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Project Manager (Non IT) - Microsoft Project
Job# FT30672
Location Canada, AB
Job Type Contract
Salary Negotiable
Contact
Status ACTIVE
Date Posted November 17, 2025
Submission Deadline November 20, 2025
Job Stream
Benefits Negotiable
Details
:Our client is looking for a Project Manager - Microsoft Project in Edmonton, AB!Must Have Primary Skills :

• Bachelors Degree and Project Management Designation e.g. (PMP)
• The ability to learn quickly, problem solve/troubleshoot, work independently and in a team.
• Available for onsite meetings in Edmonton as required (Frequency of onsite meetings are three times per week)
• Available to lead frequent (daily) face-to-face meetings with clients and technical teams.
• Direct experience in anon-IT project management role.
• Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Experience developing project deliverables including project
• Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs and project closures.
• Experience exercising resourcefulness when making recommendations on highly technical or complex business issues without formal guidelines or precedents.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.

Nice To Have Secondary Skills :

• Ability to manage conflict.
• Ability to manage stress.
• Ability to work closely with key stakeholders to communicate progress.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience creating and managing project forecasts in Microsoft Project.
• Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience using MS Project tools in a project server environment.
• Experience working in or for the public sector.

Proven Experience In :Project Description:
Provide project management rigor to large, complex and/or politically sensitive strategic initiatives that are not (solely) IT in nature.
This can include: identifying an issue or opportunity in the business/industry; introduction of, or changes to, service delivery, policy, or legislation; creation and implementation of new products, programs, or business improvements; or other organizational or industry transformation. Oversees all aspects of project planning, execution, delivery, and close. This includes determining the most suitable approach to achieve defined objectives and ensure business needs, quality standards, and data integrity are achieved.
Responsible to:

• Work within the standards defined by the project management office where defined. In the absence of standards, work with the project management office to define new standards.
• Collaborate with program areas to develop well-defined proposals, project charters and other planning documents, and project artifacts.
• Work with project leads to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Manage, document and control Project(s) to achieve each Project's goals, scope, budget, schedule, quality, and other applicable performance standards.
• Identify project milestones, critical success factors, dependencies, policy implications, metrics, and resource requirements.
• Contribute to project deliverables where needed e.g., research, survey design, drafting report writing and etc. to support quality and timely delivery of deliverables.
• Regularly monitor, document and report on project progress against the plan.
• Plan, lead and participate in project and steering committee meetings.
• Document changes in scope, budget or schedule; coordinate signoffs and communicate changes with sponsor, working groups/committees and Project Management Office.
• Ensure that issues, risks, and opportunities are proactively identified with strategies developed and actioned where possible.
• Provide high-level business or process analysis, change management and communication supports to the team as required.
• Complete proper hand-over of project outputs including all relevant project documentation to project management office.
• In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.
• Document lessons learned and share with PMO.

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Skills
Software
Experience In at least 5 years of experience with/in Project Mananagement
Experience In at least 4 years of experience with/in Microsoft Project
Industry experience required: Business to Business Marketing/Sales
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Skills Required