Lead

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider is seeking a Lead for the Contracting, Procurement and Supply Management team in Alberta. This role requires at least five years of experience in competitive bidding processes and contract negotiations. The position offers the opportunity to work on significant projects that enhance healthcare delivery. Candidates must possess strong analytical skills and effective communication capabilities. The position supports remote work within Alberta.

Qualifications

• At least five years’ experience in competitive bidding processes.
• Proven ability to write and negotiate contracts.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective collaboration in stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute plans for competitive processes.
• Provide expert advice on contracting and procurement.
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and meetings.
• Ensure high-quality documentation for contract processes.

Skills

Experience in competitive bidding processes

Advanced analytical skills

Effective communicator

Contract management experience

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

Your Opportunity:

This position within the Contracting, Procurement and Supply Management (CPSM)’s Strategic & Major Procurement Initiatives Center of Excellence (COE) Team, will work closely with other team members and the Program Director to develop and execute plans for competitive processes and contracting activities across all scope categories. Not confined to a particular area, commodity or organization, the position will support and lead the highest priority and most complex competitive processes and negotiations taking place at AHS and Provincial Health Agencies/Corporations (PHA/Cs), working in concert with various organizations’ program groups to deliver on strategic initiatives. The core responsibility for the role is to work with the Program Director of the COE to develop and review bespoke strategic competitive process structures and documentation to facilitate successful achievement of objectives for multifaceted contracting initiatives. It is a unique opportunity to work with some of the most experienced and successful sourcing staff in AHS, while being at the center of major strategically significant projects benefiting healthcare delivery in Alberta as a whole, while contributing to best practice training / template creation. Please note that there up to two positions available on the COE team, both are being posted at this time, we will consider applicants to both in a combined review for the two positions.

Description:

This position provides support and expert advice to stakeholders on all aspects of contracting, procurement, and strategic business decisions, impacting contracts with vendors supplying goods and services to AHS, and other applicable entities. The role aligns strategic planning with practical implementation and ultimately is responsible for putting into action the activities which need to occur to ensure that stakeholder requirements for goods and services received are met through contractual obligation. The position will integrate business strategies into written sourcing and contract documents. The work involves writing and negotiating effective business agreements to ensure needs of AHS’ departments are met and clearly defined. Overall goals will typically include improving operations and mitigating risk, while containing costs. The work products that this individual is required to produce is expected to be of high quality, with high attention to detail, as the consequences of the work product will impact operations and budgets. Facilitation of stakeholder groups will be required including planning meetings with relevant content, writing original work products, presenting materials, facilitating vendor engagement, and in general moving business forward diligently. Furthermore, there is some degree of support for training and template review which also fall to this role as a Lead for the COE team, which generates and presents orientation sessions for CPSM. Previously in AHS, this position will be within the Health Shared Services PHC as AHS CPSM has been transferred as a whole to the new entity effective December 1, 2025.

Details:

• Transition Company: Health Shared Services
• Classification: Lead
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: COE/Major Projects
• Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-DEC-2025
• Date Available: 11-DEC-2025
• 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:

At least five years’ experience in competitive bidding processes (ideally negotiated request for proposals) and writing/negotiating resultant contracts required. Must have knowledge of business concepts and economic drivers that factor into business agreements. A proven track record for demonstrated application of business strategy, planning, process development, modelling business concepts, and project management. Advanced critical thinking, quantitative and qualitative analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify key issues and risks, create practical options/recommendations, and develop strategic solutions. Experience with healthcare and/or government sourcing is an asset. Progressive experience writing contracts or other equivalent documents with demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy is essential. A strong track record of facilitating large group discussions. Experience in delivering high quality work in high pressure environments within tight timelines. Contract management experience with the ability to use technical skills and knowledge for problem-solving. Effective communicator with collaborative communication skills, who consistently produces exemplary written work.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Capability to work completely independently with little to no direct supervision in completing complex tasks. Accountability for work products and meeting timelines is essential to success, while knowing when to elevate and flag risks and concerns through sound judgement is also a major asset. Literate in standard MS office application suite, at a minimum MS Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint. Given the nature of the work, integrity is extremely important. The position will be responsible for objective and ethical decision making of very sensitive issues having importance on major contract awards. Proven capability to thrive in a remote office environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ten or more years’ experience in progressively complex competitive processes and contract negotiations. Successful track record of delivering on sourcing initiatives of significant value ($100M+) Strong preference for experience in sourcing and contracting for a range of goods and services vs. a single commodity type. (ex.Capital/Clinical/Lab/IT Equipment, Software, Consulting, Construction, Consumables & Services) Experience in MS Access, SharePoint, Visio and Project all assets.