Leader, Strategic Initiatives, Administrative Burdens

Health Quality BC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Quality BC in British Columbia seeks a Leader, Strategic Initiatives to support clinical workflow design and optimization, and to develop recommendations to reduce administrative burdens. The role involves coordinating with health authorities and partners to advance provincial health initiatives.

Reporting to the Director, this leader will plan, implement and liaise with partners across the province, providing guidance on projects, resources, and papers while supporting reviews and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with five years of related health‑care experience.
• Experience leading strategic initiatives in health care.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for publication and public forums.

Responsibilities

• Develops networks to engage key partners for strategic initiative work.
• Collaborates across boundaries with vendors, government agencies and health authorities.
• Identifies components, analyzes issues and determines solutions.
• Synthesizes evidence and develops tools and resources to support initiatives.
• Manages all phases of project work, including planning, privacy assessments, and reporting.
• Some travel in the province is required.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic initiatives

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Location: Within BC (Lower Mainland applicants will work from the Health Quality BC office located in Vancouver)

Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary Range: $90,770 to $130,481; Typical Hiring Range $90,770 to $113,462

Health Quality BC (HQBC) is committed to an equitable, diverse and inclusive workforce. We recognize that there are a variety of experiences that contribute to the overall qualifications for each role. If you feel that you could excel in this position, but do not necessarily meet the formal requirements, we want to hear from you!

In particular, we encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas at HQBC to apply.

We are currently looking for a Leader, Strategic Initiatives to support clinical workflow design and optimization, as well as the development of recommendations to reduce administrative burdens. Clinical and operational experience in delivering, leading and supporting health care services would be an asset in this role.

Role Summary

Health Quality BC provides system-wide leadership to efforts designed to improve the quality of health care in British Columbia. Through collaborative partnerships with health authorities, patients, and those working within the health care system, we promote and inform a provincially-coordinated, patient-centred approach to quality.

Reporting to the Director, the leader works to plan, implement, liaise and work collaboratively with key partners internally and within the province to lead strategic initiatives. The role provides leadership and expertise on a range of projects of varying size and scope related to strategic priorities, including the development of key resources and papers, participation on provincial working groups, providing advice to health system partners, and supporting reviews and recommendations as requested by the Minister of Health.

Key Accountabilities

• Develops networks to build engagement and participation with key partners for strategic initiative work.
• Collaborates across boundaries, and finds common ground with a wide range of interested parties including vendors, government agencies, professional associations, regulatory bodies and health authorities.
• Identifies key components and underlying issues and systematically analyzes problems and determines solutions.
• Synthesizes evidence and aligns multiple ideas and strategies to develop tools and resources to support strategic initiatives (including, but not limited to: reports, topic materials, web-based tools, position, policy and white papers and other documents).
• Works on all phases of project management (including, but not limited to: coordinating meetings, project planning, privacy impact assessments; CME/ethics applications; evaluation and monitoring of deliverables; presenting to internal and external audiences; preparing reports).
• Some travel in the province required.

Qualifications

A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience plus five (5) years recent, related experience in the health care sector. Experience as a participant or leader on strategic initiatives, preferably focused on health care. Practical experience leading multiple and complex projects.

Broad knowledge of the provincial and Canadian health care system; experience in managing multiple and complex projects; relevant project and/or program experience in a health related environment is preferred with a focus on strategic initiatives; value diversity and difference; operate with integrity and openness; understand complex project initiatives with diverse organizations, groups and individuals representing a wide spectrum of ideas and interests; communicate effectively, both verbally to small and large groups in a public forum, and in writing for publication; identify key components and underlying issues and systematically analyze the problem and determine cause/effect relationships and resolve problems in a sound decisive manner; build trust with key partners (health authorities, government, quality and safety organizations at the provincial and national level and others) to meet mutual goals; use a variety of styles and tactics appropriate to the context to influence thinking, attitudes and behaviors; ability to respond to the needs of partners supported by an acute awareness of the impact of actions; problem solve with a global perspective in order to incorporate the organization’s systems and strategies when developing viable solutions to problems; establish courses of action for self and others that are results-oriented.

by September 21, 2026

Kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted; others will be kept on file for a period of two years for future consideration.