Senior Project Manager

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 53,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services invites applications for a Senior Project Manager to drive the Caregiver-Centered Education and Practices Initiative across Assisted Living Alberta. You will plan, coordinate, implement, evaluate, and sustain a provincially funded transformation with input from operational leaders, clinicians, analytics, and external partners.

The role requires a healthcare operations background, strong project management and change management skills, and the ability to engage diverse

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a healthcare/administration field or related area.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive healthcare operations experience or similar.
• Experience leading complex projects or operational initiatives.
• Strong communication, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of caregiver-centered education and practices initiative.
• Coordinate planning, execution, evaluation, and sustainability of a provincially funded transformation.
• Engage multi-site leaders, clinicians, partners, and external stakeholders to drive change.
• Translate strategic priorities and data into actionable recommendations for sustainable improvement.

Skills

Project management

Quality improvement

Change management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in healthcare administration / business / public administration / nursing or related field

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Project Manager who is passionate about transforming how family caregivers are recognized, included, and supported across continuing care. In this exciting opportunity, you'll lead a provincially supported initiative focused on embedding caregiver-centered education and practices across Assisted Living Alberta. Working closely with operational leaders, clinicians, frontline teams, corporate partners, and external stakeholders, you'll help shape a culture that recognizes family caregivers as essential partners in care and supports employees who balance work and caregiving responsibilities. This role combines project leadership, change management, stakeholder engagement, education, evaluation, and practice transformation. You'll guide the implementation of organization-wide strategies, facilitate meaningful conversations, support leaders through change, and ensure project deliverables are translated into sustainable operational practices. Using data, evidence-informed approaches, and strong relationship-building skills, you'll help drive improvements that enhance outcomes for residents, caregivers, staff, and the broader continuing care system. If you are highly organized, collaborative, and energized by leading complex initiatives in healthcare, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the future of caregiver support across Alberta. This temporary position reports to the Director, Clinical Support ending December 31, 2027. This position is eligible for hybrid work arrangement and may be based anywhere in Alberta.

Description:

The Senior Project Manager leads the implementation of Assisted Living Alberta's Caregiver-Centered Education and Practices Initiative, supporting the organization's commitment to better identify, include, and support family caregivers as essential partners in care. Reporting to the Director, Clinical Support, this role is responsible for the planning, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of a provincially funded transformation initiative. The Senior Project Manager works collaboratively with operational leaders, clinicians, communications, analytics, frontline teams, contracted service providers, and external partners to develop and implement project plans, communication strategies, education plans, operational resources, evaluation frameworks, and reporting processes. The role facilitates organizational readiness and change management activities, supports staff and leadership education, identifies opportunities for practice and workflow improvements, and helps embed caregiver-centered approaches into assessment, care planning, communication, and transitions. The Senior Project Manager represents Assisted Living Alberta in meetings with external partners, including academic, healthcare, and government stakeholders, while ensuring project deliverables, timelines, reporting requirements, and funding obligations are achieved. The successful candidate brings strong project management expertise, exceptional communication and facilitation skills, and the ability to translate strategic priorities, stakeholder feedback, and data into practical recommendations that support sustainable change across the organization.

• Classification: Senior Project Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Clinical Support & Quality
• Primary Location: Southport
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 15-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 31-DEC-2027
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Senior Project Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Clinical Support & Quality
• Primary Location: Southport
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 15-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 31-DEC-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: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public administration, nursing, or a related field; Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare operations or a comparable complex service environment; Experience working in multi‑site or multi‑service operational environments; Experience leading complex projects or operational initiatives.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Documented professional development in project management, quality improvement, and/or change management; Leadership experience in strategic planning, project management, quality improvement, implementation planning, and project evaluation; Experience managing issues and risks, facilitating multi‑stakeholder groups, and resolving operational or service‑delivery challenges; Demonstrated communication skills through roles requiring preparation of reports, presentations, and engagement with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in continuing care, seniors’ services, or similar community based or long-term care environments; Leadership experience in settings where project resources did not report directly to the position; Experience applying structured problem solving or change management approaches within project or operational roles (Lean, PDSA, DMAIC, Prosci/ADKAR).

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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