Project Manager (IT)

Project Overview

The Province is seeking a Project Manager to provide delivery oversight and coordination across multiple concurrent, high-priority initiatives, including:

• Cybersecurity Vulnerability Mitigation / Legacy Server Remediation
  

  • SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008/2012 remediation
    

  • Windows Server 2016 remediation
    

  • Risk mitigation, governance and cross-project coordination
    

• SharePoint Online Migration
  

  • Remaining SharePoint 2016 migrations and decommissioning
    

  • Delivery of 5 outstanding intranets
    

  • Extranet migration and legacy server replacement
    

  • Management of dependencies and access
    

  • Transition of 22 Power Apps replacing SharePoint 2016 customizations to operations.
    

Key Responsibilities

• Manage IT projects from initiation through completion
  

• Develop project charters, business cases, project plans, schedules and status reports
  

• Manage scope, timelines, resources, budgets, risks, issues and dependencies
  

• Coordinate multiple projects and project teams concurrently
  

• Manage vendors, stakeholders, sponsors and cross-departmental partners
  

• Develop governance materials and executive/steering committee reports
  

• Track milestones, deliverables, budget and project performance
  

• Identify and escalate risks/issues and implement corrective actions
  

• Support requirements documentation and IT solution delivery
  

• Coordinate project dependencies and interdependencies
  

• Support change management and communication activities
  

• Provide project leadership, stakeholder communication and client relationship management
  

• Support transition planning and post-project outcome assessment
  

• Leverage Microsoft applications, collaboration tools and AI to improve reporting and communication.
  

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

• 5+ years developing project deliverables such as project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs, project closures and dashboards
  
• 5+ years in a Project Management role
  
• 4+ years managing multiple projects concurrently
  
• 3+ years successfully implementing IT solutions involving resources across multiple teams/organizations
  
• 3+ years as Project Manager on large, complex, custom software development projects
  
• 3+ years working with Information Management and Cybersecurity policies, directives and guidelines
  
• Active PMP or PGMP certification issued by PMI or equivalent.
  

Education

One of the following:

• University graduation in Business, Management or related discipline + 4 years PM experience, OR
  
• 2-year diploma in Business, Management or related discipline + 6 years PM experience, OR
  
• 1-year certificate in Business, Management or related discipline + 7 years PM experience, OR
  
• 8 years of Project Management experience.
  

Nice-to-Have Experience

• 3+ years coordinating project dependencies and plans
  
• 4+ years coordinating government/vendor-wide IM/IT initiatives
  
• 5+ years leading meetings with stakeholders at all levels
  
• 3+ years leading change management and communication planning
  
• 3+ years overseeing server and network infrastructure projects
  
• 3+ years overseeing SharePoint migrations
  
• 3+ years working with Government of Alberta or a Canadian public-sector organization of similar size and complexity.
  

Other Requirements

• Conflict-of-interest attestation required
  
• Criminal record check required at no cost to the Province
  
• Three professional references must be provided
  
• Mandatory training may include POPA, ATIA, Security/Cybersecurity, Information Management and Respect in the Workplace.