Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Description About Beem

Beem is a new credit union with 80 years of history. Rising to the rapidly evolving challenges of the financial services industry and inspired by cooperative values, our founding credit unions recognized that we can do more together. Beem means light. It means energy. It means a brighter financial future. United as Beem, we are combining our strengths to better serve our members.

As of January 1, 2025, Beem will be one of BC’s largest provincially regulated credit unions, supporting the financial wellness of 193,000 members from 66 branches across the province with $17 billion in assets under administration. Learn more about our journey at

We are seeking an adaptable and skilled Project Manager who can effectively lead projects using a variety of project management methodologies including both Agile and Waterfall approaches. This role requires a deep understanding of project management principles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to tailor methodologies based on project and people needs.

The Project Manager plays a key role in planning and overseeing Beem’s enterprise projects to achieve our desired outcomes in support of major strategic initiatives. The incumbent will partner with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to support or manage various concurrent projects ensuring all deliverables are met. The Project Manager is an example of effective leadership and collaboration, with an overall aim to support Beem’s aspirations to be the best “digital first and people first” financial institution for British Columbia.

• Manages projects of varying size and complexity through all business phases of the project life cycle.
• Develop project plans that incorporate elements from both Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate, adapting project management methodologies to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables and ensure adherence to project schedules and budgets; facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and milestone tracking.
• Updates, reports and communicates project progress on a regular and timely basis to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinates and performs quality assurance testing and post‑implementation reviews to assess success levels, gather feedback and recommend any related process improvements.

• Applies best practices and recommends process improvements in accordance with established business objectives.
• Balance the need for flexibility (Agile) with structured planning (Waterfall).
• Highlights and facilitates actions to uncover and resolve root causes of issues.
• Utilizes critical thinking and analysis to ensure necessary business requirements are in place for timely project completion.
• Plans in accordance with project budget and monitors budget throughout project cycle.
• Partners with internal departments to gain understanding of processes, policies, procedures and requirements for each project, and works closely with cross‑functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA.
• Researches the needs and requirements for each project with internal members and coordinates with third party vendors.
• Partners with the Manager, Enterprise Projects on various phases of projects to maximize project success.
• Assists and collaborates with other departments in applying the Beem project management standards as required.
• Proactively collaborates with departments and subject matter experts to resolve anticipated or unexpected issues and ensure a smooth implementation of deliverables.
• Provides leadership and guidance as necessary to project team members.
• Coaches, mentors and provides informal feedback to other employees as needed on related topics.
• Foster a collaborative environment that encourages transparency and open communication.

• Provides project documentation including status reports, logs, workflows, schedules, budget, cost and forecasting reports.
• Balance the iterative nature of Agile with the thoroughness of Waterfall.
• Oversees quality control…