Senior Project Manager (12-Month Contract)

atlascorp; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Seaspan's Senior Project Manager will lead complex transformation projects across governance, finance, and technology within the Transformation PMO. This 12‑month, full‑time contract is on-site at our downtown Vancouver office and requires strong leadership of cross‑functional teams, budgets, and vendor management.

Responsibilities cover project lifecycle delivery, risk mitigation, benefits tracking, and AI‑enabled PMO practices, with a focus on consistency, transparency, and business outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification preferred.
• 7+ years leading complex projects.
• Experience managing six- and seven-figure project budgets.
• ERP/cybersecurity/operational technology or enterprise technology project leadership.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and vendor management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Establish project scope, objectives, business outcomes, budgets, schedules, resource plans, and governance structures.
• Ensure projects achieve agreed success criteria.
• Manage project execution while balancing competing business priorities.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Apply PMO methodology, standards, templates, and SOPs consistently.
• Facilitate stage-gate reviews and governance approvals.
• Ensure project documentation remains complete and current.
• Support continuous improvement of PMO methodologies and delivery practices.
• Manage project budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor project expenditures and commitments.
• Track variances and implement corrective actions.
• Review vendor invoices and contractor costs.
• Support business-case and benefits-realization tracking.
• Maintain project RAID logs.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Escalate critical issues promptly.
• Develop recovery plans when required.
• Build productive relationships with leaders, technical teams, and external vendors.
• Facilitate project steering committees and decision forums.
• Influence stakeholders to meet commitments and resolve delivery challenges.
• Conduct project retrospectives and lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery practices.
• Contribute to PMO process improvement initiatives and AI-enabled project management practices.
• Assist corporate financial reporting with footnotes and disclosures; review statements for accounting standards.
• Provide technical guidance and training to accounting and business partners.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

PMO governance

ERP project experience

Cybersecurity projects

Operational technology

Vendor management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

PMP certification preferred

Tools

ERP

Budgeting software

Job description

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Location: Vancouver, CA

Seaspan employees are goal-driven and thrive in a high-performance culture. Our integrated business model, with over 25 years of fleet life-cycle management expertise, provides the world’s major shipping companies with long-term leases on large, modern and technologically advanced vessels, combined with industry-leading ship management services. As owner and operator of the vessels, we provide skilled officers and crews dedicated to the safe, reliable, and economical operation of our fleet. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU. Our main operating offices are located in Singapore, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and Mumbai.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading complex transformation, business process improvement, technology, cybersecurity, operational technology, finance, and enterprise initiatives from initiation through closure.

Working within the Transformation PMO, the Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivering projects on time, on budget, and within approved scope while adhering to established PMO governance standards and methodology . The role serves as a trusted partner to business leaders and project sponsors and provides leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

The Senior Project Manager is expected to coach project teams, promote project management best practices, and contribute to the ongoing maturity of project delivery across Seaspan. This role supports the Transformation PMO's mandate of increasing delivery consistency, transparency, accountability, and business outcomes across the project portfolio.The Senior Project Manager will work full-time on-site from our downtown, Vancouver office for the duration of the 12-month contract.

Job Responsibilities:

Project Delivery

Lead projects through all phases of the project lifecycle.

Establish project scope, objectives , business outcomes, budgets, schedules, resource plans, and governance structures.

Ensure projects achieve agreed success criteria.

Manage project execution while balancing competing business priorities.

Coordinate internal teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, and implementation partners.

Governance & Methodology

Apply PMO methodology , standards, templates, and SOPs consistently.

Facilitate stage-gate reviews and governance approvals.

Ensure project documentation remains complete and current.

Support continuous improvement of PMO methodologies and delivery practices.

Manage project budgets and forecasts.

Monitor project expenditures and commitments.

Track variances and implement corrective actions.

Review vendor invoices and contractor costs.

Support business-case and benefits-realization tracking.

Maintain project RAID logs.

Identify , assess, and mitigate project risks.

Escalate critical issues promptly.

Develop recovery plans when required .

Stakeholder Management

Build productive working relationships with business leaders, technical teams, and external vendors.

Facilitate project steering committees and decision forums.

Influence stakeholders to meet commitments and resolve delivery challenges.

Conduct project retrospectives and lessons learned.

Identify opportunities to improve delivery practices.

Contribute to PMO process improvement initiatives and AI-enabled project management practices.

Financial Reporting: Assist the corporate financial reporting team with the preparation of financial statement footnotes and disclosures. Also, review financial statements to ensure compliance with accounting standards

Internal Training: Provide technical guidance, advice, and training sessions to the operational accounting team and business partners on newly implemented /upcoming policies

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

PMP certification preferred.

7+ years leading complex projects.

Experience managing six- and seven-figure project budgets.

Experience leading business transformation, ERP, cybersecurity, operational technology, infrastructure, or enterprise technology projects.

Strong budgeting, forecasting, and vendor management experience.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Compensation and Benefits Package:

Seaspan’s total compensation is based on our pay-for-performance philosophy that rewards team members who deliver on and demonstrate our high-performance culture. This is a twelve-month fixed-term full time contract with a compensation range between $120,000 - $130,000 CAD per annum. The exact compensation offered will be commensurate with the incumbent’s experience, job-related skills and knowledge, and internal pay equity.

Seaspan Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. We thank all applicants in advance.

This video was taken on board our 4250 TEU vessel, Seaspan Santos, during a six-day passage in September 2013.

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