Project Manager (IT) – Senior

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About The Position

The Senior Project Manager will lead and support AI enablement projects for the Government of Alberta’s AI Delivery & Enablement (AIDE) branch. AIDE supports responsible AI adoption to improve productivity, decision-making, and outcomes for Albertans. The role may span one or more of four work streams: enterprise AI licence and consumption enablement; AI cloud platform and integration; governance, security, privacy, and intake alignment; and training, adoption, and change management. Projects include moving AI capabilities from evaluation and time-boxed pilots into governed enterprise services, with appropriate approvals, licensing and cost treatment, training, support, and operational handoff. The Project Manager will manage multiple concurrent initiatives for different directors and sponsors, balancing shifting priorities, shared resources, and dependencies. Responsibilities include project planning and governance, coordinating technical and business delivery, managing vendors and stakeholders, preparing executive-level communications, and ensuring projects align with Government of Alberta policies, security and privacy requirements, responsible AI standards, and enterprise architecture. Resources report to the AIDE Executive Director and may be assigned to directors as priorities require. The position is remote but the resource must work within Alberta and be available for onsite meetings when required, potentially up to 3–4 times per month. Standard hours are 08:15–16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays observed by the Province. The 12-month contract is listed as starting ASAP.

Requirements

University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
At least 8 years of progressive IT project management experience, with a proven record delivering complex AI, cloud, or enterprise technology projects.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects across different sponsors and directors.
Strong experience with Microsoft 365, Azure, and Google Cloud services.
Experience with SaaS licensing, tenant administration, cloud subscription and consumption models, and identity and access management.
Familiarity with generative and agentic AI concepts, including assistants, agents, grounding, model selection, responsible AI risks, and token- or consumption-based cost drivers.
Experience with IT change and communication management.
Experience with User Acceptance Testing frameworks.
Experience with security and privacy assessment processes, including STRAs and PIAs.
Experience delivering change in large, federated organizations where adoption relies on distributed business champions rather than direct authority.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare material for Deputy Minister- and Minister-level audiences.
Strong project governance, risk management, and budget management skills.
Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Must work within Alberta and be available for onsite meetings when required.

Nice To Haves

Public sector experience.
Awareness of Government of Alberta and departmental IT policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and practices.
Awareness of vendor licensing and procurement constructs.

Responsibilities

Compile project charters and plans, including approach, objectives, scope, assumptions, timelines, resources, risks, benefits, and budgets.
Manage multiple concurrent projects across different directors and sponsors, balancing priorities, shared resources, and cross-project dependencies, and escalate conflicts as required.
Develop project schedules and work plans, estimate resource requirements, monitor delivery, and take corrective action to complete project tasks.
Establish project organization structures, roles, and responsibilities with sponsors and the project management office.
Report project status against objectives, milestones, budget, and resources; facilitate issue and risk tracking and closure.
Plan and manage enterprise AI licence allocation, quota tracking, provisioning, reassignment, reclamation, and excess demand across ministries.
Develop and implement chargeback and cost-recovery mechanisms for AI licences and consumption-based services with finance, procurement, and ministry stakeholders.
Support onboarding of AI providers, models, and agents to the approved catalogue, including licensing, cost treatment, and provisioning requirements.
Establish licence utilization, consumption, and spend reporting and make recommendations to leadership.
Manage AI platform and integration projects involving cloud, on-premises, and direct-to-provider services, including environments, landing zones, APIs, identity and access, and data connectors.
Manage requirements, design, and delivery of AI and cloud solutions in alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and privacy requirements.
Coordinate model and platform lifecycle activities, including vendor-driven deprecations and migrations, to avoid service disruption or unplanned cost increases.
Plan transition of new capabilities into operations, including support models, monitoring, operating documentation, and handoff.
Coordinate with vendors and delivery partners on deployment schedules, support models, training, licensing, and consumption commitments.
Coordinate project intake and assessment, confirming scope, value, risk, and priority before initiation.
Coordinate STRAs, PIAs, information-classification and data-residency reviews, and required approvals before capability release.
Apply responsible AI standards and guardrails to project design, testing, and release, and document risk responses.
Plan and coordinate User Acceptance Testing and release-readiness reviews.
Coordinate role-based training and learning pathways with the Alberta AI Academy, including vendor-supported training.
Work with the AI Delivery and Enablement Champion network and ministry leadership on allocation, adoption planning, use-case identification, and ministry-specific needs.
Develop requirements documentation, user guidance, support pathways, and knowledge articles for supported releases.
Provide leadership and assistance to business and project teams requiring change management and communications support.
Track training completion and adoption against targets and recommend actions when uptake is below expectations.
Capture lessons learned and successful approaches for reuse across ministries.
Plan and manage AI pilots from intake through recommendations on enterprise enablement, including cohort selection, training, use-case capture, evaluation criteria, and cost and governance treatment.
Prepare and package deliverables for internal support teams, steering committees, executive and ministerial audiences, and other stakeholders.
Develop recommendations covering resource requirements, dependencies, policy implications, and methodology.
Maintain project communications with sponsors, manage client relationships and satisfaction, and escalate risks as needed.
Assess whether projects achieved their stated outcomes and identify improvements for future initiatives.