Senior Program Lead, Provincial Systems, Cancer Care Alberta

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 98,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services’ Cancer Care Alberta seeks a Senior Program Lead to join the Executive Leadership Team. The SPL will champion province-wide initiatives to improve patient outcomes, strengthen operational performance, and support the strategic vision across cancer care delivery in Alberta.

This provincial leadership role requires travel across the province and may be based anywhere in Alberta with hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in healthcare management, business administration or a related healthcare field.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive, clinical leadership expertise in a complex, diverse healthcare organization/setting.
• Minimum of 7 years of current healthcare experience in a senior leadership or executive leadership role (leading leaders).
• Extensive, practical experience in strategy, policy development, leadership, program management, process/quality improvement, and spread and scale approaches.
• Experience in a senior management role of clinical service, operations and/or processes and quality improvement areas.
• Demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching/teaching, delegation and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others.
• Demonstrated ability to use strategic thinking, considering long-term goals assessing options and implications.
• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills.
• Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large diverse organization and managing with a unionized sector.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions.
• Dynamic communications skills including, public speaking, delivering presentations and reports.
• Technology proficiency and adaptability including clinical databases, reporting platforms and virtual technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive oversight for provincial programs, services, and initiatives that support high-quality, integrated cancer care across Alberta.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and advance quality and patient safety, performance excellence, and models of care.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team and leverage evidence-informed practices and partnerships to strengthen organizational effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy development

Policy development

Program management

Quality improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Change management

Education

Graduate degree in healthcare management

Tools

Clinical databases

Reporting platforms

Virtual technologies

Job description

Your Opportunity:

Are you a visionary and impactful healthcare leader that is passionate about delivering meaningful results across the cancer care continuum? Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) is seeking a Senior Program Lead (SPL), Provincial Systems, Programs and Performance (PSPP) to join our Executive Leadership Team. Reporting to the Managing Director, Cancer Care Alberta, the Senior Program Lead will champion province-wide initiatives that improve patient outcomes, strengthen operational performance, enhance service integration, and support the achievement of CCA's strategic vision. Leveraging your proven healthcare leadership experience, you will build strong partnerships and engage diverse stakeholders to advance innovative solutions that enhance cancer care delivery for Albertans. Building on a proud legacy of excellence, Cancer Care Alberta is entering an exciting new chapter of growth and possibility. You will be uniquely positioned to influence strategic vision, champion new approaches, and strengthen cancer services for patients and families across Alberta. Leading a team with a focus on quality and practice integration, patient safety, performance excellence, and system improvement, the SPL will collaborate with Medical, Operational, Scientific as well as Research and Analytic leadership to advance care across the province. If you are motivated by the prospect of advancing strategic provincial initiatives, strengthening cancer services, and driving measurable improvements in quality, performance, and patient outcomes, we encourage you to apply. Please note this is a provincial leadership role that may be based anywhere in Alberta but will require occasional travel throughout the province to support program objectives, stakeholder engagement, and operational priorities.

Description:

The Senior Program Lead (SPL), Provincial Systems, Programs and Performance (PSPP) is a key member of the Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) Executive Leadership Team. Core responsibilities and accountabilities span strategic leadership, operational leadership, relationship and risk management, change leadership, financial stewardship, and people leadership. The SPL provides executive oversight for provincial programs, services, and initiatives that support high-quality, integrated cancer care across Alberta. The position is accountable for the planning, implementation, evaluation, and continuous advancement of quality and patient safety, performance excellence, clinical and professional practice integration, clinical informatics, health system integration, and models of care. Providing direct leadership to a multidisciplinary team, the SPL leverages evidence-informed practices, performance analytics, quality improvement methodologies, and strategic partnerships to strengthen organizational effectiveness, enhance integrated service delivery, and support exceptional patient, provider, and system outcomes. The position aligns provincial programs, operational priorities, and health system partnerships to advance coordinated, patient-centered care across a complex healthcare environment. The SPL also provides oversight of organizational improvement initiatives, accreditation and quality frameworks, professional practice, and system integration activities that enhance service delivery and operational performance. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the SPL contributes expertise toward organizational planning, decision-making, and performance improvement while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and excellence across CCA.

• Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta
• Classification: Senior Program Lead
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Provincial Systems, Programs and Performance
• Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 07-DEC-2026
• Date Available: 04-JAN-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: $71.44
• Maximum Salary: $128.54
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in healthcare management, business administration or a related healthcare field.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive, clinical leadership expertise in a complex, diverse healthcare organization/setting.
• Minimum of 7 years of current healthcare experience in a senior leadership or executive leadership role (leading leaders).

Additional Required Qualifications:

• Extensive, practical experience in strategy, policy development, leadership, program management, process/quality improvement, and spread and scale approaches.
• Experience in a senior management role of clinical service, operations and/or processes and quality improvement areas.
• Demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching/teaching, delegation and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others.
• Demonstrated ability to use strategic thinking, considering long-term goals assessing options and implications.
• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills.
• Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large diverse organization and managing with a unionized sector.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions.
• Dynamic communications skills including, public speaking, delivering presentations and reports.
• Technology proficiency and adaptability including clinical databases, reporting platforms and virtual technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oncology leadership and/or clinical expertise.
• Executive leadership courses and training.
• Clinical training, designations, certification or relevant association memberships.
• LEADS Framework training and expertise.
• Program, project or change management certifications.