The Project Manager role serves as the cornerstone of the Project Management Office, reporting to the VP, Program Management. This role is intended to serve our global business leading cross-functional initiatives, ensuring projects stay on track, aligned with business priorities, and successfully delivered. Sitting at the center of multiple teams and business units, the Project Manager will need to be execution-driven, and be responsible for balancing competing priorities, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving deliverables while being agile.

Key Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with initiatives’ goals
Turn greenlit initiatives into structured projects, establishing scope, timelines, and deliverables in collaboration with identified stakeholders
Manage stakeholder communication, keeping all business units informed, aligned, and engaged throughout the project lifecycle
Proactively escalate challenges to key business leaders, assess possible scenarios, and develop potential solutions with trade-offs to support informed decision-making
Optimize resource allocation, ensuring the right people and digital resources (e.g., GPU allocation, render capacity, infrastructure) are assigned based on project needs and availability
Facilitate cross-team collaboration, ensuring smooth coordination between and updates between various teams to remove roadblocks
Ensure reporting follows best practices, providing visibility into project status, key milestones, and risks
Support operational handovers, ensuring a seamless transition to long-term owners such as operations and production teams
Partner with Product Management to align on strategy while collaborating on leadership, stakeholder management, roadmaps, risk, and key metrics to drive success
Provide project management guidance to non-PMO-led initiatives, offering best practices, frameworks, and tools to help teams structure and manage their projects effectively, even when a dedicated Project Manager is not assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
Strong understanding of core project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches; PMP, Scrum Master, or other relevant certifications are a plus
Minimum 5 years of experience in a project management role
Experience managing projects across different lifecycles, including software development, creative production (e.g., VFX, animation, design), operational process improvements, infrastructure deployments, and product launches
Excellent interpersonal skills to lead and align multi-disciplinary teams, including senior stakeholders
Effective communication and listening skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly, inspire teams, and facilitate productive discussions
Strong leadership qualities—able to support, coach, and advocate for teams while maintaining focus on overall business goals
High adaptability and resilience, with the ability to navigate change and shifting priorities effectively
Exceptional time management and organizational skills, capable of maintaining structured project plans and managing data within project management tools
Experience managing projects in technology, creative, or operational environments, such as software development, VFX, IT, media, or content production

About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

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Eyeline Studios, our virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility. Learn more.

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Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

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We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.

This salary range is specific to applicants applying to our position in Vancouver, BC. To determine your base salary, we consider your qualifications, skills, and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary outside of this range and will also be dependent on your location.

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