Senior IT Project Manager

Date Posted: 08/01/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 486414

Industry: Government

Job Title: Senior ITProject Manager

Job Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5J 3W7

Work Model: Hybrid

Work Model Details: 3 Days On-Site, 2 Days Remote

Shift: 08:15 to 4:30 Alberta time Monday through Friday

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 13

Min Hourly Rate($): 90.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 110.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Business case, Project Management, Reporting, Risk Analysis, Scheduling, Software management, Stakeholders

Experience Desired: Managing data and AI development, delivery and support projects/team (8 yrs); Managing custom application development projects (8 yrs); Conducting, facilitating and interpreting impact and risk assessments (4 yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Associate's Degree

Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree

**C2C is not available**

Job Description
*** Only qualified Senior IT project Manager candidates currently located in the Edmonton, Alberta area will be considered due to the position requiring an onsite Presence***

Required Education
Candidate must meet or exceed one of the following:
University graduation in business, management, or related discipline, and four years of Project Management (PM) experience; OR
Two-year diploma in business, management, or related discipline and six years of PM experience; OR
One year certificate in business, management, or related discipline and seven years of PM experience; OR
Eight years of PM experience

Required Skills and Experience:
Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders (8 years)
Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs, and project closures (8 years)
Experience managing custom application development projects with at least 5 team members (8 years)
Experience managing data and AI development, delivery, and support projects/teams with at least 5 team members (8 years)
Experience managing multiple projects concurrently (8 years)
Experience successfully implementing IT solutions in an environment with project resources from across multiple teams or organizations (8 years)
Experience working as a Project Manager on a large complex custom software application development project (where the software is developed in-house for that specific organization) in an environment of similar size and complexity to the Government (8 years)

Preferred Skills and Experience:
Experience conducting, facilitating, and interpreting impact and risk assessments across multiple scenarios (4 years)
Experience creating and managing project forecast and actual budgets (4 years)
Experience developing and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships across the organization, including executive level (7 years)
Experience making decisions and recommendations on highly technical or complex issues without formal guidelines or precedents and exercises resourcefulness and ingenuity (2 years)
Experience working in or for the public sector (3 years)
Experience working with Mandated and Legislated Projects within short timelines (4 years)
Experience leading project governance, change management, and communication activities (5 years)
Experience working with technical teams on complex IMT projects (4 years)

Our client is seeking a Project Manager to work on the design/implementation plan/program development plan for various projects within the technology delivery space. The primary assignment for this role will be developing our practice around Application Support and delivering on commitments in the Application Support, Data, and AI space. The resource will be assigned to various projects, including the digital transformation, CTS Transformation - the restructuring and building of the IT delivery organization, including processes, procedures, capabilities, etc.

Job Duties:
Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues in collaboration with the senior leadership team and internal stakeholders
Coordinate with stakeholders and schedule meetings.
Prepare briefing notes, meeting minutes, and other documents
Prepare presentations for engagement with stakeholders, steering committees, project groups and other stakeholders
Support team members in the analysis of industry engagement surveys
Manage tasks and action items and follow up and escalate as required
Provide support by bridging communication between external stakeholders, the Technology and Innovation teams, etc.
Coordinate approvals and sign-offs
Maintain engagement, meeting, and opportunity trackers
Respond to stakeholder requests
Complete documentation for decision making processes
Provide direction to cross functional team(s) to ensure successful delivery of product(s)
Track and monitor scope and timelines for delivery of data product(s)
Analyze and report on progress. Communicate project status and all relevant information to stakeholders
Responsible for the coordination and implementation of various technology projects. Oversees all aspects of the projects
Builds an effective operating environment, defines project objectives, scope, and guiding principles, conducts comprehensive analysis of the projects, monitors and summarizes progress of the project
Builds and maintains working relationships with stakeholders, project vendors, and departments involved in the project. Prepares reports for management regarding status of project
For this role, a deep understanding of both the application support space as well as Data and AI delivery is required
Compile project charters and business/project plans with clear objectives and expected project outcomes to support activities, including the most suitable approach to be used in the development of each deliverable and work product, to ensure business objectives and data integrity are achieved
Manage project(s) that will document business requirements, design, and deliver IT solutions that are compliant with and contribute to the organization's enterprise architecture
Assist with the development of recommendations, including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, interdependencies, policy implications pertaining to internal/external influences and the methodology to be applied
Produce and package deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders
Manage multiple tasks, project resources and project governance
Work with project vendors to ensure that effective project communication exists through the duration of the project including escalation of risks as required
Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction - manage peer-level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions
Coordinate with leadership to develop a well-defined project plans that clearly states the project's objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits, and budget
Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders
Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks
Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks
Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities and prompt delivery of project tasks
Develop, as required, related requirements documentation
In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects
Provide leadership and assistance to project teams that require change management and communication support
Engage and establish positive working relationships with subject matter representatives across the Services to ensure that project decisions, directions, and recommendations align and consider broader directions
Provide input and/or develop Chief, Minister/Deputy Minister/Assistant Deputy Minister-level briefings, as required
Work within the standards defined by the project management office, and in the absence of standards, work with the project management office to define new standards
Define protocols and practices related to application support, data delivery, and AI, including architecture, process and procedures, resource management, etc

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**

Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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