Senior IT Project Manager with data visualization experience specializing in IT and Financial solution assessments within the public sector (597)

Our client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with data visualization experience specializing in IT and Financial solution assessments within the public sector (597)

3 days a week onsite is required in Edmonton

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of experience with project management experience includes business cases, feasibility studies, risk assessments, scope development, project and program planning, change management, RFP development, technology selection, application development, application integration, data integration, pre-flight testing and full implementation.
• Experience with articulating and translating technical language for non-technical customers both verbally and in writing.
• Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.
• Bachelor degree, diploma or certificate in IT, Computer Science or related field of study.

Additional Requirements:

• 3+ years' experience with Azure tools, components, and services e.g. including but not limited to Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Purview
• 4+ years' experience creating data visualizations, dashboards, and other information products for clients using BI/analytics software, including any or all: SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Investigator, MS Power BI, Tableau, Looker, R, Python.
• 3+ years' experience creating and managing project forecast and actual budgets.
• Experience working with information management and cybersecurity policies, directives, and guidelines within limited timelines.
• 3+ years' experience in a leadership role working in the public sector with a sound knowledge of its stakeholders, business functions and informational requirements.
• Currently active PMP or PGMP Certification as issued by the Project Management Institute or equivalent

About the Role:

Responsible for the coordination and completion of IT and Finance gap and preparing policies, guidelines, platforms based on analysis and findings. Oversees all aspects of projects currently ongoing in TI. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of projects. Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, Finance, IT divisions, Contract branch, Procurement and other departments involved in the projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of projects.

• 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 each project sponsor to ensure that effective project communication exists throughout the duration of the project, including escalation of risks as required.

• 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.

• Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget, and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks to the Executive Director, Financial Services.

• 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 and develop, as required, related requirements documentation.

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

• Other responsibilities as required or requested.

Contract and Budget Oversight:

• Conduct comprehensive contract inventory and spend analysis to support strategic procurement and resource allocation.

• Develop contract-level budget justifications to assess and validate the value of contract expenditures.

• Prepare and maintain an optimized contractual spend plan that aligns with organizational goals and fiscal constraints.

• Generate a comprehensive zero-based budgeting report to evaluate funding allocations from the ground up.

• Assess whether current contracts deliver good value for funds spent and identify areas for improvement.

• Assist with annual and multi-year budgets that allocate funding to contracts based on substantiated justifications, including identification of potential cost savings through consolidation, renegotiation, or discontinuation of underperforming contracts.