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Project DirectorAffinityEdmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Project Director

Affinity
  • CA
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • CA
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

About

Job Description:
On behalf of our Healthcare Client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Project Director – eHealth Development, who provides senior portfolio-level direction, strategic coordination, and project oversight across multiple interdependent initiatives within the provincial eHealth ecosystem. The Director acts as a central integration point between clinical stakeholders, program leadership, IMT delivery teams, shared services partners, and vendors. The Senior Project Director is responsible for ensuring alignment between business objectives, clinical workflows, technical requirements, interoperability frameworks, and policy directions.
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.
Required Skills:
Mandatory Requirements:
• 10+ years experience - 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.
• 8+ years experience - 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.
• 8+ years experience – 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.
• 6+ years experience – 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.
• 10+ years experience – 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.
Scored Requirements:
• 8+ years experience – Demonstrated experience applying knowledge of clinical concepts and care processes to inform the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of enterprise-scale clinical information systems.
• 8+ years experience – Demonstrated experience in oversight of portfolio governance and the development of portfolio management processes for large, complex healthcare initiatives.
• 10+ years experience – Demonstrated experience leading healthcare portfolios or multiple large-scale initiatives of similar size and complexity within complex health system environments.
• 3+ years experience – Experience with provincial, national, or international healthcare interoperability standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR) in the context of enterprise clinical system integration.
• 10+ years experience – Experience with provincial, national, or international healthcare interoperability standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR) in the context of enterprise clinical system integration.
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About Affinity:
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
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Job Number: 13115
  • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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