Job Title:
Executive Director, Primary and Preventative Health Services Strategy Roles
Executive Director, Project Management and System Governance, HWST
Executive Director, System Value and Innovation, HWST
Job Requisition ID: 84262
Ministry: Primary and Preventative Health Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full time
Hours of Work: 36.25
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Scope: Open
Closing Date: June 26, 2026
Classification: Executive Manager 1
Roles
Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Health and Well-being System Transformation:
The ED, Project Management and System Governance team’s responsibilities will include:
The ED, System Value and Innovation team’s responsibilities will include:
Qualifications
These roles demand an influential and highly credible leader with extensive and diverse executive health management experience in complex multi-stakeholder environments. You bring excellence in systems planning, strategic thinking and branch planning skills, and a deep understanding of government processes and decision-making. Your background also includes proven success partnering effectively with stakeholders on initiatives in dynamic environments to achieve system-wide results. Your experience working within the public sector has strengthened your political acumen, communication, and negotiation skills. You are known to build trusting, collaborative relationships with colleagues or stakeholder groups to identify solutions. You leverage strong system thinking and shared problem solving to remain open to innovative solutions and include others in ideation. An understanding of health system issues and priorities in Alberta and other jurisdictions is an asset.
Your ability to empower teams and influence innovation, combined with capacity for facilitating change will support your success. Your leadership style is resilient, collaborative, and nurtures continued growth of your team. A related degree is preferred; a master’s degree is desirable.
$5,896.65 - $7,749.28 bi-weekly ($153,902.57 to $202,256.21 annually)
Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
Links and information on what the GoA has to offer:
Please see the attached position profile for more information on position responsibilities. ED, Project Management and System Governance and ED, System Value and Innovation.
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