Project Director

Project Director

Rate: CAD $110 to 130 per hour

Job ID: GOAPRDJP829

Contract: 2 years with a 12-month extension

Location: Hybrid (Resource will primarily work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in the office on reasonable notice from the Province.)

Position Summary

The Senior Project Director, eHealth Development, provides strategic, portfolio‑level direction across multiple interdependent initiatives within Alberta's provincial eHealth ecosystem. Serving as a central integration point, the Director connects clinical stakeholders, program leadership, IMT delivery teams, shared services partners, and external vendors to ensure cohesive planning and execution.

This role is accountable for aligning business objectives, clinical workflows, technical requirements, interoperability standards, and policy direction across a complex digital‑health program landscape. Reporting to executive leadership, the Director oversees multi‑year development initiatives, ensuring coordinated progress across clinical, business, technical, and vendor workstreams while driving risk management, governance, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio & Program Leadership

• Provide senior oversight and integration across multiple eHealth initiatives, including:

o CII/CPAR

o Electronic Referral Solution (ERS)

o Provincial EMR Strategy & Integration

o EHR Viewer / Clinical Document Repository modernization

o Additional eHealth modernization workstreams as identified

• Develop and maintain coordinated portfolio plans, roadmaps, dependencies, and workstream alignment.
• Ensure business, clinical, and technical deliverables remain aligned with provincial strategies.

Strategic Development & Analysis

• Provide strategic input on policy, investment, and program direction related to digital-health modernization.
• Support development of Statements of Work, contract language, SLAs, pricing structures, and procurement artifacts.
• Ensure solution designs and workflows support interoperability, data quality, clinical utility, and adoption.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Manage relationships with EMR vendors, technology suppliers, and shared services partners.
• Oversee contract performance, deliverables, amendments, extensions, and compliance against requirements.
• Monitor vendor progress, escalate issues, and drive resolution to maintain schedule and quality.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead engagement with clinicians, professional associations, provincial partners, and regulatory bodies.
• Facilitate working groups, steering committees, and multi-stakeholder forums.
• Provide direction and support for change management, communications, and adoption strategies.

Governance, Reporting & Oversight

• Prepare executive briefings, presentation materials, project artefacts, and progress updates.
• Report on status, risks, mitigation strategies, resource allocations, and interdependencies.
• Ensure alignment with provincial architecture, IMT standards, and enterprise governance structures.

Must Have Reqirement

• Demonstrated experience directly leading the negotiation, development, and management of complex, multi-vendor IT solutions at a regional, provincial, national, or equivalent enterprise scale, including accountability for contract value (equal to or exceeding $500,000), commercial terms, vendor coordination, performance management, risk mitigation, and delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in roles requiring knowledge of the clinical and technological aspects of the primary health care domain at a regional, provincial, national, or equivalent health system level.
• Demonstrated experience in the strategic planning of regional, provincial, national, or equivalent enterprise-scale health information technology systems, including setting long-term direction, aligning initiatives to business and clinical priorities, and guiding the evolution of complex digital health environments.
• Demonstrated experience with clinical application integration to support the exchange of patient information, using provincial, national, or international interoperability standards within the Canadian eHealth environment.
• Senior leadership experience working with executive leadership to define, approve, resource, and govern large, multi-year projects or initiatives, including the development of roadmaps, governance structures, briefing materials, and business cases.

Nice to Have Requirement

• Demonstrated experience applying knowledge of clinical concepts and care processes to inform the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of enterprise-scale clinical information systems.
• Demonstrated experience in oversight of portfolio governance and the development of portfolio management processes for large, complex healthcare initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading healthcare portfolios or multiple large-scale initiatives of similar size and complexity within complex health system environments.
• Experience with provincial, national, or international healthcare interoperability standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR) in the context of enterprise clinical system integration.
• Experience working for or with provincial health ministries, provincial health authorities, or comparable public-sector health organizations.

Why Join

• Work on meaningful public-facing services used by thousands of Albertans.
• Highly collaborative, modern digital environment.
• Opportunity to influence large-scale service improvements across government.

How to Apply

• Apply directly through Indeed or send your resume to:
• Please include three professional references where similar work was performed.
• List your most recent reference first.

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About Shabech Consulting

Shabech Consulting specializes in Business and IT consulting, strategic staffing, and project management services. Our mission is to help organizations achieve efficiency, innovation, and measurable results by connecting them with exceptional talent and tailored solutions.

We take a collaborative approach to understanding each client's unique challenges and delivering strategies that create real impact. Whether supporting complex digital projects, providing specialized resources, or optimizing operations, we are committed to excellence.

As a trusted partner across multiple industries, Shabech Consulting helps organizations turn strategy into action and achieve their goals with confidence.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only candidates selected for the next stage will be contacted.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Pay: $100.00-$130.00 per hour

Expected hours: 36.25 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edmonton, AB T5J 1S6