Lululemon Looking for Program Manager – EPPM at Vancouver, BC Full Time

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

About this team

The Enterprise Planning & Portfolio Management team reports into our Global Technology Operations group. We’re responsible for the all-up strategy, financial operations, and delivery methodologies across our technology enterprise. We work with our technology and business partners to ensure lululemon is delivering best-in-class technology via process that delight our partners.

A day in the life:
Reporting to the Director of Technology Portfolio & Program Management, the Program Manager is integral to the successful delivery of Technology projects and programs. They work closely with our project, program and portfolio managers as well as business partners and Technology leadership to manage the tools, methodology, and processes used from business case initiation through project closure.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with the EPPM team to establish and communicate standards and best practices for project delivery
• Support quarterly, annual and strategic planning processes led by our portfolio managers
• Provide Agile team training and coaching to project teams
• Establish and provide guidance for Technology wide Centres of Excellence (COE’s) and Community of Practices (COP’s)
• Responsible for financial operations of multiple technology teams in excess of $10M.
• Provide standard and ad hoc reporting to Technology leadership and business stakeholders to support decision-making
• Create and contribute to Sharepoint, Confluence and PowerPoint decks for relevant topics and presentation
• Support with driving priority/business decisions at the enterprise level
• Facilitate key team meetings
• Present regularly to Technology & Business leaders for updates on enterprise initiatives
• Support in the roll out of our Technology Portfolio Management System
• Continuously seek out opportunities to drive efficiencies and improvements to project operations functions

Qualifications:

• Post secondary education in computer science, electrical/software engineering or business administration
• 10+ years of project/program management experience
• Experience working in a technology organization
• Experience working with and establishing both agile and waterfall delivery methodologies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to interact with all levels of the organization

Must haves:

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

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