Senior eHealth Project Director

About the Opportunity

Our Client is advancing a multi-year digital health modernization strategy to enable a seamless, patient-centred healthcare experience across the province.

The Senior Project Director eHealth Development will provide strategic, portfolio-level leadership across multiple interdependent digital health initiatives and act as a central integration point between clinical stakeholders, program leadership, IMT teams, shared services partners, and vendors.

Position Summary

Reporting to executive leadership, the Senior Project Director will oversee complex, multi-year eHealth initiatives and ensure alignment across clinical, business, technical, and vendor workstreams.

This role is accountable for :

Aligning business objectives, clinical workflows, technical requirements, interoperability frameworks, and policy direction

Driving program execution and portfolio integration

Managing risks, dependencies, and cross-stream coordination

Supporting executive reporting and governance processes

The successful candidate will collaborate with internal and external partners including clinical stakeholders, shared services organizations, professional associations, vendors, and cross-ministry teams to support the design, integration, and implementation of digital health solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio & Program Leadership

Provide senior oversight across multiple eHealth initiatives, including CII / CPAR, ERS, EMR Strategy & Integration, and EHR modernization

Develop and maintain coordinated portfolio roadmaps and integrated work plans

Manage interdependencies across workstreams

Ensure deliverables align with broader digital health strategies

Strategic Development & Analysis

Provide strategic guidance on digital health policy, investment, and program direction

Support development of Statements of Work (SOWs), contracts, SLAs, pricing models, and procurement documentation

Ensure solution design supports interoperability, data quality, clinical usability, and adoption

Vendor & Contract Management

Manage relationships with EMR vendors, technology providers, and shared services partners

Oversee contract performance, compliance, amendments, and deliverables

Monitor progress, escalate risks, and drive issue resolution

Stakeholder Engagement

Lead engagement with clinicians, professional associations, and regulatory bodies

Facilitate steering committees and governance forums

Provide leadership in change management and adoption strategies

Governance & Executive Reporting

Prepare executive briefings and portfolio updates

Report on status, risks, mitigation strategies, resource allocations, and dependencies

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks

Mandatory Experience

10+ years leading complex negotiations and vendor engagements

8+ years in senior strategic planning roles

8+ years overseeing large-scale program delivery

6+ years integrating clinical applications with enterprise systems

10+ years working with executive leadership on enterprise transformation initiative

Nice to Have

8+ years applying clinical knowledge in digital health environments

8+ years overseeing portfolio governance frameworks

10+ years leading healthcare portfolios or multi-program initiatives

3+ years working with provincial, national, or international healthcare interoperability standards

10+ years working with public-sector health organizations or ministries