodologies, organizational change management preferred.
• PMP certification or equivalent preferred.
• Prosci change management certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of various project management methodologies and tools.
• Able to build trust within the organization by establishing strong credibility, accountability, and ethics.
• Strong facilitation skills along with the ability to listen, influence, and drive to results.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, often conflicting priorities to successful completion.
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills.
• Able to adapt influencing style based on different situations, contexts, and organizational cultures.
• Demonstrates transparency and personal accountability.
• Self-starter, able to independently balance multiple priorities under pressure and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with aptitude for accuracy and details.
• A ‘get it done’ attitude and ownership for tasks from inception to completion.
• A lifelong learner who is constantly striving to develop professionally.

Knowledge of real property management and GIS would be an asset.