Project Manager, Infrastructure (Technical)

TEEMA Group; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

TEEMA Group is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead infrastructure and technology initiatives in a financial services setting. You will guide cross-functional teams, vendors, and partners to drive timely project delivery, including data center migrations and cloud initiatives.

The role requires a strong technical background, stakeholder management skills, and PMP/SM certification. Initial 6-month contract with potential extension into 2027 projects, located in Vancouver.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years leading technology projects in regulated environments.
• Strong technical understanding with hands-on infra project experience.
• Experience with data center migrations, server upgrades, and cloud moves.
• Familiarity with large financial institutions or fintech environments.
• Proficient in coordinating across stakeholders, vendors, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional technology projects from initiation to delivery.
• Ensure outcomes meet time, budget, scope, and business goals.
• Manage scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Coordinate internal teams, stakeholders, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Choose delivery approach (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid, Scrum, Kanban).
• Monitor progress with clear status reports and dashboards.
• Collaborate with technical and solutions teams to align requirements.
• Track backlog items using Azure DevOps (ADO).

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Infrastructure projects

Data center migrations

Cloud migrations

Azure DevOps

Waterfall/Agile

Vendor management

Risk management

Leadership

Education

PMP certification

Scrum Master (SM) certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title:Project Manager, Infrastructure (Technical)
Job ID:91402
Location:Vancouver, British Columbia

Overview: Seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead infrastructure and technology initiatives within a financial services environment. The successful candidate will have a strong technical understanding and the ability to work closely with technical teams, senior stakeholders, vendors, and external partners to drive project delivery. The initial contract is 6 months, with a high likelihood of extension as several additional projects are planned for 2027. Upcoming project initiatives will span infrastructure, payments, cybersecurity, identity verification, and SaaS.

What you will be doing:

• Data Center Migration & Server Moves: Manage physical and virtual server relocations from one data center or location to another.
• Server Upgrades & Hardening: Oversee operating system patching, maintenance, upgrades, and security hardening.
• Cloud Migration & Test Environments: Manage cloud migration initiatives and the reorganization of non-production and test environments.
• Cross-Functional Infrastructure: Work closely with Enterprise Networking, Information Security, and external partners to coordinate infrastructure delivery.
• Project Bedrock: Take ownership of an ongoing initiative currently in Phase 2, helping unblock technical teams and regain project delivery momentum.
• Future Initiatives: Support new infrastructure and technology projects planned for 2027.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional technology projects from initiation through delivery.
• Ensure project outcomes are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, benefits, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Coordinate internal teams, senior stakeholders, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Select the appropriate delivery approach, including Waterfall, Agile, hybrid, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Monitor project progress, provide clear status reporting, ...
• Work directly with technical and solutions teams to understand project requirements, address challenges, and keep deliverables on track.
• Track and manage project backlog items using Azure DevOps (ADO).

What you must have:

• Minimum 10 years of experience leading technology projects, preferably within financial services or a similar regulated industry.
• Strong technical understanding and hands‑on experience managing infrastructure projects.
• Experience with data center migrations, server upgrades, cloud migrations, and infrastructure modernization.
• Experience working within a large, regulated financial institution, such as a Tier‑1 Canadian bank, or a similar environment.
• Exposure to smaller IT organizations, fintech, or mid‑sized environments, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and drive deliverables directly.
• Strong understanding of Waterfall project delivery, with familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with project planning, governance, and financial management.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, risk, and change management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, senior executives, and external partners.
• Comfortable communicating project status, risks, and trade‑offs to senior leadership and executive sponsors.
• Proven ability to identify delivery challenges, remove roadblocks, and get projects back on track.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO) for tracking and managing project backlogs.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• PMP certification, Scrum Master (SM) certification, or similar.
• Ability to foster collaboration and continuous improvement.

Definition of Success:

• Quickly onboard and develop an understanding of key stakeholders.
• Establish strong working relationships with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Take ownership of assigned projects and keep initiatives moving forward.
• Identify and resolve delivery challenges while maintaining alignment with project objectives.

Salary/Rate Range: $90-$110/hour INC