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Project/Relationship Manager, Workspace

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Dunsmuir 13

Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 109,700.00 - 138,700.00

What you'll do

- BC Hydro has a large, complex portfolio of buildings across the province of British Columbia. We have an exciting opportunity in our Properties’ business unit for a cooperative, adaptable, and resilient professional to join our team as a Relationship Manager, Workspace Management. This hybrid position is headquartered in our downtown Vancouver location and reports to the Manager, Workspace Management & Office Services.

Joining a team of Relationship Managers and Project Coordinators, you’ll implement and manage complex workspace initiatives and projects, maintain furniture and design standards, engage with all levels of the organization, and collaborate in an environment with evolving priorities and is comfortable making informed decisions amid ambiguity. In addition, we’re and guiding conversations toward productive outcomes.

Key accountabilities include:

- Provides project management expertise in the delivery and implementation of strategies and standards related to BC

Hydro’s Flexible Workplace Program,



including shared desks and optimal space usage to accommodate more flexibility in the future.

- Engages with internal clients proactively and reactively to plan and respond to requirements for additional workspace to

accommodate the expansion or centralization of teams.

- Leads complex negotiations between business groups with competing requirements for workspace in BC Hydro’s at or

near capacity buildings.

- Works alongside with our Properties’ Planning and Asset Management and Building Projects teams and our Project

Management delivery partner on building renovation and new capital development projects.

- Works with BC Hydro’s Property Leasing Services department to ensure office leases align with current and projected

workspace requirements; provides input into selecting lease locations that align with projections.

- Provides project management expertise for workspace projects, including upgrades and decommissioning of new

buildings or leases.

- Engages building occupants and management to identify opportunities for increased workspace density, efficiency and

improvements that support business needs and employee growth.

- Liaises with BC Hydro’s Interior Design contractor, General Contractor, Furniture Suppliers, other trades, and internal

clients to deliver high functioning and collaborative workspace.





- Makes recommendations for best-use-of-space solutions from an organizational perspective, identifying low or no cost

solutions to address design challenges and enhance workspaces in alignment with BC Hydro’s affordability focus.

- Develops and implements business processes to improve our department’s overall operations and efficiency.
- Works alongside our Senior Relationship Manager in developing and reinforcing the Interior Space Standards.

What you bring

- Bachelors’ level degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 8 years of related experience in one of the following areas: project management, corporate space/facilities

planning, change management, relationship/account management, and/or marketing/communications. Consideration will also be given to experience in other relevant fields.

to partner effectively with senior management and executive leaders.

- Must be a strong collaborator who motivates and supports colleagues to excel while fostering a team culture focused on

shared priorities and goals. Stellar persuasive influence and conflict resolution skills also required.

- Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills, including business case writing, briefing notes, and

proposals

- Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience managing an integrated project team for commercial interior renovations projects, including project

coordinators and general trades would be an asset.

- Project Management Professional (PMP) designation with the Project Management Institute (PMI) would be an asset.

What we offer

- A comprehensive benefits package
- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
- A lifetime pension
- Flexible work model, depending on your role type
- Trainin

📌 Project/relationship Manager, Workspace (Vancouver)
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