Project Manager

Scanline VFX; Richmond; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives. This role is pivotal in driving project success, ensuring alignment with business priorities, and managing stakeholder expectations. You will have the opportunity to work with diverse teams, optimize resource allocation, and facilitate collaboration across various departments. If you are passionate about project management and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the visual effects industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project management with strong Agile and Waterfall knowledge.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to drive project success.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Manage stakeholder communication and escalate challenges proactively.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, or Technology

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

The Project Manager role serves as the cornerstone of the Project Management Office, reporting to the VP, Program Management. This role is intended to serve our global business leading cross-functional initiatives, ensuring projects stay on track, aligned with business priorities, and successfully delivered. Sitting at the center of multiple teams and business units, the Project Manager will need to be execution-driven, and be responsible for balancing competing priorities, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving deliverables while being agile.

Key responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with initiatives’ goals
• Turn greenlit initiatives into structured projects, establishing scope, timelines, and deliverables in collaboration with identified stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder communication, keeping all business units informed, aligned, and engaged throughout the project lifecycle
• Proactively escalate challenges to key business leaders, assess possible scenarios, and develop potential solutions with trade-offs to support informed decision-making
• Optimize resource allocation, ensuring the right people and digital resources (e.g., GPU allocation, render capacity, infrastructure) are assigned based on project needs and availability
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration, ensuring smooth coordination between and updates between various teams to remove roadblocks
• Ensure reporting follows best practices, providing visibility into project status, key milestones, and risks.
• Support operational handovers, ensuring a seamless transition to long-term owners such as operations and production teams
• Partner with Product Management to align on strategy while collaborating on leadership, stakeholder management, roadmaps, risk, and key metrics to drive success
• Provide project management guidance to non-PMO-led initiatives, offering best practices, frameworks, and tools to help teams structure and manage their projects effectively, even when a dedicated Project Manager is not assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Strong understanding of core project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches; PMP, Scrum Master, or other relevant certifications are a plus
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a project management role
• Experience managing projects across different lifecycles, including software development, creative production (e.g., VFX, animation, design), operational process improvements, infrastructure deployments, and product launches
• Excellent interpersonal skills to lead and align multi-disciplinary teams, including senior stakeholders
• Effective communication and listening skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly, inspire teams, and facilitate productive discussions
• Strong leadership qualities—able to support, coach, and advocate for teams while maintaining focus on overall business goals
• High adaptability and resilience, with the ability to navigate change and shifting priorities effectively
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills, capable of maintaining structured project plans and managing data within project management tools
• Experience managing projects in technology, creative, or operational environments, such as software development, VFX, IT, media, or content production

Salary: $70,000 - $150,000 a year. This salary range is specific to applicants applying to our position in Vancouver, BC. To determine your base salary, we consider your qualifications, skills, and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary outside of this range and will also be dependent on your location.

About Us

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

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Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are

We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.