Project Manager (IT) - Senior (Remote) JP940

Pathlion; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathlion is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Canada to oversee project delivery across multiple high-priority initiatives. This includes managing vendor relationships, coordinating Service Desk automation improvements, and supporting the rollout of Boardroom as a Service across ministries.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong project management skills, effectively navigate stakeholder engagements, and ensure timely completion of project objectives. Responsibilities include risk management, vendor oversight, and delivering comprehensive project status updates to senior management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing IT projects from initiation to completion.
• Strong capability in coordinating multiple streams of work simultaneously.
• Ability to maintain strong vendor and stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing all project activities and establishing timelines.
• Compiling project charters and business/project plans.
• Collaborating with business and IT leadership to develop project plans.
• Documenting and reporting project status against established objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Risk management

Communication skills

Schedule management

Job description

The Province requires a senior Project Manager to provide project delivery oversight and coordination across multiple concurrent, high-priority initiatives currently in progress. This includes supporting the completion of Service Desk automation and intelligence-related enhancements that remain partially implemented and require vendor coordination, work order management, stakeholder engagement, and transition planning into steady‑state operations. The resource will also support the ongoing expansion of the Boardroom as a Service initiative across ministries, including procurement coordination, vendor onboarding, deployment planning, and executive‑level reporting and decision support. In addition, the resource will provide project management support for the AVD usage review initiative, including coordinated analysis, stakeholder consultations, governance support, and the development of recommendations to enable operational and cost optimization. The successful resource must be capable of managing multiple streams of work simultaneously, maintaining strong vendor and stakeholder relationships, and ensuring deliverables are advanced in accordance with project timelines, governance expectations, and operational objectives.

Scope of Services

The Project Manager will provide end‑to‑end project management services across multiple concurrent initiatives, including planning, coordination, schedule management, stakeholder engagement, vendor oversight, procurement support, governance reporting, risk and issue management, and transition planning. The scope of work includes advancing the completion of Service Desk automation and intelligence enhancements, supporting the continued rollout of Boardroom as a Service across ministries, and coordinating analysis and decision support activities related to the AVD usage review to enable operational and cost optimization.

Duties

Responsible for coordinating and delivering IT projects from initiation through completion. This includes overseeing all project activities, establishing timelines, assigning tasks, and tracking progress to ensure objectives are met. Maintains effective working relationships with project teams, vendors, and cross‑departmental partners. Provides clear, timely progress updates and prepares status reports for senior management.

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 project sponsors to ensure that effective project communication exists through the duration of the project including escalation of risks as required.

Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction – manage peer‑level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win‑win solutions.

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.

Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders.

Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks.

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.

Develop, as required, related requirements documentation.

In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.

Provide leadership and assistance to business and project teams that require change management and communication support.

Work within the standards defined by the project management office and in the absence of standards work with the project management office to define new standards.

Use of AI tools to make the reporting more productive and efficient.