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Senior Project Manager (IT)

CYNET SYSTEMS - 510 Jobs
Edmonton, AB
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Full-time
Management

Job Description:
  • Responsible for the coordination and completion of IT and Finance gap and preparing policies, guidelines, platforms based on analysis and findings.
  • Oversees all aspects of projects currently ongoing in TI.
  • Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of projects.
  • Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, Finance, IT divisions, Contract branch, Procurement and other departments involved in the projects.
  • Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of projects.
  • Compile project charters and business/project plans to support activities, including the most suitable approach to be used in the development of each applicable project, 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 Ministries 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 projects, project resources, and project governance.
  • Work with each project sponsor to ensure that effective project communication exists throughout the duration of the project, including escalation of risks as required.
  • Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits, and budget.
  • Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget, and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks to the Executive Director, Financial Services.
  • 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 and develop, as required, related requirements documentation.
  • Provide leadership and assistance to business and project teams that require change management and communication support.
  • Other responsibilities as required or requested.
Contract and Budget Oversight:
  • Conduct comprehensive contract inventory and spend analysis to support strategic procurement and resource allocation.
  • Develop contract-level budget justifications to assess and validate the value of contract expenditures.
  • Prepare and maintain an optimized contractual spend plan that aligns with organizational goals and fiscal constraints.
  • Generate a comprehensive zero-based budgeting report to evaluate funding allocations from the ground up.
  • Assess whether current contracts deliver good value for funds spent and identify areas for improvement.
  • Assist with annual and multi-year budgets that allocate funding to contracts based on substantiated justifications, including identification of potential cost savings through consolidation, renegotiation, or discontinuation of underperforming contracts.
Core Requirements:
  • Bachelor s degree in business administration, Project Management, Finance, or related field; PMP or similar certifications strongly preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years of project management experience, with demonstrated success in leading cross functional projects involving financial process redesign, zero based budgeting, or contract management transformation.
  • Ability to develop and manage project plans, timelines, and budgets.
  • Proven skills in stakeholder engagement and leading cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with risk management, change management, and issue resolution in project contexts.
  • Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
  • Proficiency with project management software.
Scoring Methodology:
  • Financial/Pricing: 15%.
  • Resource Qualifications: 25%.
  • Interview Process: 60%.
Must Have:
  • Bachelor degree, diploma or certificate in IT, Computer Science or related field of study. Yes/No
  • Experience with articulating and translating technical language for non-technical customers both verbally and in writing. 5 years
  • Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels. 5 years
  • Project management experience includes business cases, feasibility studies, risk assessments, scope development, project and program planning, change management, RFP development, technology selection, application development, application integration, data integration, pre-flight testing and full implementation. 5 years
Nice to Have:
  • Currently active PMP or PGMP Certification as issued by the Project Management Institute or equivalent (attach a copy of the certificate). Yes/No
  • Experience with Azure tools, components, and services e.g. including but not limited to Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Purview. 3 years
  • Experience creating data visualizations, dashboards, and other information products for clients using BI/analytics software, including any or all: SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Investigator, MS Power BI, Tableau, Looker, R, Python. 4 years
  • Experience creating and managing project forecast and actual budgets. 3 years
  • Experience working with information management and cybersecurity policies, directives, and guidelines within limited timelines. 3 years

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