ERP Replacement Project Manager

Location: Morinville, Alberta, Canada

Employment Type: Full-Time Contract

Work Setting: Primarily Onsite; Hybrid permitted with approval

Contract Duration: 3 Years

Client is seeking an experienced ERP Replacement Project Manager to lead and coordinate a multi-year ERP replacement initiative. The selected professional will work closely with Financial Services, Technology Services, municipal departments, Administration, Council, project stakeholders, and the selected ERP vendor.

The role will provide dedicated project management, strategic guidance, and advisory services throughout the ERP lifecycle, including planning, business-process modernization, procurement, vendor selection, implementation, organizational change management, go-live, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations.

Key Responsibilities

ERP Project Management & Governance

- Lead and coordinate the multi-year ERP replacement project.

- Develop and maintain the project management plan, schedule, milestones, dependencies, risk register, issue log, and communications plan.

- Monitor project progress, budgets, deliverables, risks, and issues.

- Facilitate cross-functional project meetings and provide regular status reporting.

- Provide professional recommendations and decision support to Administration and project stakeholders.

Business Process & Requirements

- Review current ERP systems, business processes, technology setting, and dependencies.

- Lead business-process review and future-state process development.

- Gather and document business, functional, technical, reporting, security, integration, and regulatory requirements.

- Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and improve municipal workflows.

ERP Procurement & Vendor Selection

- Develop ERP procurement strategy and related schedules.

- Support development of ERP RFP documentation, evaluation criteria, and pricing schedules.

- Coordinate vendor inquiries, proposal evaluations, demonstrations, reference checks, and interviews.

- Prepare vendor evaluation summaries and recommendations.

- Support contract negotiations and transition to implementation.

ERP Implementation

- Provide project-management leadership throughout ERP implementation.

- Manage the relationship with the selected ERP vendor and monitor vendor performance.

- Coordinate configuration, workflows, business rules, integrations, and customizations.

- Coordinate data migration, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution.

- Lead system integration testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).





- Coordinate training, knowledge transfer, documentation, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.

Organizational Change Management

- Develop and coordinate the ERP change-management strategy.

- Lead stakeholder engagement and communications.

- Monitor organizational readiness and identify adoption risks.

- Support training and transition activities across municipal departments.

Project Close-Out

- Coordinate final project deliverables and system acceptance.

- Prepare lessons learned, outstanding issues, recommendations, and close-out documentation.

- Transfer knowledge to Financial Services, Technology Services, and other municipal teams.

- Support transition to ongoing ERP administration and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Must-Have Requirements

- 7+ years of progressively responsible project-management experience.

- Significant experience managing enterprise technology implementation projects within the public sector.

- Demonstrated experience leading ERP replacement projects within Canadian municipalities.

- Current PMP, CAPM, or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.

- Experience working with Canadian municipal governance, procurement, and decision-making environments.

- Experience working collaboratively with business and technology teams.

- Experience managing ERP vendors and external service providers.

- Experience providing strategic advice, recommendations, options, and decision support to senior administration, executive leadership, elected officials, or governing bodies.

Preferred / Asset

- Organizational Change Management certification.

- Experience with large-scale ERP transformation.

- Experience with business-process modernization.

- Experience with ERP procurement and vendor evaluation.

- Experience with data migration, UAT, training, cutover, and go-live.

- Experience transitioning ERP solutions into ongoing operations.

Education & Certifications

Relevant education must be included on the resume, mandatory bachelor's or master's degree.

Mandatory certification – one of the following:

- PMP – Project Management Professional

- CAPM – Certified Associate in Project Management





- PRINCE2 Practitioner

Asset: Organizational Change Management certification.

Recruiter Submission Template

Full Legal Name

Highest Education (Institution, Degree & Graduation Year):

Total Years of Project Management Experience:

Total Years of Public-Sector Technology Implementation Experience:

Total Years of ERP Project Management Experience:

Total Years of Canadian Municipal ERP Experience:

Does the candidate have 7+ years of progressively responsible project-management experience? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have enterprise technology implementation experience within the public sector? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have experience leading ERP replacement projects for Canadian municipalities? (Yes/No – Details):

Current Project Management Certification:

PMP / CAPM / PRINCE2 Practitioner / Other

Does the candidate have Canadian municipal governance/procurement experience? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have ERP procurement, vendor evaluation, and selection experience? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have ERP implementation experience including data migration, testing, UAT, training, cutover, and go-live? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have ERP vendor / external service provider management experience? (Yes/No – Details):

Does the candidate have Organizational Change Management experience/certification? (Yes/No – Details):

Has the candidate provided strategic advice to senior administration, executives, elected officials, or governing bodies? (Yes/No – Details):

Contact Number

Email ID

LinkedIn Profile URL

Full Address (Street, City, Province, Postal Code):

Current Work Authorization Status (Canada): Citizen / PR / Work Permit (provide expiry)

Expected Pay Rate (Hourly CAD):

Is it Incorporated/Corp-to-Corp or T4/Contract? If Corp, Corporation Name:

Are you ready to relocate on your own expenses and work in onsite at Morinville, Alberta, Canada? (Yes/No):

Mandatory References

Reference 1 – Canadian Municipality/Public Sector:

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Reference 2 – Canadian Municipality/Public Sector:

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Reference 3 – Canadian Municipality/Public Sector:

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