Senior Project Director

Randstad Canada; Fredericton; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare is looking for a Senior Project Director to lead a transformative initiative in clinical information system (CIS) implementations across Canadian healthcare. This remote position offers a unique opportunity to impact patient care through effective management of complex projects, requiring strong leadership, change management skills, and a proven track record in healthcare IT.

Benefits

Flexibility of working fully remote

Leading major healthcare transformation

Qualifications

• 8+ years in acute care health informatics and CIS implementations.
• Experience leading multi-site CIS implementation projects.
• Strong expertise in project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of healthcare information system consolidation.
• Manage multi-vendor teams and ensure project alignment.
• Develop project plans and oversee budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Change Management

Communication

Resource Planning

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics or equivalent

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior Project Director with a strong background in leading complex clinical information system (CIS) implementations within Canadian healthcare? A major provincial healthcare initiative is seeking a remote Senior Project Director to guide a transformative project aimed at consolidating multiple clinical and lab systems into a single, province-wide CIS. This critical program focuses on standardizing clinical and business processes, modernizing technology infrastructure, and integrating health information to improve patient care and operational efficiency. The role involves managing multi-vendor teams, overseeing cross-functional workstreams including procurement, application rationalization, and clinical standardization, and collaborating closely with executive sponsors and diverse stakeholders to ensure successful delivery on time, within scope, and budget. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of acute care health informatics leadership, demonstrated success in multi-site CIS implementations, and expertise in change management and resource planning. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact healthcare transformation from a fully remote position while working with a committed team focused on delivering better healthcare outcomes.

• Multi-year contract to start
• Remote position

Advantages

• Leading a major healthcare transformation that improves patient care.
• The flexibility of working fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Leading the planning, design, and execution of a province-wide clinical information system consolidation.
• Managing multi-vendor, cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment across technical, clinical, and business workstreams.
• Developing and maintaining detailed project plans, budgets, risk and issue logs.
• Overseeing governance, reporting progress to executive sponsors and steering committees.
• Driving organizational change management and clinical standardization efforts.
• Ensuring project deliverables are on time, within scope, and budget while mitigating risks.
• Collaborating closely with stakeholders to resolve issues and support business process improvements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution or equivalent combination of education and senior project management experience specifically with clinical information system (CIS) implementations.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in acute care health informatics or healthcare transformation projects within Canadian healthcare institutions.
• At least 5 years’ experience in leadership roles overseeing multi-site CIS implementations or large-scale healthcare IT projects.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, including project managers, clinical leaders, business stakeholders, and vendor partners.
• Proven track record managing multi-vendor environments and coordinating complex procurement and application rationalization efforts.
• Strong expertise in project management methodologies, including development and communication of integrated project plans, budgets, risk / issue management, and governance reporting.
• Experience developing and implementing organizational change management strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Skilled in resource planning and demand management across clinical, technical, and business domains.
• Excellent communication skills, with at least 5 years’ experience engaging and influencing executive-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead geographically distributed teams, employing collaboration strategies to maintain alignment and productivity.
• Advanced education or certifications in health informatics, health administration, or project management are considered an asset.
• Experience supporting transition of CIS implementations from project phase to long-term operational sustainment.
• Bilingual language skills are an asset

Summary

If you are qualified and interested we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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