Project Manager - Vancouver, Canada - UBC Sauder School of Business

UBC Sauder School of Business

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location:
UBC Vancouver Point Grey Campus

Job Category:
M&P - AAPS

Job Profile:
AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level A

Job Title:
Project Manager

Compensation Range:
$5, $8,081.00 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date:
May 21, 2024

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
UBC Sauder School of Business is one of the world's leading business faculties.

The school consistently ranks among the top 100 in the world and is recognized internationally for excellence in research and learning, an outstanding faculty and unmatched global partnerships.

A collaborative and respectful culture within which all members of our community can thrive is a key principle in our strategic plan, and one that underpins our educational mission.

We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam.

We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at UBC Robson Square is situated on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh.

The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a unique non-profit program for massively scalable seed stage science-based technology startups.

CDL provides milestone-based coaching to early stage companies over the course of 9 months with the goal of maximizing the commercialization of hugely impactful scientific or deeply technical breakthroughs and technology cluster development in the region.

The program's mentors are successful entrepreneurs with years of experience in building and scaling technology-oriented companies.

The Creative Destruction Lab-Vancouver (CDL-Vancouver) is housed at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

The Project Manager is a key member of the CDL-Vancouver team and is responsible for the planning and execution of CDL-Vancouver's operational activities, as well as managing the entire life-cycle of events and medium-scale projects including project planning, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects, directing personnel in the execution of CDL programming and managing unit's operating and research budgets and accounts.

The Project Manager works in tandem of with the Senior Project Manager and is responsible for the administration of a portfolio of CDL operations.

Organizational Status

The Project Manager reports to the Senior Project Manager, while working closely with venture and partnership employees in the broader CDL team, as well as administrative and events team at the UBC Sauder.

Work Performed

Project Management

Manages a portfolio of administrative functions within the CDL office, responsible for all administrative matters and for policy recommendations and implementation.
Responsible for the strategic conceptualization of projects. Manages multiple concurrent projects of diverse size, complexity and risk.
Plans project activities, follows up on action items and deliverables to ensure completion, and keeps the project on track and focused on achieving the intended outcomes.
Identifies and manages challenges, develops and implements strategies to mitigate issues, and develops contingency plans to ensure the timely completion of project deliverables.
Strategically analyzes work processes, identifies and provides advice on areas for improvement in work flow and office efficiency and their implementation.
Anticipates potential problems and develops solutions needed to resolve them.
Ensures the project deliverables are on track, and communicates/follows up appropriately with team members.
Delegates responsibility and reallocates resources as needed to ensure that priorities are met for initiatives within area of responsibility.
Researches and writes project documentation including briefing notes, plans, schedules, reports, status updates, using a variety of formats.
Effectively liaises and develops supportive and collegiate partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders.
Conducts project work, as needed, depending on capacity and availability of other team