Senior Project Manager

Microserve; New Westminster; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Microserve in British Columbia seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex technology and cybersecurity initiatives, guiding full project lifecycles, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering large-scale enterprise outcomes.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, executive reporting, and hands-on budgeting and scheduling. Hybrid work with on-site attendance and regular business hours, with flexibility for project needs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle project management experience on large technology projects.
• Experience managing budgets over $2M and teams of 10+ resources.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive reporting.
• Experience implementing technology solutions and process improvements.
• Ability to gather and analyze business and technical requirements.
• Knowledge of risk, change, scope, schedule, budget, and quality management.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
• Experience aligning projects with program goals and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams consisting of project managers, business analysts, solution architects, technical specialists, and business stakeholders.
• Manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, financial forecasts, risk registers, and communication plans.
• Oversee project scope, timelines, quality, procurement activities, and resource allocation.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, decisions, and change requests.
• Prepare and deliver status reports, executive presentations, and steering committee materials.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and build consensus among diverse business and technical groups.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor performance where applicable.
• Foster a collaborative, productive, and results-oriented team environment.
• Ensure project deliverables align with organizational goals and strategic objectives.
• Business cases and project charters.
• Work breakdown structures, project schedules, and budget forecasts.
• Risk, action, issue, and decision (RAID) logs.
• Status reporting and executive updates.
• Project closeout reports and supporting project artifacts.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Risk & change management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex technology and cybersecurity-related initiatives. This role is responsible for managing full project lifecycles, driving strategic outcomes, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery of large-scale enterprise projects.

Term & Work Arrangement

• Full-time contract opportunity with potential extensions.
• Hybrid work environment requiring regular on-site attendance.
• Standard business hours with occasional flexibility based on project requirements.
• Contractor-provided services may support multiple projects as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams consisting of project managers, business analysts, solution architects, technical specialists, and business stakeholders.
• Manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, financial forecasts, risk registers, and communication plans.
• Oversee project scope, timelines, quality, procurement activities, and resource allocation.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, decisions, and change requests.
• Prepare and deliver status reports, executive presentations, and steering committee materials.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and build consensus among diverse business and technical groups.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor performance where applicable.
• Foster a collaborative, productive, and results-oriented team environment.
• Ensure project deliverables align with organizational goals and strategic objectives.
• Business cases and project charters.
• Work breakdown structures, project schedules, and budget forecasts.
• Risk, action, issue, and decision (RAID) logs.
• Status reporting and executive updates.
• Project closeout reports and supporting project artifacts.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle project management experience delivering large, complex technology projects.
• Experience managing project budgets exceeding $2M and leading teams of 10+ resources.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
• Experience implementing technology solutions and business process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to gather and analyze business and technical requirements.
• Strong knowledge of risk, change, scope, resource, schedule, budget, and quality management.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated application of project management best practices and methodologies.
• Experience aligning project objectives with broader program goals.
• Experience supporting organizational change management initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering cybersecurity or information security projects.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience working within public-sector environments is considered an asset.

Note; this is an opportunity with a Microserve client.