Project Manager (IT) – Senior

The Government of Albertas Artificial Intelligence Delivery and Enablement (AIDE) branch leads the adoption implementation and responsible use of artificial intelligence to improve productivity decision-making and public service delivery.

The Senior IT Project Manager will lead and coordinate enterprise AI enablement projects across multiple ministries. The role covers enterprise AI licensing and consumption cloud platform and integration governance and security and training and adoption.

The successful candidate will manage multiple concurrent projects coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors oversee project schedules budgets risks and dependencies and guide AI capabilities from pilot evaluation through governed enterprise deployment and operational handover.

• Develop project charters business cases project plans schedules budgets resource estimates and delivery strategies.
  

• Manage project scope milestones deliverables risks issues assumptions dependencies and interdependencies.
  

• Coordinate multiple concurrent projects across different directors sponsors ministries and delivery teams.
  

• Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions to ensure successful delivery.
  

• Prepare project status reports executive briefings recommendations and steering committee presentations.
  

• Establish project governance roles responsibilities escalation procedures and reporting standards.
  

• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture organizational priorities project management office standards and business objectives.
  

• Plan and manage enterprise AI licence allocation provisioning reassignment reclamation and lifecycle management across ministries.
  

• Coordinate enterprise AI solutions including Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Studio Google Gemini Enterprise Claude Enterprise and other approved AI platforms.
  

• Manage licence allocation models quotas ServiceNow request workflows and provisioning processes.
  

• Coordinate chargeback cost-recovery and consumption-based financial management with finance procurement vendors and ministry stakeholders.
  

• Establish reporting on licence utilization AI consumption expenditure and adoption.
  

• Provide recommendations to senior leadership regarding licence demand cost transparency utilization and resource allocation.
  

• Manage cloud and platform enablement projects involving Microsoft 365 Microsoft Azure Google Cloud SaaS platforms and AI service integrations.
  

• Coordinate cloud environment provisioning landing zones sandbox environments API enablement and hybrid or on-premises integrations.
  

• Oversee identity and access management data connectors grounding sources and integration with existing business applications.
  

• Coordinate technical teams and vendors to deliver secure scalable and supportable AI capabilities.
  

• Manage platform lifecycle changes model deprecation migration activities and associated communication plans.
  

• Coordinate monitoring operational documentation support models and transition to ongoing operations.
  

• Coordinate project intake assessment prioritization and approval processes.
  

• Work with security privacy legal procurement and enterprise architecture teams to obtain the necessary approvals.
  

• Coordinate Security Threat and Risk Assessments (STRAs) Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and information classification and data-residency reviews.
  

• Ensure compliance with responsible AI standards security controls privacy requirements data protection obligations and applicable government policies.
  

• Manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) release-readiness reviews risk mitigation and deployment approvals.
  

• Document compliance requirements decisions risks and mitigation measures throughout the project lifecycle.
  

• Develop and coordinate organizational change management and communication plans for enterprise AI rollouts.
  

• Work with the Alberta AI Academy ministry leadership and AI Delivery and Enablement Champions to coordinate training and adoption.
  

• Develop role-based training plans user guides communications knowledge articles and support pathways.
  

• Coordinate stakeholder engagement business readiness use-case identification and feedback collection.
  

• Track training completion adoption metrics and user feedback against established targets.
  

• Recommend corrective actions to improve adoption and ensure responsible use of AI capabilities.
  

• Manage AI pilots and proofs of concept from initial intake and evaluation through to enterprise enablement recommendations.
  

• Define pilot objectives user cohorts evaluation criteria timelines deliverables and success measures.
  

• Coordinate vendor-supported training use-case capture testing and stakeholder feedback.
  

• Assess platform readiness security and privacy approvals licensing consumption costs support requirements and operational dependencies.
  

• Prepare recommendations on whether pilots should proceed to enterprise deployment.
  

• Coordinate transition to production operational handover support documentation and lessons learned.
  

• Build and maintain relationships with executive directors directors project sponsors ministry representatives vendors and technical teams.
  

• Manage stakeholder expectations resolve delivery challenges and escalate risks and competing priorities appropriately.
  

• Develop high-quality written communications project reports presentations and recommendations for executive and ministerial audiences.
  

• Identify resource requirements dependencies policy implications and delivery methodologies.
  

• Evaluate project outcomes stakeholder satisfaction and opportunities for continuous improvement.
  

The candidate must meet at least ONE of the following criteria:

1. University graduation in business management or a related discipline with at least 4 years of Project Management experience; OR
   

2. A two-year diploma in business management or a related discipline with at least 6 years of Project Management experience; OR
   

3. A one-year certificate in business management or a related discipline with at least 7 years of Project Management experience; OR
   

4. At least 8 years of Project Management experience without a specified education requirement.
   

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  

• 8 years: Developing project schedules estimating resource requirements and developing and monitoring work plans.
  

• 8 years: Identifying analyzing and managing risks on large complex projects.
  

• 2 years: Implementing large-scale cloud-based projects and services related to AI service enablement and integration.
  

• 3 years: Managing Microsoft 365 implementation projects involving multiple Office 365 products and requirements.
  

• 1 year: Delivering generative AI or agentic AI tools in an enterprise environment such as Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Studio Google Gemini Enterprise or Claude Enterprise.
  

• 5 years: Developing and delivering communications and presentations to executives management program sponsors steering committees branch managers and end users.
  

• 2 years: Implementing chargeback cost-recovery or consumption and expenditure reporting for cloud or SaaS services.
  

• 4 years: Understanding the impact of organizational policies processes and procedures on performance.
  

• 5 years: Leading large enterprise-scale projects and programs.
  

• 3 years: Leading organizational change management and user adoption for enterprise technology rollouts including training programs and business champion networks.
  

• 2 years: Managing technology pilots or proofs of concept from evaluation through production or enterprise service.
  

• 3 years: Planning and coordinating User Acceptance Testing for enterprise technology implementations.
  

• 2 years: Managing enterprise software or SaaS licence rollout allocation lifecycle management request workflows and provisioning.
  

• 2 years: Applying security controls in project solutions and designs including STRAs and PIAs.
  

• 5 years: Process improvement documentation and requirements gathering.
  

• 5 years: Working in or for the public sector.
  

• Enterprise IT project management and delivery governance.
  

• Microsoft 365 Azure Google Cloud SaaS licensing cloud consumption and identity and access management concepts.
  

• Generative AI and agentic AI concepts including assistants agents grounding model selection responsible AI risks and consumption-based cost drivers.
  

• Risk management issue resolution dependency management and resource planning.
  

• Security and privacy assessment coordination including STRAs and PIAs.
  

• User Acceptance Testing release management and operational transition.
  

• Organizational change management training stakeholder engagement and user adoption.
  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including preparation of executive-level and ministerial-level material.
  

• Ability to work independently collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and manage changing priorities in a large federated organization.
  

• The resource must work from within Alberta Canada due to network and data security requirements.
  

• The role is remote; however the resource must be available for onsite meetings when required potentially three to four times per month.
  

• The contractor must provide their own computer and related equipment. Windows is preferred; a modern Windows or macOS system compatible with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is required.
  

• The quoted rate must include all overhead equipment supplies office costs administrative expenses and other costs associated with service delivery.
  

• The standard work schedule is 8:15 AM4:30 PM Alberta time Monday through Friday excluding provincial holidays.
  

• Travel commuting relocation accommodation and meal expenses for onsite attendance are not reimbursed by the Government of Alberta.
  

• A standard criminal record check is required before commencement if requested by the Province.
  

• The selected resource must complete mandatory government training including Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) and security awareness training.
  

• All required experience must be explicitly documented in the resume under the relevant job or project.
  

• Each job or project must include its term in the exact format MMM/YYYY to MMM/YYYY.