Project Manager – CIC

## Project Manager – CICApply: This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, however, may be subject to change due to operational requirements.: UBC Vancouver Campus
- Vancouver, BC, Canada: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: JR26203Staff
- Non Union### ## Job CategoryM&P
- AAPS## Job ProfileAAPS Salaried
- Information Systems and Technology, Level D### ## Job TitleProject Manager – CIC### ## DepartmentCloud Innovation Centre | VP Academic### ## Compensation Range$8,810.92
- $13,202.50 CAD MonthlyThe Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.### ## Posting End DateOctober 16, 2026Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.Job End DateDecember 31, 2027At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job Summary The Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) Project Manager leads the full lifecycle of multiple concurrent cloud innovation projects, including medium scale and technically complex initiatives involving artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The role translates challenges proposed by community, government, higher education and not for profit organizations into defined projects that deliver proof of concept solutions, demonstrate feasibility and create practical learning opportunities for UBC students.
The Project Manager is accountable for project scope, plans, schedules, resource coordination, delivery risks and agreed outcomes. The position assembles multidisciplinary teams, assigns responsibilities and makes project delivery decisions within the CIC mandate, approved resources and the UBC AWS collaboration agreement. It directly supervises project assistants and leads the project work of developers, consultants, senior solutions architects and student staff. As a member of the CIC management team, the Project Manager contributes to strategic and operational planning and establishes and improves project management practices that support reliable delivery, effective partnerships and student development. Organizational Status The position reports to the Director and works closely with UBC and AWS CIC colleagues, senior project sponsors, technical specialists, the Office of the Provost and Vice President, Academic, Faculties, UBC IT and other academic and administrative units. The role provides project leadership across participating organizations and represents the CIC in matters concerning assigned project delivery. Work PerformedSpecific Duties:
* Leads concurrent small and medium scale cloud innovation projects, including complex AI initiatives, from challenge scoping, planning and team formation through development, testing, demonstrations and project closure.
* Works with sponsors, technical leads and subject matter experts to define requirements, success criteria, scope, constraints and deliverables; documents and maintains agreement on project objectives.
* Develops and maintains project plans, schedules, milestones and resource requirements; assembles teams, assigns responsibilities and balances competing demands across assigned projects.
* Evaluates changes to scope, schedules and resources, resolves dependencies and determines corrective action. Makes significant delivery decisions within approved parameters and escalates decisions requiring additional authority or resources to the Director.
* Tracks progress, risks and issues, anticipates delays and addresses barriers to delivery. Leads sponsor reviews of project outcomes and coordinates completion of agreed deliverables and project closure.
* Provides project direction to developers, designers, senior solutions architects and other specialists delivering serverless web applications, AI enabled tools and cloud solutions using AWS, infrastructure as code and related technologies.
* Works with technical leads to translate architectural recommendations and development constraints into delivery plans; manages interdependencies among data preparation, AI integration, application development, testing and release activities.
* Establishes project quality and validation objectives with sponsors and technical specialists. Ensures required architecture, security, development and compliance reviews are incorporated into project work and identifi