Your Opportunity:
You are a highly motivated, tech-savvy IT Project Manager who is client-focused and committed to making a difference to the Health Shared Services (HSS) organization and the larger health care system. You are conscientious and detail oriented, able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with Clinical and IT stakeholders to understand the nature of their work and deliver complex IT projects. In the role of an IT Project Manager, you will be joining the Provincial Support Services (PSS) Projects team supporting provincial-wide projects that will transform the delivery of healthcare for all Albertans. Applying your relationship building, communication, documentation, negotiation, and advanced project management skills, you will work closely with and connect various teams within and outside of Health Shared Services to successfully deliver IT projects. There are 2 positions available.
Description:
The position is responsible for the inception, design, implementation, and closure of IT Projects in the Provincial Support Services portfolio. Clinical Projects are provincial in nature and involve multiple stakeholders across the healthcare system. The IT Project Manager provides high-level leadership within the project to deliver the business benefits required by HSS Clinical stakeholders. This involves managing projects with tangible deliverables and benefits that have a significant level of interdependency, strategic importance and risk for HSS. The IT Project Manager is required to solve highly complex problems and develop new solutions where existing precedent does not exist. The IT Project Manager investigates to understand the scope and scale of the problem and, using their expertise, is able to come up with a plan to address the issue. The IT Project Manager takes into account a significant number of factors in determining what the plan should be which includes: overall project schedule, multiple dependent schedules, possible or actual risks, resource requirements, costs, etc. The IT Project Manager decides what the new plan will be, and delegates and directs work accordingly. The position provides advice and direction to clients within its specialty function and scope, and requires strong leadership, planning, communication and facilitation skills. We support Lab, Diagnostic Imaging, Pharmacy and other Ancillary services.
- Classification: Senior Project Manager - IT
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Union: Exempt
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Unit and Program: Projects, Provincial Support Services IT
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Primary Location: Quarry Crossing
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Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
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Employee Class: Regular Full Time
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FTE: 1.00
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Posting End Date: 25-JUN-2026
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Date Available: 13-JUL-2026
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Hours per Shift: 7.75
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Length of Shift in weeks: 2
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Shifts per cycle: 10
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Shift Pattern: Days
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Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
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Minimum Salary: $41.16
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Maximum Salary: $70.58
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Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of post-secondary degree or diploma in Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent.
Additional Required Qualifications:
A minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in project management in an organization of significant size, complexity and diversity (health care experience an asset). Training and certification in Project Management.
Preferred Qualifications:
Healthcare knowledge and IT experience preferred. Project Management Certification (PMP or equivalent). Experience using Agile methodologies.
