Senior Data & IT Project Manager

Senior Data & IT Project Manager

Location: Calgary, AB

Term: 1 Year Contract (with potential for extension)

Schedule: Monday to Friday, In Office

About the Role

The Senior Data & IT Project Manager is responsible for leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives by coordinating Data & IT (D&IT) deliverables, managing cross-functional dependencies, and driving collaboration between technical and business stakeholders.

This role serves as the primary liaison between business units and D&IT teams, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and aligned with organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration between D&IT teams and business stakeholders to support the successful delivery of digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps aligned with business objectives and technology strategies.
• Coordinate activities across multiple D&IT teams, ensuring priorities, deliverables, and timelines remain on track.
• Act as the primary point of accountability for D&IT project execution, issue resolution, and stakeholder engagement.
• Translate business requirements into actionable technical work packages and implementation plans.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while proactively removing barriers to execution.
• Support innovation, research, and continuous improvement initiatives across business and technology teams.
• Prioritize competing project demands and optimize resource allocation to align with organizational priorities.
• Monitor project performance, milestones, budgets, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Prepare and deliver project updates, reports, and presentations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead organizational change and support adoption of new technologies, processes, and ways of working.
• Ensure project outcomes deliver measurable business value and align with long-term corporate objectives.

Qualifications

• Legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Post-secondary education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12-15 years of IT experience, including leadership responsibility for large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-year technology projects from initiation through completion.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technologies, IT infrastructure, cloud platforms, ERP systems, and data governance frameworks.
• Experience managing projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to align technology solutions with business objectives and strategic priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills with experience engaging executive leadership teams.
• Experience leading organizational change and technology adoption initiatives within complex environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• PMP certification is considered an asset.
• Agile, Scrum, ITIL, or other relevant project management certifications are considered advantageous.

Key Competencies

• Leadership and stakeholder engagement
• Strategic planning and roadmap development
• Project and program management
• Business and technical alignment
• Risk management and problem-solving
• Change management and organizational transformation
• Communication and executive presentation skills
• Innovation and continuous improvement
• Results-oriented decision making
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence