Senior Project Manager - Bilingual

full project lifecycle—from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and delivery—while ensuring clear communication, documentation, and collaboration in both French and English. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience managing large-scale IT system development projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery in Agile environments. Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and change management expertise are essential, as is a PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, or PRINCE2 certification. This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned bilingual professional to contribute to a high-impact provincial initiative designed to modernize citizen services through innovation and technology.

*** Remote position ***

*** 12 month contract to start ***

*** Candidates must be fluently in French and English ***

Advantages
•Strategic Impact – Shape governance processes for a major provincial healthcare transformation.
•Leadership – Lead a team and collaborate with stakeholders on complex healthcare IT projects.




Responsibilities
•Lead all phases of project management activities, including project initiation, detailed planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
•Develop key project documentation such as Phase Initiation Documents, project scopes, schedules, and risk management plans.
•Oversee and manage project delivery, ensuring resources, timelines, costs, quality, and communications are effectively coordinated.
•Facilitate collaboration among stakeholders, business teams, and technical teams in both French and English to ensure alignment and understanding.
•Conduct discovery sessions to gather business requirements and translate them into clear, actionable user stories and deliverables.
•Coordinate Agile ceremonies, manage sprints, and ensure development teams have well-defined, approved, and achievable tasks.
•Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, and change requests while maintaining progress toward project objectives.
•Prepare and deliver detailed project status updates and reports to senior management and steering committees.
•Support change management initiatives, developing plans to manage organizational transitions and minimize resistance.
•Utilize data and analytics to inform decision-making, ensuring solutions effectively address business, user, and technology needs.
•Maintain close communication with clients and stakeholders to ensure expectations are met and deliverables align with strategic goals.
•Drive accountability, foster collaboration, and ensure bilingual communication standards are met across all project interactions.

Qualifications
•University degree in Business Administration or Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
•Fluent proficiency in both French and English (spoken and written), with the ability to communicate effectively in professional and technical contexts.
•Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience leading multiple related IT projects that align with organizational goals.
•At least 5 years of experience managing IT system development and support projects, coordinating both business and technical teams.
•2+ years of hands-on Agile project delivery experience, including full lifecycle management through Concept, Inception, Iteration, and Release phases.
•Proven experience in cost estimating, resource planning, scheduling, and time management to ensure successful project delivery.
•2+ years of experience in change management, including developing and executing organizational change plans in bilingual environments.
•Demonstrated understanding of IT system concepts and how technology impacts business processes and service delivery.
•Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional and multilingual teams.
•Current Project Management certification such as PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, or PRINCE2.
•Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities with a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within scope.

Summary
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