Executive Director Clinical Digital Solutions (Winnipeg, MB, CA)

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (Wrha); Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Shared Health in Manitoba seeks an Executive Director, Clinical Digital Services, to lead a province-wide clinical informatics and digital health solutions practice. This role supports Manitoba’s Clinical Preventive Services Plan and provincial digital strategy, serving Shared Health and six provincial service bodies with a standards-driven approach.

Reporting to the CIO, the incumbent will drive organizational change, optimize deployments, manage vendor contracts, and ensure adoption of

Qualifications

• 15 years of progressive experience including 10 years in senior or executive management in digitally enabled health service delivery (ITIL-based)
• 5 years leading a matrixed team for digital health systems operations and service management
• 5 years of program/project management leading cross-functional teams and negotiations with senior stakeholders
• 5 years direct experience in a clinical program with clinicians relationships

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for clinical digital solutions and provincial standards for clinical informatics
• Oversee service delivery, performance measurement, and continuous improvement for digital health systems
• Manage vendor contracts and ensure adoption and ongoing support of technologies
• Collaborate with provincial leaders to align digital health processes across Manitoba

Skills

Executive leadership

Service-focused leadership

Organizational change

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Post-secondary degree in clinical informatics

ITIL Foundation certification

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

Requisition ID: 411541

Position Number: 20089874

Posting End Date: October 8, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Shared Health

Site: Shared Health - Newport Bldg

Department / Unit: Digital Shared Services

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 10/19/2026 - Indefinite

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

This is an indefinite term position that may end before October 2027.

Salary is commensurate with education and qualifications.

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

Digital Health focuses on supporting clinical and business systems as the foundation for leveraging electronic data in the delivery of health-care services.

We have an opportunity for an executive director clinical digital services, who will lead a consultative clinical digital solution practice in support of Manitoba’s Clinical Preventive Services Plan and the outcomes defined in the approved clinical digital strategic services plan and annual operating plan. Focused on providing effective clinical digital solutions, processes, systems and technologies for public health system clients in Manitoba including Shared Health and six provincial service delivery organizations, the executive director clinical digital solutions will establish health informatics processes, systems and provide technology advice that enables the achievement of innovative and sustainable health services. The executive director will provide service-focused leadership to the clinical digital solutions staff across the province, ensure the delivery on service commitments by staff and vendors, lead the service delivery, performance measurement, continuous improvement and efficiency of a provincially-focused interdisciplinary team with a culture of client service in Shared Health, and encourage provincial clients to engage the team as their primary resource for clinical informatics and digital health processes, systems and technology advice. The successful candidate will develop and recommend provincial standards for clinical informatics and digital health processes, systems and technologies, collaborate with senior leaders across the health system to ensure the effective delivery, implementation, ongoing support and adoption of effective clinical informatics and digital health processes, systems and technologies, and act as a primary contact for the engagement of external vendors.

Reporting to the provincial lead and chief information officer of Digital Health, this executive director will engage leaders and critical stakeholders to collaboratively realign and standardize the use of provincial clinical informatics and digital health systems. The successful candidate will lead organizational change, ensure ongoing adoption, optimization, deployment and maintenance of technologies and related equipment, support and manage vendor contracts, and ensure effective services are provided to support overall organizational and health-care system requirements. The successful candidate’s leadership, professionalism, diplomacy, and continuous improvement orientation will be evident as they collaborate with clients and colleagues to provide excellent customer service, identify system solutions, and support an integrated province-wide health-care system that provides multiculturally respectful health services delivery.

As this role is provincial in nature, the work location is flexible within Manitoba and will be made in consultation with the successful candidate. We would be pleased to share a full job description with interested candidates who have submitted their application. Requests for more information may be directed via email to [e-mail], Attention: Human Resources.

Experience

• 15 years of progressive experience including:
  • 10 years of senior or executive management experience in digitally enabled health service delivery, business transformation, strategic planning, participating in digital health solution planning, system implementation, and/or leading the management of digital health information systems for a large ICT services organization ensuring operational sustainment and service management according to ITIL processes, and running a 24/7 on-call support team.
  • 5 years of experience leading a matrixed team to ensure collaboration and effective operations, working in a leadership role managing operational support for digital health systems, services and technologies.
  • 5 years of experience applying strong program/project management in leading multiple, large, cross-functional teams on projects, delivering executive-level presentations and influencing, leading and managing negotiations with senior-level management and key internal and external stakeholders.
  • 5 years of direct experience working in a clinical program with strong professional relationships with clinicians.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Post-secondary degree in clinical informatics, digital health or a related degree in computer science or technology from an accredited educational institution.
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation certification, or higher.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Active member of an associated regulatory body as appropriate.
• A valid Manitoba driver’s license and use of a personal motor vehicle for regular travel within the province.

Qualifications and Skills

Demonstrated senior‑level leadership capabilities. Shared Health has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.

Physical Requirements

• Must be available for regular travel within the province, able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment, and able to lift and move items of up to approximately 25 pounds.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your employee handbook.

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 in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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.