Project Manager

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As a Project Manager, you will be a key member in the General Manager's Office and will deliver on business improvement projects and part of the City Building Program team delivering on the Calgary Plan, new Zoning Bylaw and Street Manual. You will collaborate across business units and departments and will utilize various project management techniques. Primary duties include:

• Drive and facilitate project planning using sequential and iterative methods and best practices (e.g. business cases, charters, work breakdown, detailed workplans and schedules, and risk management).
• Identify and manage interdependencies with other projects and initiatives.
• Guide, coach and motivate the team to be highly effective, self-organized, productive and accountable, with an emphasis on achieving commitments.
• Facilitate communication channels for teams and associated business and technical participants to ensure the vision, goals, progress and product delivery commitments are visible and well understood.
• Identify and actively work to remove impediments and blockers preventing teams from delivering goals.
• Mentor, facilitate and refine practices and principles within the project teams.
• Manage expectations with project team members and project participants.

Qualifications

• A completed 2-year diploma in Business or a related field and at least 7 years of related work experience as a project manager, ideally in technology and process improvement projects; OR
• A degree in Commerce or a related field and at least 5 years of related work experience as a project manager, ideally in technology and process improvement projects.
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is considered an asset.
• Proven significant experience managing multiple highly complex and large-scale projects, which span multiple functions and business groups, and have dependencies with multiple inter-related projects.
• Success in this position requires you to demonstrate strong facilitation, prioritization, planning and organizing skills in order to meet challenging deadlines.
• You will have excellent communication skills to prepare and present to a variety of audiences; well-developed consulting, consensus building and facilitation skills, business analysis/project management expertise.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a flexible approach and an ability to lead concurrent teams with multiple participants, including Directors.

Pre-employment Requirements

• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Workstyle:

• This position may be eligible to work from home for at least part of the time as one of several flexible work options available to City employees. These arrangements depend on the operational requirements of the role, employee suitability, and are subject to change based on operational needs and corporate direction.

Union: CUPE Local 38

Business Unit: Planning & Development Services -Service Excellence

Position Type: 1 Temporary (Up to 12 months)

Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE

Compensation: Pay Grade 12 $ per hour

Days of Work: This position works a 5 day

work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.

Hours of work: Standard 35-hour work week

Audience: Internal / External

Apply By: December 8, 2025

Job ID #: 312997