IS Project Manager in Vancouver

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This role reports to: IS Service Manager

Your role and responsibilities:

• Define a planning strategy that includes a full list of activities important for project management.
• Decide on a project delivery methodology (waterfall, agile, etc.) and align with stakeholders.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and deliver Information Systems (IS) project outcomes within agreed time, scope, cost, and quality.
• Communicate appropriate information to stakeholders promptly to achieve desired understanding and support.
• Manage stakeholders' expectations and relationships.
• Lead end-to-end IS/IT projects from initiation through planning, execution, deployment, and closure.
• Lead global Vendor Management System (VMS) implementations, migrations, enhancements, and transformation initiatives.
• Own project delivery for VMS platforms and related technology initiatives.
• Define project objectives, scope, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resources, and success criteria in collaboration with business and IS stakeholders.
• Manage cross-functional teams involving Business, IS, vendors, solution architects, integration teams, security, procurement, and external service providers.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including project plans, RAID logs, status reporting, steering committee updates, decision tracking, and escalation management.
• Execute IS project communications and report IS project performance against the plan and expected business outcome.
• Ensure projects follow applicable IS governance, architecture, security, compliance, data protection, and change-management standards.
• Drive system integration projects, ensuring successful coordination between enterprise applications, SaaS platforms, APIs, middleware, and downstream/upstream systems.
• Support business process transformation and identify opportunities for standardization, automation, simplification, and cost optimization.
• Conduct regular project gate reviews and provide timely status updates to ensure clear visibility, transparency, and alignment across all stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in IT/IS project management, with demonstrated experience delivering complex technology projects.
• Proven experience in Vendor Management System (VMS) implementations, migrations, transformations, or major platform enhancement projects.
• Experience with Workday integrations, including integration with third-party applications, HR systems, or enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise SaaS platforms, system integrations, APIs, middleware, data flows, and integration architecture.
• Strong understanding of the software development and project lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is an advantage.
• Experience with Waterfall, Agile/Scrum methodologies and relevant certifications is an advantage.
• Experience with SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMS, Beeline, Workday, or similar enterprise SaaS platforms is an advantage.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.