Vice President - Strategy

Homewood Health Centre; Guelph; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Homewood Health is seeking an executive leader to align strategy, market opportunities, and priorities to drive sustainable growth and improve mental health outcomes.

Reporting to the EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, you will collaborate with senior leaders, explore partnerships, and advance initiatives across EFAP, digital mental health, and integrated care services to position the organization as a leader in mental health care.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in strategy and transformation initiatives.
• Strong ability to engage stakeholders and partner with senior leaders.
• Experience driving organizational growth and enterprise-wide priorities.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare and mental health environments.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of the strategic plan aligned with mission, priorities, and finances.
• Identify opportunities for new service lines, markets, and partnerships; develop business cases.
• Monitor trends, policy developments, funding opportunities, and competitive activity.
• Build strategic relationships with employers, insurers, and academic partners to expand reach.
• Establish performance measures and reporting for progress against objectives.
• Collaborate with executives to advance EFAP, digital mental health, and integrated care initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Health Administration, Healthcare Management, or related field

MBA / MHA / Public Health / Strategy (asset)

Job description

In this key executive leadership role, reporting to the EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, you will align organizational strategy, market opportunities, and operational priorities to drive sustainable growth, enhance service delivery, and improve mental health outcomes. As a strategic leader, you will collaborate with senior executives, operational leaders, and external partners to identify and advance opportunities for innovation, growth, and strategic partnerships.

You will play a pivotal role in expanding the organization's reach, strengthening its market position, and advancing initiatives that support long-term organizational objectives. Through operational excellence, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration, you will help position the organization for continued success in an evolving healthcare and mental health landscape while driving meaningful impact for clients, communities, and stakeholders.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the development and execution of the organization's long-term strategic plan, ensuring alignment with its mission, vision, financial objectives, and enterprise priorities while identifying opportunities to optimize services and strengthen outcomes across the continuum of care.
• Drive organizational growth by identifying and evaluating new service lines, markets, partnerships, acquisitions, and strategic investment opportunities, while leading business case development and assessments for program expansions, facilities, clinics, and treatment centres.
• Monitor healthcare, mental health, and workplace wellness trends, policy developments, funding opportunities, and competitive activity to inform strategic decision-making, mitigate risk, and advance innovation across the organization.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with employers, insurers, healthcare organizations, government agencies, community providers, and academic institutions to enhance service delivery, expand organization's reach, and increase impact.
• Establish performance measures and reporting frameworks to evaluate progress against strategic objectives, ensuring initiatives support quality care, positive client outcomes, operational excellence, and long-term financial sustainability.
• Partner with executive leaders, clinical teams, operational stakeholders, and external partners to advance strategic priorities, champion innovation across EFAP, digital mental health, and integrated care services, and position the organization as a leader in mental health care

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Health Administration, Healthcare Management, or a related field required; a master’s degree in business administration (MBA), Health Administration (MHA), Public Health, Strategy, or a related discipline is considered an asset.
• Significant senior leadership experience in strategy, business development, healthcare administration, mental health services, or a related sector, with a demonstrated track record of leading organizational growth, transformation, and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare, mental health, and workplace wellness environments, combined with exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement, change management, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead complex strategic and transformational initiatives, align cross-functional priorities, and drive sustainable growth within diverse and evolving service delivery environments.
• Strong executive presence and influencing skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders, clinical teams, and operational stakeholders to translate strategy into action and achieve measurable business and client outcomes.
• Exceptional business acumen, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to identify opportunities, overcome barriers, foster collaboration, and deliver results in a complex and dynamic environment.

Why work with us

Homewood Health is Canada's largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

Join us at Homewood Health and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.

This job posting is for an existing vacant position within the organization.