Manager, Project Management Services

Please note: The application deadline for this position is November 30 at 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST).

The Government of the Northwest Territories is seeking a Manager, Project Management Services to join the Department of Health and Social Services' Information Services team in Yellowknife.

This role leads the delivery and continued development of enterprise electronic Health and Social Services (eHSS) projects and programs across the NWT health system. You will bring together project, program and portfolio management, technology leadership and change management to help ensure complex information-system investments deliver meaningful results for health and social services.

About the Role

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, you will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for managing complex eHSS projects and programs across the Department and Health and Social Services Authorities. You will oversee the project portfolio, provide strategic advice, establish project management standards and processes, manage vendors and resources, and lead organizational change associated with major information-system initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the portfolio of enterprise eHSS projects and programs, including priorities, schedules, budgets, risks and performance reporting.
• Establish and continuously improve project, program and portfolio management standards, policies, processes and tools.
• Provide strategic and policy advice on information management, information systems and technology initiatives across the Health and Social Services system.
• Lead change management, adoption and business-process improvement associated with major technology initiatives.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior leaders, Health and Social Services Authorities, vendors, government partners and other stakeholders.
• Manage unit operations, including staff leadership, financial resources, contracts, procurement and vendor performance.

Qualifications

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:

• A bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, combined with five years of recent, related experience leading project teams and managing projects in complex and evolving environments.
• Relevant experience may include financial planning and reporting, program and portfolio management, strategic planning, policy and procedure development, human resource management, business process reengineering, change management, evaluation, risk management and management of integration points across projects.

Assets include:

• Project, program or portfolio management experience in the health-care IM/IS environment;
• Experience leading consultation with health-care and government stakeholders;
• Active Project Management Institute credentials, such as PMP, PgMP or PfMP; and
• Experience working within a hospital, regional health authority or ministry-level Health and Social Services environment.

Equivalencies may include:

• A diploma in Information Systems, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, combined with seven years of recent, related experience leading project teams and managing projects in complex environments; or
• A master's degree in Information Systems, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, combined with three years of recent, related experience leading project teams and managing projects in complex environments.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Learn More

The GNWT offers a competitive salary, an annual northern living allowance, a generous defined benefit pension plan, and health/dental benefits in addition to relocation assistance. To learn more about living and working in the Northwest Territories, visit:

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