Chief Operating Officer - Deer Lodge Health Group

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking a senior leader to guide strategic change across its integrated health-care system. This role requires extensive experience in complex operating environments and a proven ability to drive multi-site initiatives.

The successful candidate will oversee financial and human resources management, stakeholder collaboration, and policy-aware decision making, with a commitment to excellence and equity in Manitoba health services.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience in complex environments.
• Ability to plan, develop, lead and sustain strategic change.
• Superior leadership abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in a large system with public policy understanding.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in Finance and Human Resource management of large orgs.
• Experience with media relations.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Strategic change leadership

Analytical problem solving

Interpersonal communication

Public policy understanding

Stakeholder collaboration

Finance management

HR management of large orgs

Media relations

Education

Master's degree in Health Administration or related field

Bachelor's degree in Health Profession

Job description

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Requisition ID: 412743

Position Number: 20027899

Posting End Date: October 30, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date: 10/31/2026

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Standby coverage as required

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Experience

• A minimum of 10-15 years’ progressive healthcare experience in senior leadership roles in complex operating environments with significant organizational change.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, lead and sustain strategic change.
• Superior leadership abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within a large system context with a good understanding of public policy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Experience in Finance and Human Resource management of multi-million-dollar organizations.
• Experience with media relations.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Master’s degree in an applicable field (e.g., Nursing, Allied Health, Business or Health Care Administration) combined with a Bachelor degree in a relevant Health Profession.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

Not Applicable

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of education and research processes preferred.
• Excellent analytical skills, rapid problem-solving abilities, effective communication skills, judgment and interpersonal skills.
• Integrity, dependability, honesty, initiative and tact.
• Thorough understanding of complex health related issues.
• Ability to work with a computerized environment.
• Ability to manage non-routine, highly-variable workload.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in an environment that is highly-stressful with multiple competing demands
• Must be able to work under stress and time constraints within a dynamic environment.
• May be required to work extended hours.
• May be required to work evenings or weekends.
• Must be available to work on call.
• Ability to attend meetings and supervise staff at multiple sites.
  

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.