Manager, Project Management Office - Digital Services

The opportunity:

Associated Engineering, a proudly Canadian, Employee-owned Company is seeking an experienced and dedicated Manager, Project Management Office - Digital Services Plamming and Governance to join our team in our Edmonton office. In this role you will be responsible for Digital Services project management office and for providing disciplined portfolio, program, project, business analysis, Organizational Change Management (OCM), training, resource, governance, and delivery oversight across AE technology investments.

What we offer:

• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements, depending on position
• Market competitive salaries, with annual reviews
  • Opportunity to become a shareholder and invest in the company's long term growth & success
  • Matching company pension program, increasing over time
• Comprehensive benefits including:
  • Health/dental/vision coverage
  • Fitness allowance
  • Employee and family assistance programs
  • Mental health supports
• Paid time off so that you can recharge including:
  • Generous paid vacation
  • Paid office closure over December holiday break
  • Industry leading paid sick time
  • Parental leave top up program
• Ongoing support for your professional development and growth
  • Active Young Professional group
  • Formal mentoring programs
  • Paid professional development hours
  • Capacity building seminars
  • Engineer In Training programs
• Opportunities to participate in social club activities and events
  • Company-wide social events
  • Regular lunch-and-learns
  • Community volunteer opportunities

What you'll do:

• Apply the PMO mandate, services, roles, delivery lifecycle, governance forums, controls, templates, tools, and repositories established by the Director.
• Provide functional leadership, coaching, resource coordination, and performance oversight for Project Managers, Business Analysts, the OCM Lead, the IT Trainer, contractors, and other PMO resources.
• Apply the Director's standards and quality expectations while accountable practitioners and delivery resources perform the detailed project, OCM, and training work.
• Coordinate intake items. Contributes to assessment, prioritization, sequencing, dependency management, resource planning, and portfolio reporting for Digital Services initiatives.
• Maintain an integrated view of approved, proposed, active, paused, and closing initiatives, including outcomes, investment, capacity, milestones, risk, dependencies, and delivery confidence.
• Apply and maintain practical Organizational Change Management and training frameworks, methods, templates, tools, quality expectations, governance, role accountabilities, and reporting for Digital Services initiatives.
• Ensure the OCM Lead and the IT Trainer assess stakeholder impacts, change complexity, readiness, adoption risks, communication needs, learning needs, business capacity, and resistance and incorporate proportionate plans, resources, and deliverables.
• Apply proportionate project and program governance, stage gates, health criteria, financial controls, reporting standards, assurance reviews, and escalation practices.
• Review project health, forecasts, risks, issues, changes, dependencies, benefits, vendor performance, and readiness and ensures corrective action is initiated.
• Manage project budgets for purchase commitments, contractor costs, and internal resources. Oversees forecasts, capital and operating expenditures, and financial reporting in partnership with Finance and project leaders. Manages invoices for projects the Manager personally manages.
• Define and continually improve practical project, program, portfolio, business analysis, Organizational Change Management, training, estimation, risk, reporting, benefits, adoption, and lessons-learned practices.
• Promote consistent use of delivery tools, data definitions, document repositories, dashboards, and portfolio information.

Does this sound like you?

• Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• An equivalent combination of education, extensive technology delivery experience, and leadership experience will be considered.
• Project Management Professional certification is strongly preferred. Program, portfolio, Agi
• 10+ years of progressive project, program, portfolio, or technology delivery experience, including at least 3 years in a people leadership or PMO leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing a PMO, portfolio governance, intake and prioritization, project assurance, executive reporting, and delivery standards.
• Experience overseeing a diverse portfolio of enterprise application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, digital workplace, and technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing portfolio budgets, forecasts, resource capacity, vendors, contractors, procurement, and commercial agreements.
• Demonstrated experience leading and coaching project managers, business analysts, Organizational Change Management practitioners, training professionals, vendors, and delivery partners; delegating detailed execution; assuring quality; leading complex programs; and recovering challenged projects.
• Experience establishing and overseeing Organizational Change Management and training capabilities delivered by dedicated practitioners, business resources, vendors, or project teams, including stakeholder engagement, change-impact assessment, communications, readiness, learning-needs analysis, curriculum planning, training delivery, adoption, reinforcement, and sustainment.
• Experience integrating OCM and training activities into project plans, governance, testing, cutover, operational readiness, service transition, and benefits realization. Experience defining and reporting change readiness, training effectiveness, adoption, proficiency, resistance, and reinforcement measures.
• Experience presenting to executives, sponsors, steering committees, and governance bodies in a project-based professional services, engineering, consulting, or distributed organization is preferred.

About Us:

At Associated Engineering, were passionate about not only the work we do but the communities we live and work in. Which is why sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. As a carbon neutral company since 2009, we help shape resilient and sustainable communities across Canada.

As a Platinum Member of Canada's Best Managed Companies since 2008, we take pride in nurturing a workplace where people thrive. We are an employer of choice providing our people with a supportive, collaborative, engaging and dynamic place to build a career, while bringing inspiration and innovation to our work.

Our company culture is shaped by:

• Growth and development of our employees – chart your career course, whatever stage you are at!
• A broad variety of meaningful work that supports local communities – we are a medium-sized company working on significant projects, helping to shape communities!
• We care, we commit, we create – our promise to both clients and each other!

What's next? Ready to make an impact? Join a company that values your ideas, invests in your growth, and empowers you to shape the future. Apply today!

Want more information?

• Check out what a day at Associated Engineering looks like via LinkedIn
• Our Environmental, Social and Governance Report

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

AE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community to apply. For applicants with disabilities, accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We are also committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and as such, it will be used for recruitment and employment purposes only.