Senior Project Manager - Digital Transformation Leader

ubc; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 127,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the Digital Transformation portfolio within the OCIO’s Program Delivery Office. The role oversees cross-functional teams and ensures delivery from concept through implementation of enterprise IT initiatives.

Individual will manage scope, schedule, budget, and risks, and collaborate with senior leadership to align with university priorities. The role is a one-year term based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with a focus on large-scale, multi‑functional projects.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Post-graduate degree may be required for specialized positions.
• Minimum of nine years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Supervisory experience may be required.
• Technical expertise in a highly specialized area required.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Manages complex enterprise-level projects with multiple large-scale functional areas to further develop and implement aspects of work related to information systems and business processes that involve the greater UBC community.
• Leads areas of responsibility including project management, Functional, Solution Architecture, Change Management, and User Experience and will be responsible to ensure consistent application of project management principles established within the Office of the CIO (OCIO).
• Provides senior-level expertise and direction into the approach for system development and deployment, package implementation, system scalability and performance, and University-wide systems integration.
• Maintains and manages risk, action, issue, and decision (RAID) logs.
• Leads and manages the definition of scope, sequencing, scheduling, and budgeting of the implementation plan with input and support from the workstream teams.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates an overall Implementation Plan, ensuring resource optimization.
• Manages procurement in collaboration with UBC Procurement and UBC Legal Counsel to develop compliant and effective procurement documentation, processes, and evaluation methods.
• Conducts post‑implementation reviews to ensure continuous improvement and learning.
• Oversees deliverables associated with the Project Delivery Team; monitoring for consistent and predictable system and tool performance.
• Collaborates with technical and other professionals on Enterprise Strategic Initiatives to share best practices and identify and resolve cross‑program impacts.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Education

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline

Post-graduate degree may be required for specialized positions

Job description

UBC seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the Digital Transformation portfolio within the OCIO’s Program Delivery Office. The role oversees cross-functional teams and ensures delivery from concept through implementation of enterprise IT initiatives.

Individual will manage scope, schedule, budget, and risks, and collaborate with senior leadership to align with university priorities. The role is a one-year term based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with a focus on large-scale, multi‑functional projects.