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Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives Jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Techedin
Title: Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Company: Techedin
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job title: Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Location: Hybrid, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Employment Type: T4 Contract
Experience Required: 1 to 3 Years
Pay Rate: CAD 45 to 50 per Hour
Role Summary
We are hiring for a Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives. In this role, you will support cross-functional engineering initiatives by helping teams stay aligned, organized, and focused on execution. The selected candidate will work closely with stakeholders across technical and business functions to improve collaboration, coordination, and operational effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and coordinate strategic initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholder groups.
- Help define objectives, monitor progress, and maintain momentum across ongoing programs.
- Track action items, commitments, decisions, risks, and dependencies to ensure successful execution.
- Create visibility into initiative status, milestones, and outcomes.
- Organize and facilitate meetings, workshops, brainstorming sessions, and cross-functional discussions.
- Prepare agendas, meeting materials, summaries, and follow-up actions.
- Help teams move from discussions and ideas to clear decisions and next steps.
- Support planning sessions, retrospectives, alignment workshops, and working groups.
- Assist with engineering forums, internal events, community programs, and collaboration initiatives.
- Improve communication and information sharing across teams and departments.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts that enhance operational effectiveness.
- Use collaboration and visualization tools to support planning, communication, and execution.
- Explore and leverage AI-powered tools to improve productivity and workflow efficiency.
- Support leadership teams with visibility into organizational priorities and strategic initiatives.
Must-Have Skills
- 1 to 3 years of experience in program management, project coordination, operations, consulting, product operations, engineering operations, community leadership, or related areas.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience coordinating work across multiple stakeholders or teams.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and consistently follow through on commitments.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced and evolving environments.
- Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and grow.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience working within technology, software development, or engineering organizations.
- Experience facilitating workshops, brainstorming sessions, retrospectives, planning discussions, or stakeholder meetings.
- Familiarity with facilitation approaches such as Design Thinking, Lean Coffee, Open Space Technology, Liberating Structures, or similar frameworks.
- Experience using collaboration tools such as Miro, Mural, Lucid, Luma, Confluence, or similar platforms.
- Experience using AI tools to support communication, content creation, research, meeting preparation, or productivity workflows.
- Experience organizing internal communities, events, forums, working groups, or cross-functional initiatives.
- Background in consulting, operations, organizational effectiveness, community building, or technical environments.
Apply now, and our recruitment team will review your profile and reach out if it aligns with client requirements.
We value every application and aim to respond to those closely matching the role criteria. Even if you don t hear back this time, we encourage you to stay connected with us for future opportunities.
About Techedin
Techedin is a global IT staffing and technology services firm helping enterprises build high-performance tech teams. We support innovation at scale by connecting skilled professionals to leading companies and impactful projects. We prioritize transparency, responsiveness, and the right fit.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Techedin, we welcome applicants of all backgrounds, communities, and experiences. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion drives us to create hiring experiences that are open, fair, and human-first.
