Project Manager - Vancouver, Canada - Vancity

Vancity

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada.

Come join our team of 2,600 diverse individuals and access competitive rewards & benefits, all while knowing you are a part of a greater movement.

Our PMO team supports multiple modes of delivery.

As a Project Manager, you will have a minimum of 5 years leading technology projects with a proven track record to successfully deliver projects on time, budget and scope including Change Management.

You will also have experience as a practical Scrum Master guiding our hybrid teams towards efficient and successful delivery while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

This competitively rewarded role will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office.

Periodically, in-person events or activities will be required of you.

The role:

Scrum Process Facilitation serving as a servant leader for one or more Agile teams, ensuring that Scrum practices are understood and followed. Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Negotiate and collaborate with vendors and system implementors at all levels while managing vendor financial and operational performance against contractual requirements.
Plan and deliver complex projects within scope, budget, time and expected benefits while following the appropriate Vancity Project Delivery methodology and guidelines.
Foster relationships with Sponsor(s) and senior stakeholders to ensure business needs and initiative deliverables/outcomes are in alignment. Proactively mitigate and escalate issues for joint resolution with Technology and Business stakeholders.
Present at the Steering Committee/to Senior Leadership and address expectations and concerns through clear communication and proactive followups.
Appropriately select an implementation methodology (i.e. agile, waterfall, hybrid) based on the nature of the work and other organizational factors. Identify and work to resolve delivery dependencies within assigned project, the broader Strategic/Technology Initiatives portfolio and Operational priorities.
Capture and monitor delivery metrics and work to continuously improve quality, velocity and time to market.
Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team resources, influencing them and their teams to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
Contribute to the improvement of project management best practices across the enterprise and help drive consistency, transparency and execution on projects.
Provide clear, timely and accurate communications to the project team members on all aspects of the project, including decisions made by the Steering Committee; manage project integration and coordination

You are:

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Customer-centric - you define and measure success through the eyes of your internal customers and anticipate, understand and respond to their evolving needs.
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Results-oriented - you have a demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders in order to conduct diagnosis, analyze findings, generate appropriate options, and build quality deliverables all while securing their commitment to these solutions.
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Exceptional communicator

Heightened interpersonal skills, you are comfortable communicating with stakeholders in different levels of the organization. Demonstrate confidence and provide highly specialized project delivery expertise and advice.

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An organized planner - you collaborate with and organize multiple stakeholders in the development and delivery of specialized project activities. You can establish tactical plans and initiatives, and lead development of integrated solutions, services and projects.
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Natural problem solver and decision-maker

You lead diagnosis of project challenges, find innovative business solutions, and assess risks and opportunities. You make timely decisions.

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Reliable

You demonstrate a high level of dependability in all aspects of the job.

You have:

A minimum of 5 years' experience delivering technology initiatives
PMP designation or similar

Bonus points, if you have:

Experience working in the Financial Services or Financial Technologies industries
CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
PgMP designation or similar
ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) designation or similar
Lean Six Sigma certification / training
Prosci or similar Organizational Change Management training

The team:

In this role, you will report into Manager, Project Deliver as part of IT Solutions Division.

Salary Range:81,200.00 to 122,000.00

Posting Deadline:
open until filled

We offer: