Vice President - Strategy

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

Job summary

Homewood Health Inc. seeks an accomplished executive leader to align strategy with operations, expanding reach in Canada’s mental health services market. You will drive growth, advance partnerships, and oversee initiatives across EFAP, digital mental health, and integrated care services.

Collaborate with senior leaders to identify opportunities, optimize outcomes, and ensure sustainable performance while delivering high-impact care to clients and communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field required; MBA/ MHA is assets.
• Significant senior leadership experience in strategy, growth, and enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare, mental health, and workplace wellness environments.
• Strong executive presence with stakeholder engagement and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of the organization’s long-term strategic plan aligning with mission and objectives.
• Identify and evaluate new service lines, markets, partnerships, acquisitions, and expansions with business case support.
• Monitor healthcare and mental health trends, funding opportunities, and competitive activity to inform decisions.
• Build strategic relationships with employers, insurers, healthcare organisations, government agencies, and academic institutions.
• Establish performance measures and reporting frameworks to track progress toward strategic goals.
• Partner with executives and clinical/operational teams to advance priorities and position the organization as a leader in mental health care.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Business development

Healthcare management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

MBA / MHA / Public Health (assets)

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 organizational 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.