Senior Project Manager – VR & Immersive Training (Canada only)

Project Manager / Scrum Master – VR & Immersive Training Location: Vancouver, BC preferred | Remote within Canada Employment: Full-time, permanent Salary: CAD $110,000–$130,000 annually Company: Aequilibrium Software Inc.

Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead the day-to-day delivery of our VR4Health program and help us scale our immersive training capabilities.

About aequilibrium

• Innovation | XR & AI Program: VR4Health About Aequilibrium At Aequilibrium, our mission is to enrich lives by crafting remarkable experiences.
• We combine strategy, design, technology, and innovation to help organizations solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact.
• Our immersive technology practice develops virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and AI-powered experiences for enterprise learning, simulation, and digital transformation.
• We're leading VR4Health , a three-year, funded, international R&D initiative exploring how AI-powered immersive experiences can transform healthcare education and professional training.

Responsibilities

• This is a hands-on delivery leadership role at the intersection of immersive technology, AI, professional services, and healthcare education .
• You'll work with a multidisciplinary team comprising a Product Owner, Technical Lead, Unity Developer, Full-Stack Developer, and Designer, alongside research partners, clinical subject-matter experts, and international collaborators.
• You'll ensure the team delivers high-quality, measurable outcomes through effective Agile execution, proactive risk management, and strong stakeholder coordination.
• The ideal candidate has managed enterprise XR or real-time 3D projects, preferably within a professional services or consulting environment, and understands the complexities of delivering immersive training solutions.
• Experience with organizations such as Unity Professional Services, Capgemini Engineering, or comparable XR consulting and development teams would be particularly relevant.
• Key Responsibilities 1.
• Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership Lead Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Partner with the Product Owner to translate product priorities and research objectives into actionable sprint plans and delivery milestones.
• Maintain delivery plans, sprint commitments, dependencies, and release schedules.
• Identify and resolve impediments while promoting team autonomy and accountability.
• Track delivery metrics, including sprint predictability, throughput, quality, and milestone completion.
• Adapt Agile practices to the realities of R&D, experimentation, and evolving technical requirements.
• 2.
• XR & Immersive Training Delivery Coordinate the development and delivery of immersive training experiences using Unity and related technologies.
• Manage workflows across Unity development, backend services, AI integrations, UX/UI design, testing, and deployment.
• Coordinate scenario development, prototyping, user testing, and iterative improvements.
• Understand XR-specific delivery challenges, including device compatibility, performance optimization, interaction design, and user experience.
• Help establish repeatable processes for developing, testing, and deploying immersive training scenarios.
• Ensure appropriate quality assurance, accessibility, usability, and performance standards.
• 3.
• VR4Health Program Coordination Manage project plans, deliverables, milestones, risks, and dependencies across the VR4Health workstreams.
• Coordinate with international consortium partners, academic institutions, healthcare professionals, and research collaborators.
• Support the preparation of project reports, demonstrations, milestone reviews, and documentation required by research and funding partners.
• Maintain traceability between research objectives, technical deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate validation activities, including usability studies, pilot deployments, and learning effectiveness assessments.
• Support planning and delivery of AI-powered training capabilities, including adaptive virtual patients, conversational AI, and personalized feedback.
• 4.
• Professional Services & Stakeholder Management Serve as the primary day-to-day delivery contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage scope, schedules, budgets, resource allocation, and delivery expectations.
• Communicate project progress, risks, decisions, and dependencies clearly to leadership and partners.
• Facilitate workshops, demonstrations, stakeholder reviews, and executive presentations.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency, reusability, and scalability.
• Support proposals, estimates, statements of work, and planning for future XR engagements.
• Balance client and partner expectations with team capacity, technical feasibility, and commercial objectives.
• 5.
• & Delivery Operations Establish lightweight, scalable project management practices appropriate for a multidisciplinary innovation team.
• Improve collaboration across product, engineering, design, QA, and research.
• Maintain clear documentation, decision logs, and delivery reporting.
• Support release readiness, acceptance criteria, defect management, and lessons learned.
• Help build delivery capabilities that can support future immersive training clients and programs beyond VR4Health.

Requirements

• Qualifications 7+ years of experience in software project management, technical production, or program delivery, including substantial hands-on Agile/Scrum leadership.
• 3+ years delivering XR, VR, AR, real-time 3D, simulation, or similarly complex interactive applications.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams involving software engineers, designers, technical artists, and product stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, Agile delivery, backlog management, estimation, and release planning.
• Experience delivering technology projects in a professional services, consulting, agency, or client-facing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, budgets, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Familiarity with Unity development workflows and the technical considerations of immersive applications.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or equivalent project management and collaboration tools.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and external partners.
• Eligible to work full-time in Canada.

Preferred

• Qualifications Direct experience developing or delivering VR training, enterprise simulation, immersive learning, or digital learning solutions .
• Previous experience with Unity Professional Services, Capgemini Engineering, or another enterprise XR consulting organization .
• Experience working with healthcare education, clinical simulation, medical training, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with instructional design, learning objectives, competency assessment, and measuring training effectiveness.
• Experience coordinating AI/ML capabilities, conversational AI, virtual characters, or intelligent simulation systems.
• Experience managing government-funded R&D initiatives, academic collaborations, or international research consortia.
• Familiarity with Meta Quest, OpenXR, Unity XR Interaction Toolkit, or similar immersive technology ecosystems.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM), PMP, or equivalent credentials.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, proposals, estimates, and client demonstrations.
• Why Join Aequilibrium?

Pay

CAD $110,000–$130,000, depending on qualifications and experience.

Benefits

• Help advance immersive healthcare training with the potential to improve professional readiness and patient care.
• Work at the intersection of VR, AI, simulation, and experiential learning.
• Participate in a multi-year R&D initiative involving technology and research partners.
• Play a central role in shaping how we develop and deliver our immersive training products.
• Help establish scalable delivery capabilities for our expanding XR and AI practice.
• Join a collaborative, remote-first Canadian technology company.
• Remote candidates elsewhere in Canada will be considered.

This is a full-time, permanent position open to candidates based in Canada, with a strong preference for Vancouver, British Columbia.

How to Apply

Please submit your résumé and cover letter with a brief description of one or two XR, simulation, or immersive training projects you've delivered. We'd particularly like to understand your role in managing multidisciplinary teams, your experience with Unity-based development, and how you've balanced Agile delivery with client expectations, technical complexity, and evolving requirements. Join us in shaping the future of immersive healthcare training.