Project Manager

Job summary

Manage clinically focused IT projects throughout their lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, delivery controls, implementation, organizational change, transition, and communications. Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate stakeholders while overseeing requirements and design work, monitoring project performance, and reporting progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.

Job details

Focus Systems is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a health service corporation in the implementation of clinically focused information technology projects. If you have a strong record of managing large-scale IT software or infrastructure initiatives, aligning diverse stakeholders, and delivering complex work in a fast-paced environment, this is an opportunity to contribute to high-visibility projects that support health service delivery in Saskatchewan. Key Details Location: Remote within Canada; occasional travel to Saskatchewan may be required Contract: November 30, 2026, to December 31, 2027, with two optional one-year extensions Industry: Health Care / Public Sector / Information Technology Work Arrangement: Remote within Canada Role Overview The project manager will manage the implementation of clinically focused IT projects and may oversee multiple complex initiatives at the same time. The role provides project management and decision support to keep work on schedule and within budget while maintaining high-quality outcomes. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional project teams, coordinate stakeholders with complex needs, provide oversight across requirements and design activities, and support implementation, organizational change, transition, and communications throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Manage, schedule, and coordinate all aspects of projects across the full project lifecycle. Lead proactive cross-functional teams and promote teamwork, initiative, accountability, and open communication Develop and maintain project plans, estimates, schedules, work breakdown structures, budgets, and delivery controls Support project implementation, organizational change, transition, and communications activities Monitor project performance and report progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions to project teams, steering committees, and sponsors Communicate with stakeholders at all levels, set expectations against approved plans, and maintain alignment among stakeholders and team members Provide delivery oversight for requirements gathering, detailed design, and future-state development Lead and direct project staff, prioritize work, and support the effective use and development of project resources Maintain strong project management practices while adapting to changing priorities in a busy and sometimes unstructured environment Mandatory Qualifications Project Management Professional (PMP) designation Minimum five years of experience managing large-scale IT software or infrastructure projects at a provincial or comparable level of scope Located in Canada and permitted to work in Canada Required Skills and Experience At least five years of relevant project management experience in a busy, multifaceted environment Project planning and estimating experience, including creating and managing work breakdown structures Organizational change management, implementation, transition, and communications experience Familiarity with current IT platforms and methodologies, IT support environment processes, and information systems Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with IT and non-IT stakeholders Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities Advanced Microsoft Office skills and the ability to quickly understand technical concepts and systems Strong stakeholder relationship, facilitation, written and verbal communication, multitasking, troubleshooting, time management, problem-solving, and customer-service skills Application Deadline Please complete your initial application by October 15 at 11:00 PM CST. Only candidates selected to proceed to the next stage will be contacted and invited to complete their application package.

What you’ll do

Manage clinically focused IT projects throughout their lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, delivery controls, implementation, organizational change, transition, and communications. Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate stakeholders while overseeing requirements and design work, monitoring project performance, and reporting progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.

Requirements

Requires a PMP designation, at least five years managing large-scale IT software or infrastructure projects at a provincial or comparable scope, and authorization to work in Canada. Candidates should have experience in project planning and estimating, change management, implementation and transition, IT environments, stakeholder collaboration, and advanced Microsoft Office, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Listed skills

• Microsoft Office · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Facilitation · Preferred
• Requirements gathering · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Estimating
• Work Breakdown Structures
• Budget Management
• Scheduling
• Organizational Change Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Requirements Gathering
• Detailed Design Oversight
• Implementation and Transition
• Risk and Issue Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Facilitation
• Microsoft Office
• Written and Verbal Communication

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Healthcare
• Government & Public Sector
• Consulting

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