Senior Project Manager

Please send your resume at ***email_hidden*** if you are interested in this 12 month contract with Workers Compensation Board Manitoba (WCB) with a possibility of extension, If you are not interested, please feel free to pass it in your network for anyone looking for work.

Position title: RFS 26-034 - Senior Project Manager

Working Status: The WCB will require the resource to work onsite at the WCB's office facilities in Winnipeg, Manitoba for a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) up to fifty percent (50%) of the resource's working time. The WCB may increase the required onsite percentage in its absolute discretion upon providing the Respondent with a reasonable notice.

Location: 333/363 Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Start Date: June 29th, 2026

Hours per week: 36.25 Hours

Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of complex, high-impact projects from initial conception to final implementation ensuring successful completion on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards. The Senior Project Manager will develop and obtain approval of project charters, objectives, success criteria and delivery approach of individual or multi-stream projects.

Key activities will include developing plans, assigning tasks and project resources, ensuring stakeholder involvement and commitment, managing project issues, monitoring and approving projects at each progressive phase, reviewing and reporting on project status, issues and priorities, planning, budgets, risk and quality management, and deciding on carrying out corrective actions, as necessary.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum ten (10) years of project management experience including experience managing complex projects and information technology projects; and
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.

Minimum Required Skills

• Proficiency in the use of a personal computer and software (MS Project and Microsoft 365) in a Windows environment;
• Proficiency in project management techniques and methodologies;
• Ability to learn new software products;
• Ability to provide leadership to a diverse group of multi-disciplinary teams;
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing;
• Ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders in confrontational situations;
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment; and
• Proficiency in systems design and systems analysis would be an asset.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with requirements management tools (i.e. Confluence, Jira, BitBucket etc.); and
• Experience with team collaboration tools (i.e. Teams, Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, Cisco Jabber, Slack etc.).