Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Cancer Care Alberta is recruiting for the position of Director, Strategic and Operational Initiatives within the office of the Managing Director. Working in a dynamic and engaging environment, this role provides key leadership to transformative strategies and opportunities to address current and future cancer service and program needs. This role coordinates and supports CCA policy development, as well as capital and equipment planning and procurement. Stakeholder engagement and building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with complex stakeholders, both internal and external to CCA, is a critical component of this exciting role.
Description:
The Cancer Care Alberta Director, Strategic and Operational Initiatives is a key role within the office of the Managing Director. Reporting to the Managing Director, the incumbent will support the translation of CCA strategy and program priorities into action ensuring alignment with the overarching strategy to meet current operational goals. The incumbent will identify and lead the development of short-term and long-term strategic planning priorities for CCA, monitoring their implementation, outputs, and outcomes. The incumbent will use evidence-based data analysis, innovative strategic leadership, integrated service and system planning knowledge, planning analytics, systems thinking, process improvement, change and project management to produce key outputs. Using evidence-based data, best practices, innovative service re-design or optimization opportunities, needs assessments, demand projections, performance information, and stakeholder input, the role will develop Business Cases, Operational Frameworks, and CCA Health Service and Operational Plans. Responsible for end-to-end project leadership and management the incumbent will develop the strategy for project execution, establishing project governance, leading teams to achieve objectives on time and budget, anticipating and mitigating internal and external risks, engaging stakeholders, finding solutions to complex system and service problems, and developing reports and recommended actions. The role will also have oversight of CCA policy and practice development and maintenance. The role is also the primary contact and facilitator for contract development, capital and equipment planning and procurement.

Transition Company:

Cancer Care Alberta

Classification:

Director

Union:

Exempt

Unit and Program:

Cancer Care Alberta

Primary Location:

Seventh Street Plaza

Location Details:

As Per Location

Negotiable Location:

Provincial

Employee Class:

Regular Full Time

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

19-NOV-2025

Date Available:

05-JAN-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:

$37.82

Maximum Salary:

$64.86

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Degree in a health or health related discipline. A minimum of five to ten years progressively responsible experience in a management, administrative, planning, analytic, evaluation, quality improvement or clinical role in an organization of significant size, complexity and diversity is required (healthcare experience an asset). A demonstrated pattern of professional and personal development.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Knowledge and demonstrated application of strategic and business planning, modeling concepts, and program/project management theories, principles and practices. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, client focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Ability to relay or explain complex issues or difficult situations. Expert skills in negotiation, facilitation and conflict resolution are required. Experience and expertise in facilitating presentations to convey information or transfer knowledge. Presentations are often to persuade or influence. Experience in leading senior level research projects or teams, expert level analysis, and developing complex reports to disseminate results. Successful leadership experience and advanced skills in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. Experience in resource management including planning and budgetary accountability. Proven abilities in creative thinking, complex problem solving, concerns resolution, investigation, and negotiation. Experience in initiating and fostering positive relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree preferred. Health services planning, system design or project management methodology training is an asset. Proven abilities in creative thinking, complex problem solving, concerns resolution, investigation, and negotiation. Recognized as an effective Team Leader with successful experience in strategic human resource management and development. Significant successful experience in leading and supervising staff within a health care environment.