Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, IT Project Manager

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) has been British Columbia's leading benefits provider forover 80 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit society with strong roots in BC’s health care system. We provide health, dental, life, disability, and travel coverage to 1 in 3 British Columbians through employee group plans and individual plans.

We are fueled by a commitment to keep health care sustainable for all British Columbians. Through our PBC Health Foundation, we fund projects that improve health outcomes directly related to mental health and wellbeing as well as the prevention and/or management of chronic disease. We are interested in finding people who want to make a difference and who are looking to grow their career with us.

• Flexible working hours of 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday (i.e., 37.5 hours per week).
• Paid vacation starts at 4 weeks per year, and increases with years of service.
• Hybrid work environment (i.e., a combination of work from office and work from home days).
• Generous benefits, including extended health and dental and these benefit premiums are 100% paid by PBC.
• Onsite gym, cafeteria, and access to virtual doctors/counsellors 24/7 via our Employee Family Assistance Program!

• We are searching for a temporary (up to 12 months) Project Manager to join our Delivery Services team.
• The starting salary will be determined based on a combination of skills, education, and experience. The salary range is $76,800 – $105,600 per year.

If you are seasoned Project Manager who can lead all aspects of technology-focused projects, we want to hear from you! This is a unique opportunity where you can contribute to the success of our Healthy PBC Strategy by creating value through leading project scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints.

We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package. Our workplace culture values health and wellness, diversity and equality, continuing education, environmental sustainability and giving back to the community.

This role is currently working hybrid from home and from our head office in Burnaby, BC. Apply this week if you would like to take on this role.

As a Project Manager, you would lead all aspects of projects from concept to closure and will liaise with consultants, vendors, client entities, and external agencies to deliver information technology “systems” projects.

You will lead projects mainly focused on providing new or improved automated business processes in accordance with the governance structures in place and through collaboration with key delivery groups.

You would help define project requirements and ensure the right systems are in place, apply conflict management skills throughout projects, and negotiate with parties to implement the best solutions.

As a Project Manager, this role would regularly report project progress through the project governance structure of identifying status, risks, schedule, and budget.

In this role, you would drive wins through building strong offerings, services, and solutions while providing clients with valuable relationship management, advise, direction, and leadership.

• Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies as well as change management practices
• Demonstrated experience as a project manager of multi-stakeholder projects for a large complex organization across all project phases delivering projects greater than $500K
• Capability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Ability to interact professionally with diverse groups, executives, managers, subject matter experts and other project stakeholders
• Demonstrated knowledge of development, QA procedures, documentation and testing
• Team-oriented individual willing to share and contribute knowledge with the team
• A degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related technical field
• Formal project management or business training and/ or certification (Prince 2, PMP, Scrum/ Agile, ITIL, Lean)
• Experience in Health, Insurance and/or Financial industries and environments

If you’re excited about taking on this opportunity, we invite you to…