Salary Range: $108,147-$155,461/year. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience, and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.
Job Summary:
The Project Manager II leads and co-ordinates all aspects of the current projects undertaken by the department. The role will ensure the deliverables are completed on time and on budget, as identified in the project plan. The Project Manager II will lead and coordinate project activities including financial responsibility for the project and management of resources as deemed necessary to meet the schedule and budget for the project deliverables. The Project Manager II will identify and track metrics as they relate to the project deliverables. The role will establish the project team and provide leadership, guidance and support to designated project staff, contractors and stakeholders.
The TLO enables PHSA to focus strategically by translating Ministry direction and organizational ambitions into coordinated high-impact action. We work across PHSA and provincially on some of the most complex and most impactful challenges. We provide the structure, methodology, and agility needed to align efforts, track progress, and adapt quickly, ensuring every initiative delivers measurable improvements in health outcomes. Our purpose is to bring clarity to what matters most, prioritize it, and transform it into an actionable agenda that elevates PHSA’s capacity to respond to complex, evolving health challenges across B.C. We support leaders and teams to design the healthcare system of the future and work alongside them to deliver the change needed to realize this.
Recent projects have included:
- Supporting PHSA programs to develop targeted strategic plans, ensuring these plans are focused, deliverable and enable sustained patient outcomes and system effectiveness.
- Developing a PHSA-wide project management framework to strengthen the organization’s ability to deliver successful projects.
- Helping PHSA to review current models of care for those with substance use needs and identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
- Supporting the organization to address individual and systemic Indigenous specific racism by helping to operationalize anti-Indigenous racism training for all staff and improving the complaints process and our organizational approach to learning from patient experience.
We are seeking experienced leaders who are passionate about transforming healthcare through measurable impact—individuals who thrive in ambiguity and lead complex initiatives with a strong focus on results and sustainable performance improvement.
As a Project Manager II (PM2) on the Results Management team, you will lead organization-wide initiatives that advance strategic priorities through strong project leadership, integrated planning, and results management. You will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to develop measurement frameworks, establish success indicators, and design reporting tools and dashboards that translate data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.
We're looking for someone who can navigate complexity, influence through data, and turn strategy into action, while driving accountability and lasting improvements across a complex healthcare system.
If this sounds like you, what are you waiting for? Apply today and help drive meaningful change in healthcare!
Duties/Accountabilities:
- Establishes detailed project charter, plans and objectives to outline timelines and project deliverables. Executes project plan according to project methodologies, ensures successful and coordinated completion of project components, facilitates consensus with stakeholders as needed and ensures readiness for project implementation.
- Tracks project progress according to project plan and identified metrics. Monitors and reports on the status of projects and major barriers encountered. Makes decisions and recommendations regarding projects scope and related changes required to facilitate a successful outcome. Implements or contributes to the implementation of effective processes to assess project risks, identify risk mitigation strategies and monitor risk throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develops and monitors project budgets within the context of operational demands and environmental and resource constraints and uses best practice methods to thoroughly monitor and adhere to allocated budgets. Responsibilities include reporting variance, planning and adjusting operations and/or staffing to meet projections and annual targets, approving expenditures and preparing summaries and is accountable for its own operating budget.
- Provides supervisory guidance and direction to staff. Maintains full accountability for all personnel including hiring, termination, and handling discipline problems.
Qualifications:
- A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration, Business Administration or relevant health care discipline with a minimum of seven (7) year’s recent, related experience in project management and facilitating and managing consultation processes with a wide range of stakeholder groups. Project Management Professional designation considered an asset.
- Experience or working knowledge of quality improvement methodology and change management is key to the success of this role.
- Excellent communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary environment including ability to communicate with the physician community.
- Computer literacy with word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, project management and database applications.