Program Manager
- Classification: Program Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Surgical Care Alberta
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 05-AUG-2026
- Date Available: 24-AUG-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: $45.23
- Maximum Salary: $77.51
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
A minimum of an undergraduate degree in a health sciences field or related discipline. Minimum five years of progressive leadership experience in a healthcare system role with provincial, multi-site, or multi-corridor responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in quality improvement, patient safety, healthcare policy, performance measurement, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement. Strong communication, facilitation, analytical, relationship-building, and project management skills. Ability to work effectively in complex clinical and operational environments and influence decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on quality improvement, system performance, patient safety, policy development, and organizational change. Proven ability to develop strategic plans, business cases, recommendations, performance frameworks, briefing materials, and reports for executive leadership. Experience supporting accreditation readiness, quality assurance activities, governance processes, risk mitigation, and implementation of provincial standards and policies. Strong understanding of healthcare operations, performance measurement, data analysis, sustainability principles, and evidence-informed practice. Proven ability to lead change, build collaborative partnerships, facilitate engagement processes, and achieve results through influence rather than direct authority. Highly organized with exceptional critical thinking, problem-solving, and prioritization skills in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Graduate degree in quality improvement, healthcare leadership, healthcare management, public health, or a related field. Formal training in change management, implementation science, quality improvement methodologies, project management, or stakeholder engagement. Experience supporting provincial healthcare initiatives, surgical services, accreditation activities, healthcare sustainability programs & performance reporting frameworks.
