Senior Project Manager – VR & Immersive Training (Canada only) (British Columbia)

Senior Project Manager – VR & Immersive Training (Canada only) (British Columbia)

07 Nov
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Aequilibrium
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British Columbia

07 Nov

Aequilibrium

British Columbia

Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master – VR & Immersive Training
Location: Vancouver, BC preferred | Remote within Canada

Employment: Full-time, permanent

Salary: CAD $110,000–$130,000 annually

Company: Aequilibrium Software Inc.

Practice: Innovation | XR & AI

Program: VR4Health

About Aequilibrium
At Aequilibrium, our mission is to enrich lives by crafting remarkable experiences. We combine strategy, design, technology, and innovation to help organizations solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. Our immersive technology practice develops virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and AI-powered experiences for enterprise learning, simulation, and digital transformation.

We're leading VR4Health , a three-year, funded, international R&D; initiative exploring how AI-powered immersive experiences can transform healthcare education and professional training. We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead the day-to-day delivery of our VR4Health program and help us scale our immersive training capabilities.

The Opportunity
This is a hands-on delivery leadership role at the intersection of immersive technology, AI, qualified services, and healthcare education .

You’ll work with a multidisciplinary team comprising a Product Owner, Technical Lead, Unity Developer, Full-Stack Developer, and Designer, alongside research partners, clinical subject-matter experts, and international collaborators. You’ll ensure the team delivers high-quality, measurable outcomes through effective Agile execution, proactive risk management, and strong stakeholder coordination.

The ideal candidate has managed enterprise XR or real-time 3D projects, preferably within a professional services or consulting setting, and understands the complexities of delivering immersive training solutions. Experience with organizations such as Unity Professional Services, Capgemini Engineering, or comparable XR consulting and development teams would be particularly relevant.

Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership

Lead Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives

Partner with the Product Owner to translate product priorities and research objectives into actionable sprint plans and delivery milestones

Maintain delivery plans, sprint commitments, dependencies, and release schedules

Identify and resolve impediments while promoting team autonomy and accountability

Track delivery metrics, including sprint predictability, throughput, quality, and milestone completion

Adapt Agile practices to the realities of R&D;, experimentation, and evolving technical requirements

XR & Immersive Training Delivery

Coordinate the development and delivery of immersive training experiences using Unity and related technologies

Manage workflows across Unity development, backend services, AI integrations, UX/UI design, testing, and deployment

Coordinate scenario development, prototyping, user testing,



and iterative improvements

Understand XR-specific delivery challenges, including device compatibility, performance optimization, interaction design, and user experience

Help establish repeatable processes for developing, testing, and deploying immersive training scenarios

Ensure appropriate quality assurance, accessibility, usability, and performance standards

VR4Health Program Coordination

Manage project plans, deliverables, milestones, risks, and dependencies across the VR4Health workstreams

Coordinate with international consortium partners, academic institutions, healthcare professionals, and research collaborators

Support the preparation of project reports, demonstrations, milestone reviews, and documentation required by research and funding partners

Maintain traceability between research objectives, technical deliverables, and measurable outcomes

Coordinate validation activities, including usability studies, pilot deployments, and learning effectiveness assessments

Support planning and delivery of AI-powered training capabilities, including adaptive virtual patients, conversational AI, and personalized feedback

Qualified Services & Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary day-to-day delivery contact for internal and external stakeholders

Manage scope, schedules, budgets, resource allocation, and delivery expectations

Communicate project progress, risks, decisions, and dependencies clearly to leadership and partners

Facilitate workshops, demonstrations, stakeholder reviews, and executive presentations

Identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency, reusability, and scalability

Support proposals, estimates, statements of work, and planning for future XR engagements

Balance client and partner expectations with team capacity, technical feasibility, and commercial objectives

Continuous Improvement & Delivery Operations

Establish lightweight, scalable project management practices appropriate for a multidisciplinary innovation team

Improve collaboration across product, engineering, design, QA, and research

Maintain clear documentation, decision logs, and delivery reporting

Support release readiness, acceptance criteria, defect management, and lessons learned

Help build delivery capabilities that can support future immersive training clients and programs beyond VR4Health

Required Qualifications

7+ years of experience in software project management, technical production, or program delivery, including substantial hands-on Agile/Scrum leadership

3+ years 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, and release planning

Experience delivering technology projects in a professional services, consulting, agency, or client-facing environment

Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, budgets, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations

Familiarity with Unity development workflows and the technical considerations of immersive applications

Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or equivalent project management and collaboration tools

Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and external partners

Eligible to work full-time in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

Direct experience developing or delivering VR training, enterprise simulation, immersive learning, or digital learning solutions

Previous experience with Unity Professional Services, Capgemini Engineering, or another enterprise XR consulting organization

Experience working with healthcare education, clinical simulation, medical training, or regulated industries

Familiarity with instructional design, learning objectives, competency assessment, and measuring training effectiveness

Experience coordinating AI/ML capabilities, conversational AI, virtual characters, or intelligent simulation systems

Experience managing government-funded R&D; initiatives, academic collaborations, or international research consortia

Familiarity with Meta Quest, OpenXR, Unity XR Interaction Toolkit, or similar immersive technology ecosystems

Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM), PMP, or equivalent credentials

Experience supporting pre-sales activities, proposals, estimates, and client demonstrations

Why Join Aequilibrium?

Meaningful impact: Help advance immersive healthcare training with the potential to improve skilled readiness and patient care

Innovative technology: Work at the intersection of VR, AI, simulation, and experiential learning

International collaboration: Participate in a multi-year R&D; initiative involving technology and research partners

Ownership and autonomy: Play a central role in shaping how we develop and deliver our immersive training products

Growth opportunity: Help establish scalable delivery capabilities for our expanding XR and AI practice

Flexible work: Join a collaborative, remote-first Canadian technology company

Compensation & Location
Annual base salary: CAD $110,000–$130,000, depending on qualifications and experience.

This is a full-time, permanent position open to candidates based in Canada, with a strong preference for Vancouver, British Columbia. Remote candidates elsewhere in Canada will be considered.

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📌 Senior Project Manager – VR & Immersive Training (Canada only) (British Columbia)
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