Director, Program Management & Integration Job Information Job Title:Director, Program Management & Integration Job Requisition ID:87142 Ministry:Edmonton Full or Part-Time:Full Time Hours of Work:36.25hours per week Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent Scope:Open Competition Closing Date:September 17, 2026 Classification:Senior Manager Zone 2 Salary: $5,139.30 to $6,526.16 bi-weekly ($134,135 - $170,332/year) The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations.

Alberta

Infrastructure is responsible for delivering about one quarter of the Alberta government’s Capital Plan, which addresses the provincial infrastructure needs of Alberta’s population that support key social programs and services and economic development. The Ministry designs, builds, manages, and maintains government-owned and operated facilities, and collaborates with other ministries to ensure that school and hospital infrastructure meet the needs of Alberta’s population. Infrastructure also provides accommodation services and manages a large portfolio of owned and leased facilities while maintaining fiscal accountability and optimizing value for Albertans.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Enterprise Performance, the Director, PM&I; provides strategic leadership for capital project controls, portfolio performance, data governance, analytics, executive reporting, and capital decision support. The Director establishes ministry-wide standards, processes, and integrated information frameworks that enable a consistent and reliable view of capital portfolio performance, proactively identify emerging risks, and support evidence-based funding, prioritization, and delivery decisions. The role leads a multidisciplinary team of 11 staff through two direct-report managers, provides strategic advice to senior and executive leadership, and ensures PM&I; activities are aligned with legislative requirements, government direction, and ministry priorities.

Recommend corrective actions and escalates significant performance issues to senior and executive leadership. Establish a ministry-wide capital project data strategy,



common data model and performance measurement framework. Provide project and portfolio-level financial advice and recommend funding reallocations, cash-flow adjustments and corrective actions for executive approval.

Oversee responsible predictive analytics and AI-enabled forecasting and build organizational data literacy. Accountable for the quality and timeliness of responses to urgent information requests and significant emerging issues. Build team capability through coaching, succession planning, knowledge transfer and career development.

Lead implementation of new project controls, reporting, data and analytics practices, including adoption plans, training and success measures.

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. Drive for Results – The position takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes, uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards, acknowledges even indirect responsibility, commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted and reaches goals consistent with APS direction.

Creative Problem

Solving – The position engages the community and resources at hand to address issues, engages perspective to seek root causes, finds ways to improve complex systems, employs resources from other areas to solve problems and engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks. Agility – The position identifies and manages required change and the associated risks, identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same, proactively explains impact of changes, anticipates and mitigates emotions of others, anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals and makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

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Networks – This position builds trust to fairly represent every party, uses network to identify opportunities, establishes credibility and common purpose with a range of people, actively represents needs and varying groups, creates strategic impression by inspiring and connecting with values and beliefs.

Systems

Thinking – This position takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them, takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities, anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives, works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values and works with others to identify areas for collaboration. A University degree in business administration, public administration, finance, engineering, economics, project management, data analytics, or a related field supplemented by five years progressively responsible experience.

Assets: Knowledge of accounting, financial management and reporting theories and concepts including Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. Knowledge of public sector accounting and auditing standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Professional designation or certification in project management, finance, engineering, analytics or change management.

Knowledge of data governance, data quality, analytics, business intelligence and integrated reporting environments. Knowledge of relevant accounting standards, legislation, regulations and policies, specifically the Financial Administration Act, Sustainable Fiscal Planning. Knowledge of Government of Alberta business and fiscal planning processes and procedures, and knowledge of the budgeting and forecasting principles and procedure.

Hours of Work – 36.25 hours per week (full time), Monday to Friday. Term of Employment – Full-time. Location – Infrastructure Building, Edmonton. Final candidates will be required to undergo an academic credentials verification.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate.

📌 DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, FULLTIME (Edmonton)
🏢 Government of Alberta
📍 Edmonton