Project Manager Our Edmonton-based client is seeking a Project Manager to lead a range of initiatives, including application development, enhancements to existing systems, mobile app projects, and new software implementations. This is a 1‑year hybrid contract role based in Edmonton.
Your success will be defined by your ability to: - Manage medium to large-scale IT projects
- Oversee full lifecycle and day‑to‑day delivery of one or more projects
- Handle monitoring, reporting, and controlling all assigned project activities
- Engage and coordinate with IT teams, business partners, and external vendors
- Ensure successful execution and completion of all assigned projects
Your strengths include: - Minimum of 7 years of project management experience
- Demonstrated success leading IT projects valued between $250K and $5M, including multiple initiatives over $2M
- Experience with both Agile and Waterfall delivery models
- PMP certification is considered an asset
- Strong capability in managing project financials and producing accurate, recurring forecasts within set budgets
- Experienced working within established project management processes and methodologies
- Prior Business Analyst experience is an asset
- Skilled in creating clear, concise, and comprehensive project documentation
- Effective communicator across all levels of leadership, both verbally and in writing
- Able to exhibit strong functional and/or technical understanding of project scope
- Capable of contributing to the enhancement of procedures and methodologies
- Able to accurately forecast resource needs and effort
- Proven track record of managing and controlling project scope through robust change control processes
- Comfortable taking over projects mid‑cycle and driving them to successful completion
- Seeking a well‑rounded Project Manager capable of handling a diverse portfolio of project work
- Experience managing projects involving significant business process re‑engineering and change management is an advantage