Director, Corporate Services — Strategic Healthcare Operations

Hamilton Health Sciences; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Health Sciences is seeking a Director, Corporate Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of hospital support functions. The role emphasizes service excellence, financial stewardship, employee engagement, quality improvement, and innovation to advance Vision 2030 priorities.

You will lead cross-site operations, manage budgets, oversee contracted services, and partner with clinical leaders to align services with patient experience and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations.
• Experience managing large, complex operational portfolios and budgets.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to continuous quality improvement principles and processes.
• Demonstrated success leading teams in a unionized environment.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development skills.
• Proven ability to drive quality improvement, operational excellence, and service innovation.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing operational and capital budgets.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills with key partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to patient and customer-focused service delivery.
• Ability to lead change, influence across diverse groups, and achieve organizational objectives through effective partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and accountability for Corporate Services across all hospital sites, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and responsive support services that meet organizational and operational requirements.
• Provide strategic oversight on planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of Clinical & Core Housekeeping, Portering, Linen Services, Room Booking, Waste Management, Inpatient Nutrition Services, Environmental Sustainability initiatives and other assigned corporate service functions.
• Lead service planning and operational initiatives to ensure support services are aligned with clinical priorities, patient experience goals, accreditation requirements, and organizational objectives.
• Oversee contracted service providers and vendor relationships, establishing performance expectations, monitoring service levels, ensuring contractual compliance, and addressing operational issues to achieve desired outcomes. Develop and manage operating and capital budgets for Corporate Services; monitor financial performance, identify variances, implement corrective actions, and ensure effective stewardship of financial and physical resources.
• Establish performance measures and quality improvement processes to monitor service effectiveness, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction, and implement strategies to drive service excellence.
• Partner with clinical leaders, physicians, support services, academic partners, researchers, volunteers, and external stakeholders to resolve operational challenges, support organizational priorities, and enhance service delivery across the organization.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Operations management

Budgeting

Quality improvement

Change leadership

Staff development

Communication

Contractor/vendor management

Education

Master's degree preferred

Post-secondary degree in healthcare/business/administrative or related discipline

Job description

Hamilton Health Sciences is seeking a Director, Corporate Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of hospital support functions. The role emphasizes service excellence, financial stewardship, employee engagement, quality improvement, and innovation to advance Vision 2030 priorities.

You will lead cross-site operations, manage budgets, oversee contracted services, and partner with clinical leaders to align services with patient experience and