<p>This is a 6-month contract Project Manager role, supporting a Vancouver-based FinTech client on a remote basis. The Project Manager operates within a professional services delivery model and is responsible for leading a COTS software implementation while maintaining strong financial and operational discipline internally. This role owns delivery milestones as well as revenue forecasting, budget tracking, and effort management, ensuring what is communicated to the client aligns with internal resourcing, forecasting, and financial controls. The environment is fluid and fast-paced, requiring proactive communication across client stakeholders, vendors, delivery teams, and finance.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead the full end-to-end project lifecycle for a COTS software implementation, from planning and requirements through testing, deployment, and transition to operations.</li><li>Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, forecasts, and status reports to track delivery, effort, and financials.</li><li>Act as the primary point of contact between the FinTech provider, vendors, internal IT, and business stakeholders.</li><li>Manage professional services engagement models, including retainers and fixed-fee projects, defining and communicating allocated hours, tracking burn, and reforecasting as scope or effort shifts.</li><li>Partner closely with finance to support revenue forecasting, invoicing inputs, and budget management, ensuring revenue is tracked appropriately even when not yet recognized.</li><li>Monitor and control project spend to ensure fixed-fee or capped engagements remain within approved budgets and delivery targets.</li><li>Oversee vendor relationships, contract deliverables, and service-level adherence.</li><li>Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery and financial risks, escalating issues before they impact timelines or budgets.</li><li>Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and governance meetings to drive alignment and decision-making.</li><li>Ensure projects meet internal security, regulatory, and governance requirements.</li><li>Support change management activities including training, documentation, and client communications to ensure successful adoption.</li></ul>

<p><strong>Required Experience</strong></p><ul><li>5+ years of project management experience delivering software implementation projects.</li><li>Experience managing COTS implementations within financial services, FinTech, or other regulated environments.</li><li>Demonstrated exposure to professional services delivery models, including retainers, fixed-fee projects, budgeting, and revenue forecasting.</li><li>Strong understanding of project financials, including effort tracking, reforecasting, and collaboration with finance teams.</li><li>Proven ability to manage third-party vendors and contractual deliverables.</li><li>Strong stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills.</li><li>Hands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Confluence, or similar.</li><li>Working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.</li><li>PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification preferred.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.</li></ul><p><br></p>

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