Job Description

Beem Credit Union: Banking for every journey

Beem is redefining what it means to be a credit union. With 80 years of cooperative history and a bold vision for the future, we’ve united to create a financial partner that offers both digital ease and people-first service.

Our mission is clear: financial wellness for all. We help British Columbians achieve their goals through personalized advice, innovative technology, and genuine human connection.

As one of BC’s largest credit unions, we serve over 200,000 members across 66 branches with $18 billion in assets under administration.

If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to join a team that values collaboration, innovation, and purpose, join us on the journey.

Learn more: www.beemcreditunion.ca

What this role is all about:

The Project Manager plays a key role in planning and overseeing Beem’s enterprise projects to achieve our desired outcomes in support of major strategic initiatives. The incumbent will partner with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to support or manage various concurrent projects ensuring all deliverables are met. The Project Manager is an example of effective leadership and collaboration, with an overall aim to support Beem’s aspirations to be the best “digital first and people first” financial institution for British Columbia.

This role is open to hybrid working arrangements within the Lower Mainland or Kelowna region of British Columbia.

What you’ll do:

Project Planning & Execution

• Manage projects of varying size and complexity through all business phases of the project life cycle.
• Develop project plans that incorporate elements from both Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate, adapting project management methodologies to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables and ensure adherence to project schedules and budgets; facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and milestone tracking.
• Updates, reports and communicates project progress on a regular and timely basis to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinates and performs quality assurance testing and post-implementation reviews to assess success levels, gather feedback and recommend any related process improvements.

Business Analysis & Team Coordination

• Apply best practices and recommend process improvements in accordance with established business objectives.
• Balance the need for flexibility (Agile) with structured planning (Waterfall).
• Highlights and facilitates actions to uncover and resolve root causes of issues.
• Utilizes critical thinking and analysis to ensure necessary business requirements are in place for timely project completion.
• Plans in accordance with project budget and monitors budget throughout project cycle.
• Partners with internal departments to gain understanding of processes, policies, procedures and requirements for each project, and work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA.
• Researches the needs and requirements for each project with internal members and coordinates with third party vendors.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partners with the Manager, Enterprise Projects on various phases of projects to maximize project success.
• Assists and collaborates with other departments in applying the Beem project management standards as required.
• Proactively collaborates with departments and subject matter experts to resolve anticipated or unexpected issues and ensure the smooth implementation of deliverables.
• Provides leadership and guidance as necessary to project team members.
• Coaches, mentors and provide informal feedback to other employees as needed on related topics.
• Foster a collaborative environment that encourages transparency and open communication.

Quality Assurance & Risk Management

• Provides project documentation including status reports, logs, workflows, schedules, budget, cost and forecasting reports.
• Balance the iterative nature of Agile with the thoroughness of Waterfall.
• Oversees quality control processes; ensures all project documentation is sufficiently maintained, compliant and kept up to date.
• Assesses and strategically mitigate potential project risks.

What you'll bring:

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a relevant field
• 5 or more years of related experience
• Thorough understanding of varying project management methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation is preferred
• Prior financial services experience is an asset
• Equivalent combination of the above may be appropriate