Senior IT Project Manager – Cybersecurity & Infrastructure

Zohorecruit; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Symbiotic Digital in Calgary is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager for a high-profile, 6-month contract in a public-sector/higher-education setting. You will own multiple IT initiatives spanning cybersecurity and infrastructure, guiding governance, delivery, and risk management from planning through execution.

You will work with Cyber Operations, Enterprise Architecture, and vendors, coordinate with an Organizational Change Management resource, and ensure on-time, in-scope deliverables for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Active PMP certification (PMPCertification) in good standing.
• 10+ years of formal IT Project Management experience across the full lifecycle.
• On-site availability in Calgary: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, and end-to-end delivery of concurrent IT initiatives across infrastructure and cybersecurity.
• Drive key program activities including Disaster Recovery, BCP tests, Vulnerability Management workflows, and RFP/discovery processes.
• Coordinate with Cyber Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Supply Chain and vendors to align scope, requirements and procurement.
• Develop PMO artifacts: charters, delivery schedules, risk/issue logs, dashboards, and financial forecasts.
• Coordinate risk and privacy/security impact assessments and governance reviews.
• Partner with Organizational Change Management to support operational readiness and user adoption.

Skills

10+ years IT PM experience

Leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / MIS / Business Administration

PMI PMP Certification

ITIL Foundation

Job description

Senior IT Project Manager – Cybersecurity & Infrastructure

Calgary (Kensington / Westmont / Parkdale / University), Canada

• City Calgary (Kensington / Westmont / Parkdale / University)
• State/Province Alberta
• Country Canada

Job Description

Duration: 6-Month Contract, with strong potential for extension

Role Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Senior IT Project Manager for a high-profile, 6-month enterprise contract within apublic-sector/higher-education environment.

In this role, you will take ownership of multiple concurrentinitiatives focused on improving enterprise cybersecurity and infrastructureoperational maturity. Working alongside senior cybersecurity leadership and PMOgovernance teams, you will guide critical workstreams including DisasterRecovery, Business Continuity Planning tabletop exercises, VulnerabilityManagement, and upcoming RFP/discovery activities from planning throughdelivery.

You will have dedicated support from an OrganizationalChange Management resource, allowing you to focus on project governance, vendordelivery, milestone tracking, financial management, risk management, andstakeholder alignment.

Target Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Program& Project Governance: Lead coordination, milestone tracking, riskmitigation, and end-to-end delivery of concurrent IT initiatives acrossinfrastructure and cybersecurity.
  
• CoreInitiatives Delivery: Drive key program activities involving DisasterRecovery, BCP simulation/tabletop exercises, Vulnerability Managementworkflows, and upcoming technology discovery and RFP processes.
  
• Stakeholder& Vendor Alignment: Work with Cyber Operations, EnterpriseArchitecture, Supply Chain, executive sponsors, and vendors to alignproject scope, technical requirements, procurement needs, and deliveryexpectations.
  
• PMOArtifacts & Reporting: Develop and maintain project charters,integrated delivery schedules, risk/issue/dependency logs, statusdashboards, and financial forecasting/reconciliation reports.
  
• Risk& Compliance Coordination: Facilitate technical gate reviews,solution delivery documentation, and Privacy/Security Impact Assessments.
  
• Cross-FunctionalTeam Collaboration: Partner closely with an Organizational ChangeManagement specialist to support operational readiness, user training, andseamless adoption across business units.
  

Mandatory Requirements

• PMPCertification: Active Project Management Professional certification ingood standing.
  
• Experience: Minimum 10+ years of formal IT Project Management experience managing complex, concurrent initiatives across the complete projectlifecycle.
  
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems(MIS), Business Administration, or a related discipline.
  
• On-SiteAvailability: Must be locally based in the Calgary area and availableto work on-site three days per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
  
• Financial& PMO Acumen: Demonstrated hands-on experience managing projectbudgets, forecasting, vendor RFPs, and formal PMO governance frameworks.
  

Preferred Qualifications & Assets

• Provenexperience managing IT Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, BusinessContinuity Planning, or Cybersecurity/Identity implementations.
  
• Priorexperience delivering projects within post-secondary education, publicsector, or heavily regulated enterprise environments.
  
• Experiencemanaging enterprise technology procurement, discovery activities, andcompetitive RFP evaluations.
  
• ITILFoundation or related service management certification.
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need thatsolve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can dofor you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We servecustomers in two ways, we provide:

• DigitalExperts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
  
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Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digitalprovides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staffneeded to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the mostreputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help themstaff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by ourproven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100%Indigenous owned company.