Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Health Shared Services is currently looking to add an experienced and dynamic Program Director to the Provincial Community Care Services Information & Technology Team. Reporting to the Executive Director, Provincial Community Care Services Information & Technology (IT), the Program Director will be an experienced individual who will undertake a key leadership role supporting six areas within the Community Care portfolio with pivotal IT projects that impact and improve front line operations, and patient care for Albertans. This role is responsible for aligning the concept and principles of project, program and change management with organizational priorities, processes, and approaches. The Program Director will contribute to the evolution of culture and behaviours across the identified benefit areas through providing a strong understanding of overall operational activities across the organization to ensure best practice solutions are being undertaken. They will be responsible for fostering a highly effective workplace and successful project implementations; including functions related to audit, risk, transition to operations and continuous improvement.
Description:
The Program Director will provide leadership, consultation, and management across all of the Provincial Community Care Services areas. These areas include Population Public & Indigenous Health, Seniors Health, Primary Care and Call Centres, Emergency Health Services, Addictions & Mental Health, and Forensics & Correctional Health. The Program Director will need to build strong business relationships with key stakeholders and leaders while demonstrating the ability to manage large-scale organizational initiatives. This position will be integral to foster partnerships and achieve organizational goals with a strong client service mindset.
Transition Company: Health Shared Services Classification: Director Union: Exempt Unit and Program: IT Provincial Community Care Services Primary Location: CN Tower Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta Employee Class: Regular Full Time FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 19-OCT-2026 Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $57.07 Maximum Salary: $100.39 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Progressive and demonstrated senior leadership experience within a large, complex healthcare environment working with integrated clinical systems on strategy, planning, and implementation. Minimum of a Bachelor degree combined with experience working within the healthcare ecosystem. 7 to 10+ years of project, program and change management experience on large and complex IT projects. Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation, and Prosci® Certification in Change Management required. Significant experience in facilitation, building business relationships with key stakeholders, conflict resolution and risk management. Experience in working within a complex matrixed organization with Senior Leadership level sponsors and stakeholders.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams working on initiatives with competing priorities and tight timelines. Experience in fostering a positive work environment, encouraging teamwork, open communication, and maintaining high ethical and professionalism standards, even in challenging settings. Practical experience in strategy, leadership, and strategic thinking on the portfolios priority needs, while taking into account long-term goals and implications. Capability to make major decisions in a sound, consistent manner under tight timelines and high pressure situations to ensure successful outcomes. Ability to work with a high degree of independence, providing integrated and well-coordinated planning and execution within multi-visionary, collaborative teams. Proven leadership skills including mentoring, coaching, teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence within the team. Expertise in project management methodologies, and tools, and governance to ensure project controls and successful outcomes. Experience with financial management including the planning, development and monitoring of assigned budgets.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate large-scale IT programs and projects across six Provincial Community Care Services areas, aligning project, program, and change management with organizational priorities. Build stakeholder partnerships, lead teams and project implementations, and oversee risk, audit, operational transition, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree and progressive senior leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment, including 7–10+ years managing large and complex IT projects, programs, and change initiatives. Requires PMP and Prosci Change Management certifications, with demonstrated expertise in stakeholder engagement, multidisciplinary team leadership, governance, risk, and budget management.
Skills
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Strategic Planning
- Healthcare IT
- Clinical Systems
- Leadership
- Facilitation
- Conflict Resolution
- Risk Management
- Team Building
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Governance
- Financial Management
- Continuous Improvement
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Healthcare
- Technology
Keywords
- Healthcare
- Health Shared Services
- Provincial Community Care Services
- Healthcare IT
- Integrated Clinical Systems
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Change Management
- PMP
- Prosci Certification
- Strategic Planning
- Organizational Change
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitation
- Conflict Resolution
- Risk Management
- Project Governance
- Project Controls
- Multidisciplinary Teams
- Financial Management
- Budget Monitoring
- Audit
- Transition to Operations
- Continuous Improvement
- Population and Indigenous Health
- Seniors Health
- Primary Care
- Emergency Health Services
- Addictions and Mental Health
- Forensics and Correctional Health
