Job Description

Affinity is seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives within a strategic Project Management Office. This role is ideal for a mature, technically adept leader with a strong background in infrastructure and security-focused project delivery. You will play a critical role in a multi-year, organization-wide transformation to modernize the wealth management platform, replacing a legacy system with a next-generation ecosystem.

Affinity is seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives within a strategic Project Management Office. This role is ideal for a mature, technically adept leader with a strong background in infrastructure and security-focused project delivery. You will play a critical role in a multi-year, organization-wide transformation to modernize the wealth management platform, replacing a legacy system with a next-generation ecosystem. This initiative represents a generational shift in how advisors, operations teams, and clients engage with technology—requiring deep expertise in integrations, enterprise architecture, and change leadership.

Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale, high-impact enterprise technology programs, with a strong focus on infrastructure, security, and platform integration
- Drive environment build-outs, technical integrations, and migration activities to support the transition from a legacy core system to a up-to-date platform ecosystem
- Define and refine project scope, success metrics, deliverables, and business outcomes aligned to strategic goals and regulatory requirements




- Develop and manage integrated delivery plans including resource allocation, financials, schedules, risk frameworks, and quality controls
- Provide strategic leadership across complex technical domains including integration patterns, networking, authentication, IAM, cloud infrastructure, and data migration
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment, sponsorship, and informed decision-making across the program lifecycle
- Establish and enforce strong governance practices, including risk/issue management, change control, and compliance oversight
- Lead cross-functional teams spanning engineering, infrastructure, security, vendors, and business stakeholders
- Manage third-party vendors and platform partners, ensuring adherence to contractual deliverables, timelines, and service expectations
- Deliver executive-level reporting on project health, risks, dependencies, and overall program status
- Drive organizational change management strategies to enable successful adoption of new platforms, tools, and workflows
- Partner with business and technical leaders to assess change impacts and deliver communications, training, and readiness plans
- Ensure technology integration strategies align with enterprise architecture and security principles
- Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and continuously improve delivery practices





Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline; advanced degree is an asset
- 10+ years of progressive project management experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives
- Proven experience leading large-scale platform transformations, system migrations, or core technology modernization programs
- Strong technical project management background with demonstrated experience in infrastructure and security (infrasec) domains
- Hands-on experience managing integration-heavy programs involving APIs, middleware, and enterprise data flows
- Strong knowledge in key technical domains including networking, authentication, identity & access management (IAM), cloud infrastructure, and data migration
- Demonstrated ability to deliver projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies in complex, regulated environments
- PMP certification preferred; additional certifications such as SAFe, PRINCE2, or PMI-ACP are considered strong assets
- Experience with organizational change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci) highly preferred
- Expert knowledge of project governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance practices
- Strong proficiency with Jira and Confluence
- Experience operating within IT service management frameworks (e.g., ITIL) including change and incident management
- Background in financial services or similarly regulated industries strongly preferred
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior and executive leadership
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinkin

📌 Technical Project Manager (Burnaby)
🏢 Affinity
📍 Burnaby