Program Manager

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 62,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services' Stollery Children’s Hospital seeks a Program Manager to lead strategic initiatives for the new Stollery Children’s Hospital. You will partner with senior leadership, coordinate across operational teams, and ensure alignment with provincial priorities and donor engagement.

This role requires strong communication, project management, and risk mitigation in a large, complex healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a healthcare profession, healthcare management or business administration.
• 5-10 years pediatric healthcare experience with 2-5 years in leadership.
• Experience within a tertiary (academic) pediatric acute care environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of complex initiatives for the new hospital.
• Collaborate with site operations and provincial leaders to develop proposals and implementation plans.
• Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Communications, CPSM, and external partners to ensure initiatives are strategically aligned.
• Identify risks and manage impacts to programs and services.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Conflict management

Analytical skills

Donor presentations

Education

Undergraduate degree in healthcare management or business administration

Job description

Through a proven track record in relationship management, superb communication skills and extensive collaboration, this position will act as a key liaison between the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, ensuring alignment and integration in the planning, advocacy and the activities for supporting the building of a new Stollery Children’s Hospital. This position establishes and builds highly effective relationships with the senior leadership teams and other key staff at the Foundation and Hospital and fosters an atmosphere of cooperation and understanding. Provides significant input into the Foundation on key matters related to the development of strategies and plans for the new hospital. Accountable to provide expertise on business strategies and activities on a wide variety of initiatives for the broader operations/medical leadership teams of the Stollery Children’s Hospital. This position workswith a high degree of independence, develops, conceptualizes, organizes, and manages various projects in collaboration with the Senior Operating Officer’s office and the Executive Director team, with a heavy focus on clinical support and expertise for the new Stollery Children’s Hospital. Responsible for providing direction and organization of activities for specified areas including coordination for various activities with operational teams, collaboration with internal teams and community/external stakeholders. In working closely with the Senior Operating Officer, Executive Directors, Physician Leaders and Senior Consultant of Strategic Initiatives. This position will identify and manage risk and impacts to Site Programs and Services.

Description:

Demonstrates strong leadership in initiating, planning, and executing complex initiatives that support the advancementof the new Stollery Children’s Hospital. Works collaboratively with operational leaders across the site and provinceto develop proposals, business cases, and implementation plans that align with organizational priorities. Engages keyenabling departments – including Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Communications, CPSM, and external partners toensure initiatives are strategically aligned, operationally feasible, and sustainable. Applies strong strategic and tacticalthinking to guide projects from concept through implementation while ensuring clear objectives, measurable outcomes,and alignment with operational realities. Provides senior planning expertise for complex, multi-phase and multi-yearinitiatives by facilitating stakeholder planning sessions, translating strategic direction into actionable work plans, andsupporting the integration of new programs and processes into existing operations. Acts as a key point of coordinationacross multiple stakeholders, helping identify risks, resolve issues, and manage impacts to programs and services.Demonstrates strong critical thinking, analytical ability and problem-solving skills to support evidence-informed decisionmaking. Builds and maintains strong relationships across the site, Corridor, province and external partners. Providesleadership in navigating complex or sensitive issues, fostering collaboration and facilitating consensus, mediation, andconflict resolution. Recognized for exceptional interpersonal communication and relationship management skills andserves as an articulate and credible representative of the Stollery.

• Classification: Program Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Stollery Children's Hospital
• Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 09-NOV-2026
• Date Available: 30-NOV-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-NOV-2027
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $45.23
• Maximum Salary: $77.51
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Program Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Stollery Children's Hospital
• Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 09-NOV-2026
• Date Available: 30-NOV-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-NOV-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $45.23
• Maximum Salary: $77.51
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in a healthcare profession, healthcare management or business administration. 5-10 years pediatric healthcare experience with 2-5 years in a formal or informal leadership role. Experience within a tertiary (academic) pediatric acute care environment.

Additional Required Qualifications:

5–10 years’ healthcare experience in large, complex organizations. Strong knowledge of Stollery services, healthcareoperations, and strategy. Proven project management, communication, and analytical skills, including presenting datato donors. Skilled in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and conflict management. Demonstrates sound judgment,problem solving, and ability to manage multiple priorities and sensitive issues; foundation experience preferred.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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