Junior Program Manager

Job Title: Junior Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Location: Vancouver, BC (Hybrid 8AM - 5PM PST)

Duration: 6–12 Month contract with (Possibility of extension)

Pay range: $50/hr. to $52/hr. on T4 (all Inclusive)

Top 3 experience “must haves”:

1. Communication

2. Coordination

3. Follow through

Top experience:

Description

• We are looking for a highly motivated Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives to help drive collaboration, alignment, and execution across multiple engineering teams and organizations.

• This role is ideal for an early-career professional who enjoys bringing people together, facilitating discussions, organizing complex initiatives, and turning ideas into action. You will work closely with engineering leaders and stakeholders to support strategic initiatives, coordinate cross-functional efforts, facilitate workshops and working sessions, and help teams make progress on shared goals.

• Success in this role is less about managing project plans and more about creating clarity, building alignment, and helping teams move from discussion to execution.

• This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to grow their skills in program management, engineering operations, facilitation, organizational effectiveness, and leadership.

What You'll Do

• Drive Strategic Initiatives

o Support and coordinate initiatives that span multiple engineering teams and stakeholder groups.

o Help define goals, track progress, and maintain momentum across ongoing efforts.

o Follow up on action items, commitments, and decisions to ensure forward progress.

o Identify blockers, risks, and dependencies and help facilitate resolution.

o Create visibility into initiative status and key outcomes.

• Facilitate Collaboration and Alignment

o Organize and facilitate meetings, workshops, brainstorming sessions, working groups, and cross-team discussions.

o Help teams move from ideas and conversations to concrete decisions and next steps.

o Prepare agendas, discussion materials, meeting summaries, and follow-up actions.

o Foster productive collaboration across teams with different priorities and perspectives.

o Support planning sessions, retrospectives, deep dives, and alignment workshops.

• Support Engineering Effectiveness

o Assist with engineering forums, summits, community events, and cross-functional programs.

o Help improve communication, coordination, and information sharing across organizations.

o Contribute to continuous improvement efforts that enhance engineering effectiveness and operational excellence.

o Support leaders in maintaining visibility into key initiatives and organizational priorities.

• Leverage Modern Collaboration Tools

o Use collaboration and visualization tools to facilitate discussions and communicate ideas.

o Explore and apply AI-powered tools to improve productivity, planning, communication, and execution.

o Help teams adopt effective ways of working and collaboration practices.

Required Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in program management, project coordination, operations, consulting, community leadership, product operations, engineering operations, or related fields.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate work across multiple stakeholders or teams.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on commitments.

• Comfortable working in fast-paced and evolving environments.

• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in technology, software development, or engineering organizations.

• Experience facilitating workshops, brainstorming sessions, planning discussions, retrospectives, or stakeholder meetings.

• Familiarity with facilitation techniques and collaborative frameworks such as Lean Coffee, Open Space Technology, Design Thinking, Liberating Structures, or similar approaches.

• Experience using collaboration and visualization tools such as Miro, Mural, Lucid, Luma, Confluence, or similar platforms.

• Experience leveraging AI tools to support research, communication, meeting preparation, content creation, or productivity workflows.

• Experience organizing internal events, forums, communities, working groups, or cross-functional initiatives.

• Background in consulting, operations, community building, organizational effectiveness, or technical environments.

The ideal candidate:

• Takes initiative and enjoys making things happen.

• Brings structure and clarity to ambiguous situations.

• Is comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Knows how to facilitate productive conversations and build alignment.

• Enjoys connecting people, ideas, and opportunities.

• Follows through on commitments and pays attention to details.

• Is excited to experiment with new tools, technologies, and ways of working.

• Has a growth mindset and strong learning agility.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 90 days:

• Build relationships with key stakeholders and engineering teams.

• Independently coordinate meetings, workshops, and action tracking.

• Become a trusted contributor to ongoing initiatives.

Within the first 6 months:

• Facilitate cross-functional discussions and alignment sessions.

• Take ownership of selected initiative workstreams.

• Improve visibility and coordination across participating teams.

Within the first year:

• Become a trusted partner for strategic initiatives.

• Independently drive cross-team programs from planning through execution.

• Help strengthen collaboration, communication, and organizational effectiveness across engineering teams.