Senior Project Manager - Vr & Immersive Training

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Project Manager – VR & Immersive Training based in Canada.
This is an opportunity to lead the delivery of an innovative, multi-year research and development program at the intersection of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and healthcare education. You will oversee a multidisciplinary team developing immersive training experiences designed to improve professional learning and clinical readiness. Working closely with product, engineering, design, research, and clinical stakeholders, you will drive Agile execution and coordinate complex technical workstreams. The role combines hands-on Scrum leadership with program management, client engagement, and international collaboration. You will help translate research objectives into measurable outcomes while establishing scalable delivery practices for future immersive training initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful healthcare innovation within a flexible, remote-first Canadian technology environment.
Accountabilities:
Lead Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Collaborate with the Product Owner to translate product priorities and research objectives into actionable sprint plans, milestones, and delivery commitments.
Maintain project plans, sprint schedules, release timelines, dependencies, and delivery metrics, while identifying and resolving impediments.
Coordinate the development of immersive training experiences using Unity and related technologies, aligning workflows across software development, backend services, AI integrations, UX/UI design, quality assurance, and deployment.
Oversee scenario development, prototyping, user testing, and iterative improvements, considering XR-specific requirements such as device compatibility, performance, interaction design, accessibility, and usability.
Manage VR4Health program deliverables, milestones, budgets, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
Coordinate with international consortium partners, academic institutions, healthcare professionals, clinical subject-matter experts, and research collaborators.
Support project reporting, demonstrations, milestone reviews, and documentation for research and funding partners, maintaining traceability between research objectives, technical deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
Coordinate validation activities, including usability studies, pilot deployments, and assessments of learning effectiveness.
Support delivery planning for AI-powered training capabilities, such as adaptive virtual patients, conversational AI, and personalized feedback.
Act as the primary day-to-day delivery contact for internal and external stakeholders, communicating progress, risks, decisions, and dependencies clearly.
Manage scope, schedules, resource allocation, budgets, and delivery expectations while balancing stakeholder needs with team capacity, technical feasibility, and commercial objectives.
Facilitate workshops, stakeholder reviews, product demonstrations, and executive presentations.
Establish practical, scalable project management processes and improve collaboration across product, engineering, design, QA, and research teams.
Maintain delivery documentation, decision logs, acceptance criteria, release-readiness processes, defect management, and lessons learned.
Contribute to proposals, estimates, statements of work, and planning for future XR engagements, while helping build delivery capabilities that extend beyond the current program.
Requirements:
At least 7 years of experience in software project management, technical production, or program delivery, including substantial hands‑on Agile and Scrum leadership.
At least 3 years of experience delivering XR, VR, AR, real‑time 3D, simulation, or similarly complex interactive applications.
Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams involving software engineers, designers, technical artists, and product stakeholders.
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, Agile delivery, backlog management, estimation, sprint planning, and release management.
Experience delivering technology projects in professional services, consulting, agency, or other client‑facing environments.
Proven ability to manage project scope, budgets, timelines, risks, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
Familiarity with Unity development workflows and the technical considerations involved in building immersive applications.
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or equivalent project management and collaboration tools.
Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to coordinate distributed teams and external partners.
Preferred: Direct experience delivering VR training, enterprise simulation, immersive learning, or digital learning solutions.
Preferred: Experience with enterprise XR consulting or development organizations, including environments comparable to Unity Professional Services or Capgemini Engineering.
Preferred: Background in healthcare education, clinical simulation, medical training, or regulated industries.
Preferred: Familiarity with instructional design, learning objectives, competency assessment, and measuring training effectiveness.
Preferred: Experience coordinating AI/ML capabilities, conversational AI, virtual characters, or intelligent simulation systems.
Preferred: Experience managing government‑funded R&D initiatives, academic collaborations, or international research consortia.
Preferred: Familiarity with Meta Quest, OpenXR, Unity XR Interaction Toolkit, or similar immersive technology ecosystems.
Preferred: Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM), PMP, or equivalent credentials.
Preferred: Experience supporting pre‑sales activities, proposals, estimates, and client demonstrations.
Must be eligible to work full‑time in Canada.
Benefits:
Salary: Annual base salary of CAD $110,000–$130,000, depending on qualifications and experience.
Employment: Full‑time, permanent position.
Work arrangement: Remote‑first and flexible working environment, open to candidates based anywhere in Canada.
Location preference: Vancouver, British Columbia, is preferred, but remote candidates elsewhere in Canada will be considered.
Meaningful impact: Opportunity to contribute to immersive healthcare training with the potential to improve professional readiness and patient care.
Innovative environment: Work across virtual reality, AI, simulation, and experiential learning.
International collaboration: Participate in a multi‑year R&D initiative involving technology and research partners.
Ownership and autonomy: Take a central role in shaping delivery practices and the development of immersive training products.
Professional growth: Help establish scalable delivery capabilities for an expanding XR and AI practice.
Specific healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid leave, bonuses, and other additional benefits are not detailed in the job description.
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