Project Manager

Role: Project Manager(s)

Location: 100% on-site at a GOS office in Regina, Saskatchewan

Term: 2 years (with an option in favor of GOS to extend the Agreement on the same terms and conditions for two additional terms of two years and/or up to the completion of the project.)

Overview:

The duties of the Project Manager(s) include, though are not limited to:

• Develop the Detailed Project Plan in consultation with the Project Leadership Team.
• Produce the Project Plan and obtain Project Sponsor approval.
• Ensure the project is delivered in accordance with established project management methodologies, standards, processes, and documentation aligned with Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices.
• Manage and deliver IT projects for multiple GOS ministries and public sector clients, ensuring adherence to governance processes, stage-gate approvals, audit requirements, reporting obligations, and established project management standards throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish, support, and facilitate project governance structures, including executive steering committees, to enable timely decision-making, stakeholder alignment, issue and risk escalation, and documented governance outcomes.
• Facilitate ongoing stakeholder engagement and communication throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring stakeholders receive timely, accurate, and audience-appropriate project information.
• Lead and execute organizational change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications, impact assessments, readiness assessments, training, and user adoption planning.
• Deliver project outcomes on time, within budget, and in accordance with approved scope, quality standards, and project objectives.
• Ensure project deliverables comply with applicable technical standards, policies, and requirements.
• Facilitate the integration and coordination of project interdependencies and touchpoints across related initiatives, where required.
• Monitor, manage, and report on project performance, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and quality.
• Identify, assess, monitor, mitigate, and manage project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide timely communications and reporting regarding project risks, issues, decisions, and concerns to the project team, project sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, meetings, presentations, and working sessions involving diverse stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors, service providers, and business partners to ensure their activities and deliverables are integrated into the overall project plan and implementation approach.
• Develop and manage project change requests related to scope, schedule, budget, and resources, including communicating impacts and obtaining the necessary approvals.
• Identify, communicate, and manage changes to project resource requirements and support resource planning activities as required.