Project Manager II (Development and Major Projects)

Requisition ID: 47353

Organization

Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most liveable and environmentally sustainable cities. Recognized among BC’s Top Employers and Canada’s Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver is seeking colleagues who can help advance our core commitments to exceptional public service, sustainability, equity, and an outstanding quality of life for all residents.

With a strong commitment to being a City of Reconciliation, we invite you to join our dedicated team and become part of an cutting-edge, inclusive, and engaging workplace. A career with the City of Vancouver and within the broader public service, offers meaningful work where you play a key role in ensuring equitable access to services, upholding ethical governance, and supporting the needs of citizens with integrity and dedication.

Main Purpose and Function

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing a number of rezoning application reviews and approvals, including complex, high priority development projects and also provides overarching project management and coordination responsibilities for Engineering Services for a number of development projects.

The position is a part of a technical cross-disciplinary team that works closely with a team of Associate Directors, Rezoning Planners, Legal Services, Project Managers, Corporate functional groups, Design and Operations groups, along with multiple internal and external stakeholders and partners.

The Senior Project Manager reports to the Associate Director, Development and Major Projects Branch and oversees and leads cross-functional staff, which includes Planning, Legal Services, Real Estate and Facilities Management,



Non-Market Housing Development, Engineers, and other technical and support roles. The position also works closely with project sponsors, the Engineering leadership team, department financial analyst, other City Departments and externally with groups such as other municipalities, and various partners, stakeholders, and agencies.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

- Responsible for facilitating developments, including large area types in the policy, rezoning process, development permit, and construction phases.
- Leads negotiations directly with internal staff, developers, consultants and outside agencies to establish the City’s needs for developer related infrastructure improvements, focusing on the enquiry to rezoning enactment stages.
- Manages rezoning application reviews and approvals, including related Council Reports through coordinating the department’s review with feedback from various internal groups.
- Responds to public enquiries regarding development projects.
- Manages/fosters the relationship between the City and the development/construction industry, with a focus on minimizing impacts to residents, business owners and the public.
- Oversees the design, construction, and acceptance process for large scale developer funded road works.




- Represents Engineering Services in multi-disciplinary project technical teams that process large and/or complex developments.
- Liaises with consultants, contractors, engineers, other professionals, stakeholders, developers, land owners and regulatory agency representatives for development application review and approvals.
- Responsible for instructing Legal Services and reviewing legal agreements to facilitate development, primarily for the purposes of securing development conditions, public works, rights-of-ways, encroachments and options to purchase, while limiting risk and liability to the City.
- Provides direction on and oversees development project and project management activities including defining project scope, objectives, success factors, deliverables, and quality measurements to meet the business needs.
- Identifies and engages stakeholders to identify and manage risks throughout the project; identifies funding gaps and prepares reports and presentations.
- Facilitates and leads project progress reporting and decision-making meetings with the project departmental leadership.
- Works with a team of Project Managers, Planners, Engineers, Lawyers, Design and Operations groups, multiple internal and external stakeholders, and partners to project manage externally led projects (some exceeding $10M in value).
- Provides project status reports and makes recommendations on items such as scope change or mitigation strategies to the Project Sponsor(s).
- Contributes to the adoption of project management practices through mentorship, project management framework development and training opportunities.
- Identifies and manages both project specific and program wide opportunities to enhance overall value to the public from the pers

📌 Project Manager II (Vancouver)
🏢 Vancouver Economic Commission
📍 Vancouver