Program Manager

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About the role

  • Program Manager leading complex transmission, substation, and distribution project portfolios for Qualus. Owning delivery, financial performance, risk, contracts, and client outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of an assigned portfolio of projects from initiation through closeout
  • Establish portfolio priorities, integrated plans, delivery strategies, milestones, and performance measures
  • Coordinate Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams to manage dependencies, interfaces, constraints, and competing priorities
  • Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and according to company, client, contractual, and quality requirements
  • Monitor portfolio performance and direct corrective or recovery actions
  • Own portfolio budgets, forecasts, revenue, margin, cash flow, and variance management
  • Review and approve estimates, schedules, forecasts, change requests, and recovery plans within delegated authority
  • Identify commercial risks and opportunities and implement mitigation or value-enhancement strategies
  • Oversee contract administration and compliance with contractual commitments, notices, and change-control requirements
  • Lead portfolio-level risk and opportunity identification, mitigation, escalation, and reporting
  • Conduct portfolio reviews and sponsor project health checks
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and client expectations
  • Develop and maintain relationships with clients, sponsors, partners, and internal stakeholders
  • Serve as senior delivery escalation point for portfolio issues, decisions, and client concerns
  • Lead executive reviews and client meetings, reporting status, risks, financial performance, and required decisions
  • Support business development, account planning, proposal strategy, and review activities
  • Define portfolio resource requirements and coordinate capacity and capabilities with functional leaders
  • Provide day-to-day delivery direction to assigned Project Managers
  • Support coaching and performance feedback
  • Resolve cross-project resource conflicts and escalate unresolved constraints
  • Capture and apply lessons learned across the portfolio
  • Identify opportunities to improve delivery performance, reporting, client satisfaction, and operational efficiency
  • Partner with the Manager of Project Management to strengthen methods, tools, training, and governance

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) designation considered an asset
  • Minimum of 15 years of engineering, project management, and/or operations experience on transmission, substation, or distribution projects
  • Demonstrated leadership of complex, multidisciplinary projects or programs
  • Proven success managing a portfolio of projects with accountability for scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, contracts, and client outcomes
  • Strong commercial acumen and experience with forecasting, change management, contract administration, and financial reporting
  • Ability to lead through influence, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and resolve cross-project dependencies and constraints
  • Excellent client relationship, executive communication, negotiation, decision-making, and organizational skills
  • Ability to analyze complex problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement actions supporting portfolio scope, schedule, cost, safety, and quality objectives

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
  • Retirement Savings Plans, including employer matching where applicable
  • Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • Company Holidays

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$160,000 - CA$190,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

PMP

Location requirements

OnsiteVancouverCanada

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