Project Manager – MistyWest – Vancouver, BC Full Time

Job Code: TPM

Location: Hybrid Remote (1 day per week in MWHQ, Vancouver, BC)

About MistyWest

MistyWest is a hardware engineering consultancy that exists to create novel technologies that enable a healthier planet and bring prosperity to all humankind, with a focus primarily on hardware projects that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

About The Role

You are passionate about hardware development – understanding customer needs, translating them into high-level requirements, and guiding the team to successful project outcomes. You enjoy working closely with clients and collaborating with a team of multidisciplinary engineers, designers, and scientists to create complex, smart connected devices deployed at scale. You can look forward to working a minimum of one day per week from our offices, located in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

You have a clear understanding of clients’ goals and priorities, implement execution strategies to attain and exceed the stated purpose, and diligently follow a framework for managing client expectations. You create and maintain project schedules and budgets, monitor project team progress, and communicate project needs, risks, schedules and deliverables, both internally and with the client.

You continuously develop and iterate on project management best practices and processes and contribute to mentoring and developing less experienced teammates. You employ exceptional communications skills to ensure a high degree of integrity, transparency and trust across the entire MistyWest ecosystem of peers, partners, clients and stakeholders.

Requirements

Requirements

Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline

5+ years of previous PM experience managing complex hardware product development projects (combination of hardware and software ok)

A firm understanding of project management best practices, methodologies, standards, and tools

A strong multidisciplinary background, unending sense of curiosity and eagerness to learn

Legally entitled to work in Canada (citizen, landed immigrant, permanent resident or have a valid work permit in place).

Located in the GVRD region (Vancouver, BC and surrounding areas)

Awesomeness

Nice-To-Have Qualifications (in order of preference):
Understanding of IoT and/or Computer Vision architectures

Understanding of Agile and/or lean product development concepts

Experience under a Quality Management System (preferably with Medical device development)

Experience working in a client-facing role or at an engineering consultancy

PMP certification, Lean Six Sigma, etc.

Valid passport and the ability to travel internationally on occasion

Benefits

Recruitment Practices

MistyWest is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or ability status. We are actively working to reduce and eliminate barriers to entry for traditionally marginalized groups and individuals. We collect diversity data on our applicant pool to help measure and increase diversity of applicants over time.

Salary

Compensation for this role will be commensurate with experience and the degree to which the candidate fulfills the various requirements of the role.

Total Cash Compensation for this role may range from $81,321-$100,811 with profit sharing and banked time included.

In addition to base salary, MistyWest offers a dynamic salary based on profit sharing, equity, banked time and benefits.

Perks Of The Job:
Banked time: MistyWest compensates our salaried staff for all overtime hours worked in excess of 37.5 hours per week

4 weeks paid vacation and 5 sick days per year

Generous paid parental and compassionate care leave

Comprehensive medical and dental plan from Sun Life

Flexible Health Spending Account starting at $250 + $100 for every year employed

$1000 discretionary Professional Development budget per annum

3 paid days off for Professional Development

Flexible work schedule & hybrid remote work policy

Access to full laboratory and workshop for personal projects

Well-stocked corporate library & access to complimentary online learning subscriptions (Skillshare, etc) on demand

Opportunities to travel to professional conferences like CES, SXSW, SIGGRAPH, and more (resuming Post-Covid)

Complimentary staff events like ski trips, parties, shared meals, and community events (resuming Post-Covid)

Working in an attractive, bright, open-plan, dog-friendly office in Mount Pleasant, with complimentary snacks and espresso! (resuming Post-Covid)

About The Mission

We target projects that have the potential for high-impact, whether it’s improving the human condition, impacting sustainability in a positive way, or otherwise moving us collectively to an inclusively abundant future. Our clients leverage our multidisciplinary team (industrial, mechanical, electrical, software design + engineering) to accelerate productization from ideation through advanced prototyping to alpha release.

We are inspired to transform what our world can be. With hard science, serendipitous discovery, and breakthrough technology. The journey is complex and failure-filled. The potential is unlimited and incredibly bright.

How to Apply

Please apply through the application link on our Careers page. Be sure to include your resume, cover letter explaining your unique value proposition and a picture of a baby animal in a hat. Applicants without this will not be considered .

Important: emails or emailed applications will not be considered, and will not enhance your likelihood of a callback. Please submit through the Workable application only.

Recruitment Practices

MistyWest is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are actively working to reduce and eliminate barriers to entry for traditionally marginalized groups and individuals.

Code of Conduct

All Westies, as well as our clients, contractors, vendors, partners and community are asked to read and align their behaviors to our Code of Conduct. You can read more about that here.