Project Director

Source Code; Remote; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company is seeking a skilled Project Director with extensive experience in leading large-scale enterprise projects and agile software development. You will manage complex projects in the Land Titles Registries Modernization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate has a strong background in risk management and senior leadership roles, making impactful recommendations for modernization strategies. This position allows remote work with occasional office attendance in Edmonton.

Qualifications

• 6 years leading large enterprise-scale projects.
• 6 years of experience with agile software development.
• 4 years of senior leadership defining project scope and deliverables.
• 6 years as Program Manager managing a portfolio of projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead business transformation activities in support of Land Titles Registries Modernization.
• Deliver modernized digital solutions for enterprise legacy systems.
• Conduct risk management analysis and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide expert advice on modernization options impacting project goals.

Skills

Experience in leading enterprise-scale projects

Agile software development

Senior leadership experience

Risk management

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Overview

About the job: Project Director - GOAPRDJP00000705. Work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in office on reasonable notice from the Province. This can be up to 4 times a year depending on demand.

9888 JASPER AVE
Edmonton

Contract 5 months, possible extension of 1 year

Standard Background check required

Responsibilities

1. Leading business transformation activities and Product Owners in support of Land Titles Registries Modernization, inclusive of the management of numerous interrelated projects, and consultation with key stakeholders to define and prioritize product direction to deliver the highest value. Include: ensuring divisional policies and programs enable and align with digitization work; Product Owner coordination and support to holistically develop consistent and aligned structures and mechanisms to engage staff at all levels to identify and prioritize service modernization opportunities to redesign and innovate the delivery of registry services with a focus on improved client and employee experience, and making recommendations to executive management and governing bodies; undertaking/supporting assessments and developing recommendations on technology and sourcing strategies to successfully replace high-risk legacy systems in alignment with the Registries Modernization multi-year roadmap.
2. Delivering modernized and digital solutions for the replacement of existing enterprise legacy systems, including: completion of regular status reports (monitoring product progress against schedule, costs, and contractor timesheets); leading and aligning numerous interrelated Product Owner evaluation activities for Land Titles Registries Modernization to ensure outcomes and results are captured and reported; providing oversight and coordination to Product Owners and professional staff responsible for product management, delivery, and coordination on a day-to-day basis (including oversight of staff priorities); collaborating with government technology partners within the Ministry of Technology and Innovation (TI) to develop short term, medium and long term product roadmaps, strategies and plans for ongoing sustainability, and ensuring ongoing and incremental delivery of benefits to Albertans and staff; ensuring the delivery of aligned and logically sequenced modernized and digital solutions for the incremental replacement of existing enterprise legacy systems.
3. Managing risk: conducting risk management analysis, developing risk mitigation strategies and recommendations to the Executive Director and other governance structures to facilitate decision-making related to the development of new digital services; identifying barriers to change and recommending mitigation strategies.
4. Providing expert advice on Land Title modernization options and how they will impact the overall goals of the project, including budget, scope and timelines; direction and monitoring of teams in the delivery of that direction.

Must-Have

• Experience leading large enterprise-scale projects and programs. - 6 YEARS
• Experience working on agile software development and modern, service design based product delivery comparable in size and complexity for a large organization such as state, provincial, or federal government or a private company with 5,000 or more employees or for a startup or small business addressing a complex challenge at scale. - 6 YEARS
• Senior leadership experience defining project scope, goals and deliverables such as roadmaps, governance, briefing notes, and business cases that support project goals in collaboration with business stakeholders. - 4 YEARS
• Experience as Program Manager managing a portfolio of projects by providing governance, prioritizing, monitoring, reporting at a Program level. - 6 YEARS

Nice-to-Have

• Experience identifying, analyzing and managing project risks on large, complex projects. - 5 YEARS
• Experience in managing project/program financials such as budgeting and forecasts. - 3 YEARS
• Experience making decisions and recommendations on highly technical or complex issues without formal guidelines or precedents and exercises resourcefulness and ingenuity - 6 YEARS
• Experience supporting and collaborating directly with stakeholders, external (public users) and internal business areas. Ability to coordinate and communicate necessary information well to all clients. - 6 YEARS
• Senior leadership experience defining program goals in collaboration with business stakeholders. - 4 YEARS
• Senior leadership experience within a complex, business and technical IT environment. - 4 YEARS
• Experience in developing project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans for completion of project tasks. - 6 YEARS