Senior Project Manager

Recovery Alberta; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 53,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Recovery Alberta seeks a Senior Project Manager to advance strategic goals across Community Mental Health & Addiction services. The role leads complex, multi-year provincial projects, collaborating with government, community agencies, and partners.

Independence and strong change management and quality improvement skills are essential. The Senior PM will develop plans, coordinate cross-functional teams, supervise staff, and drive governance and evaluation across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business or health related field, or equivalent training/experience.
• PM education or certification from an accredited institution is required.
• Minimum five years’ project management experience in a complex health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior project management and consulting across Community Mental Health & Addiction initiatives.
• Develop project plans for complex, multi-year, multi-site projects with provincial partners and stakeholders.
• Lead or supervise teams, coordinate with internal/external partners, and guide governance and evaluation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Coaching

Communication

Change management

Quality improvement

Risk mitigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a business or health related field

Job description

As a key contributor to advancing Recovery Alberta’s strategic goals and strategies, the Senior Project Manager (Senior PM) provides advanced project management, change management, quality improvement, and leadership expertise. This position holds a high degree of independence to lead, facilitate, develop, and implement project initiatives for Community Mental Health & Addiction service areas across the province by applying project management and business methodologies. The position is accountable for providing senior project management and consulting expertise and is responsible for developing project plans for complex, multiple year, multiple site projects that require collaboration with Provincial partners, internal and external stakeholders,The Senior PM works directly with project teams within a matrix resourcing environment and supervise staff or lead functional teams, working groups or projects. This position coordinates initiatives with multiple stakeholders including, but not limited to, government, community agencies, municipalities, patient and family representatives and partners.The Senior PM is responsible for and provides leadership to project management activities across all stages of a project, often including pre-project activities and spanning project initiation, planning and execution, implementation, evaluation and closure. The Senior PM must possess the skills to use data and information to effectively advance quality and innovation. This position requires specialized and advanced expertise, knowledge and skill, along with considerable experience within healthcare environments.

• Classification: Senior Project Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Community Mental Health & Addiction
• Primary Location: Youth Residential Svcs - Edm
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 12-NOV-2026
• Date Available: 26-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7,75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a business or health related field, or equivalent of training and experience.Relevant project management specific education, training, or certification in project management from an accredited institution. A minimum of five years’ experience in project management in a complex health care setting or an organization of significant size. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development.

Additional Required Qualifications:

The incumbent will possess a record of accomplishment in the following areas:Specialized expertise in planning methodologies, including quality improvement, project management and change managementCoordination experience in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring and evaluationSignificant experience in problem solving, risk mitigation, concerns resolution, conflict resolution and negotiationLeadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with leading a team, making decisions, coaching and teaching, and inspiring and building confidence in othersDemonstrated ability to engage and foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholdersEffective communicator with strong organizational skills, influencing skills, interpersonal skills, client-focused orientation and commitment to providing quality servicesAbility to develop and deliver education to transfer knowledgeExperience in formal report development

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the fields of addiction and/or mental healthExtensive knowledge of clinical areas, groups and professions and the processes that support changing clinical practice/processes