IT Project Manager - Infrastructure

Overview

The IT Project Manager Infrastructure is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and execution of IT Infrastructure projects from initiation through completion. This role oversees project delivery efforts across a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives, effective resource utilization, and timely delivery of high-quality outcomes.

This role collaborates with cross‑functional stakeholders and technical teams to manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and change. It is ideal for individuals with a strong foundation in project coordination and business analysis who are ready to take full ownership of project delivery. The role requires a proactive leader who can manage multiple projects, influence stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in delivery practices.

• Full time permanent position, Monday‑Friday, 40 hours per week.
• This role can be based in Sherwood Park or Calgary, Alberta, Canada or Houston, Texas, USA, in a hybrid (office / work‑from‑home) capacity.

• Lead infrastructure projects involving networks, servers, cloud platforms, data centers, telecommunications, and end‑user computing environments.
• Manage deployment and upgrade initiatives involving firewalls, switches, routers, wireless infrastructure, storage, virtualization, and cloud services.
• Coordinate infrastructure modernization, capacity expansion, and technology refresh programs.
• Lead the full lifecycle of IT projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Define project scopes, deliverables, schedules, and resource plans in collaboration with stakeholders and technical teams.
• Track and manage project progress against objectives, resolving blockers and escalating issues when necessary.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in alignment with organizational standards.

• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, network, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor teams.
• Support resource planning and scheduling for maintenance windows, cutovers, and infrastructure deployments.
• Coordinate the work of cross‑functional teams, including internal IT staff, business users, and third‑party vendors.
• Support resource planning and task assignment across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Provide guidance to junior project team members, including specialists and coordinators.

• Communicate infrastructure project impacts, outage windows, deployment schedules, and service transition activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to minimize operational disruption during infrastructure changes.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, ensuring clear and timely communication.
• Prepare and deliver project updates, dashboards, and reports for business and technical audiences.
• Manage stakeholder expectations appropriately throughout the project lifecycle.

• Support infrastructure standardization, operational maturity, and technology lifecycle management initiatives.
• Promote infrastructure design and implementation practices that improve scalability, reliability, and resiliency.
• Apply appropriate project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) based on project context.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes and implement best practices for project execution.
• Participate in retrospectives and knowledge‑sharing activities to support continuous improvement.

• Manage risks related to system availability, network performance, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and operational continuity.
• Coordinate mitigation and contingency planning for critical infrastructure implementations and cutovers.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Maintain risk logs and issue trackers; escalate critical concerns to senior leadership as needed.
• Implement corrective actions to keep projects on track.

Other duties as assigned.

• Understanding of enterprise infrastructure technologies including networking,…