Senior Project Manager
Your Opportunity:
As a key contributor to advancing Recovery Alberta’s strategic goals and strategies, the Senior Project Manager (Senior PM) provides advanced project management, change management, quality improvement, and leadership expertise. This position holds a high degree of independence to lead, facilitate, develop, and implement project initiatives for Community Mental Health & Addiction service areas across the province by applying project management and business methodologies. The position is accountable for providing senior project management and consulting expertise and is responsible for developing project plans for complex, multiple year, multiple site projects that require collaboration with Provincial partners, internal and external stakeholders, The Senior PM works directly with project teams within a matrix resourcing environment and supervise staff or lead functional teams, working groups or projects. This position coordinates initiatives with multiple stakeholders including, but not limited to, government, community agencies, municipalities, patient and family representatives and partners. The Senior PM is responsible for and provides leadership to project management activities across all stages of a project, often including pre-project activities and spanning project initiation, planning and execution, implementation, evaluation and closure. The Senior PM must possess the skills to use data and information to effectively advance quality and innovation. This position requires specialized and advanced expertise, knowledge and skill, along with considerable experience within healthcare environments.
Description:
As a key contributor to advancing Recovery Alberta’s strategic goals and strategies, the Senior Project Manager (Senior PM) provides advanced project management, change management, quality improvement, and leadership expertise. This position holds a high degree of independence to lead, facilitate, develop, and implement project initiatives for Community Mental Health & Addiction service areas across the province by applying project management and business methodologies. The position is accountable for providing senior project management and consulting expertise and is responsible for developing project plans for complex, multiple year, multiple site projects that require collaboration with Provincial partners, internal and external stakeholders, The Senior PM works directly with project teams within a matrix resourcing environment and supervise staff or lead functional teams, working groups or projects. This position coordinates initiatives with multiple stakeholders including, but not limited to, government, community agencies, municipalities, patient and family representatives and partners. The Senior PM is responsible for and provides leadership to project management activities across all stages of a project, often including pre-project activities and spanning project initiation, planning and execution, implementation, evaluation and closure. The Senior PM must possess the skills to use data and information to effectively advance quality and innovation. This position requires specialized and advanced expertise, knowledge and skill, along with considerable experience within healthcare environments.
- Classification: Senior Project Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Community Mental Health & Addiction
- Primary Location: Youth Residential Svcs - Edm
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 12-NOV-2026
- Date Available: 26-NOV-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7,75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.73
- Maximum Salary: $66.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Bachelor’s degree in a business or health related field, or equivalent of training and experience. Relevant project management specific education, training, or certification in project management from an accredited institution. A minimum of five years’ experience in project management in a complex health care setting or an organization of significant size. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The incumbent will possess a record of accomplishment in the following areas: Specialized expertise in planning methodologies, including quality improvement, project management and change management Coordination experience in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring and evaluation Significant experience in problem solving, risk mitigation, concerns resolution, conflict resolution and negotiation Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with leading a team, making decisions, coaching and teaching, and inspiring and building confidence in others Demonstrated ability to engage and foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influencing skills, interpersonal skills, client-focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services Ability to develop and deliver education to transfer knowledge Experience in formal report development
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the fields of addiction and/or mental health Extensive knowledge of clinical areas, groups and professions and the processes that support changing clinical practice/processes
