Project Program Manager - Marketing Systems

Overview

Manage Agile projects for internal marketing web apps, oversee governance and roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• project tracking
• agile management
• backlog prioritization
• roadmap planning
• requirement gathering
• governance

Tasks

-Identify and resolve delivery bottlenecks, working across teams to ensure timelines are met. -Translate strategic direction into actionable roadmaps that balance operational stability with experimentation and new capabilities. -Engage interested parties proactively to gather requirements, clarify needs, and translate them into clear business and technical objectives. -Partner with business stakeholders and system architects to identify opportunities for innovation, automation, and improved user experience. -Maintain project tracking tools like JIRA and GitHub, ensuring clear visibility into sprint health, risks, and progress. -Coordinate cross-team dependencies and align projects with broader business and strategic goals. -Establish and run governance forums to evaluate requests, balance quick wins vs. long-term initiatives, and drive alignment across Marketing, Operations, and IT to define and maintain product roadmaps. -Champion continuous improvement, leveraging metrics, feedback, and lessons learned to evolve governance, processes, and product effectiveness. -Manage Agile (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and foster continuous improvement. -Collaborate with developers and technical leads to prioritize and manage backlogs. -Prepare status updates, roadmaps, and stakeholder communications for leadership visibility. -Present project updates and roadmaps to leadership, providing transparency into project progress, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes. -Ensure products deliver measurable value and remain aligned with evolving business priorities. -Serve as a thought leader, helping to shape the future of our enterprise Marketing Systems. -Ensure deliverables align with technical architecture, business goals, and user requirements. -Help build business cases for major initiatives, including value assessment and resource needs to prioritize against enterprise goals.

Requirements

• 7+ years
• agile
• crm
• pmp/csm
• stakeholder management
• organizational

What You Bring

-7+ years of experience managing internal application development projects, preferably within professional services or enterprise IT. -Understanding of proposal lifecycle workflows in professional services firms. -Ability to work cross-functionally with developers, UX designers, system analysts and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment. -Proficiency in Agile project management tools. -Strong organizational skills and comfort juggling multiple workstreams. -Familiarity with CRM systems in engineering or AEC industries, especially custom platforms integrated with Oracle ERP. -PMP or CSM certification. -Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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About Stantec

-Began as a one-person environmental engineering practice and has grown through strategic geographic and service expansion. -Publicly listed on the NYSE and TSX, Stantec has completed major acquisitions to bolster expertise and strengthen global infrastructure portfolio. -Headquartered in the iconic Stantec Tower in Edmonton, the company has delivered landmark projects like the Panama Canal Expansion and high-profile community developments. -Leverages interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers. -Typical projects span urban planning, civil infrastructure, water management, environmental assessment, energy delivery, and architectural design, serving public and private sectors. -Blends technical prowess with visionary design in bold ventures such as designing its own mixed-use tower and leading multi-nation infrastructure projects.

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