Director Health Services - Provincial Clinical Programs - Women and Children - QP&S
Requisition ID: 404243
Position Number: 20067318
Posting End Date: June 17, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Shared Health - Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: Quality, Performance & Strategy
Job Stream: Non-Clinical
Union: Non Union
Anticipated Start Date: 07/20/2026
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient- centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Under the direction of the Executive Director of Health Services Provincial Clinical Programs or designate, the Provincial Program Director provides strategic clinical leadership for a defined specialty or population-based portfolio across the province. The primary accountability of this role is to lead the development, implementation, and sustainment of provincially integrated clinical plans, ensuring high-quality, equitable, and financially sustainable care.
This role emphasizes provincial clinical planning, system integration, standardization/harmonization, and realizing benefits for the system, achieved through collaboration with specialty leaders, operational partners, patients and families, and system stakeholders. While the position may oversee select provincial operational functions or services, these responsibilities are secondary to its core mandate of shaping provincial clinical direction, standardizing care models, harmonizing processes, and optimizing the use of resources across the health system.
The Director is accountable for ensuring that provincial clinical plans are grounded in evidence, informed by data and population health needs, aligned with provincial strategies, and deliver measurable improvements in outcomes, experience, access, and value.
Experience
- 5–7 years of progressive leadership experience within complex health systems.
- Significant experience in clinical program planning, system design, or provincial/regional service integration.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with clinical, operational, and executive leaders to develop and implement system-level clinical strategies.
- Experience with quality improvement, performance measurement, and change management in health care settings.
- Working knowledge of health system financing, budget planning, and economic evaluation is an asset.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Post-secondary degree in a relevant health discipline from an accredited institution and a postgraduate degree is required.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Active member of an associated regulatory body as appropriate.
Qualifications and Skills
- Demonstrated comprehensive leadership capabilities. The provincial health system in Manitoba has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.
- Knowledge of:
- Relevant professional regulatory requirements including standards and scope of practice for direct reports.
- Relevant legislated acts including but not limited to Personal Health Information Act, Protection of Persons in Care Act, Mental Health Act, Workplace Health & Safety Act, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Principles of Routine Practices (Universal Precautions).
- Relevant Collective Agreements.
- Working with individuals from diverse cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds.
- Regional/site/unit policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines relating to: clinical care, administrative, financial, and human resource management.
- Strong understanding of provincial health system structures, governance, and policy environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence rather than authority across complex, matrixed environments.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, professional practice standards, and regulatory requirements.
Expertise in stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and consensus-building. - Advanced analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
- Commitment to patient- and family-centred care, reconciliation, equity, and culturally safe practice.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings, and to lift and carry items of up to approximately 10 kg (25 lbs.).
- Incumbent demonstrates ability to prioritize work, deal with interruptions, re-prioritize as required and ensure dedicated/focused time for strategic planning.
- A valid Class 5 Manitoba driver’s license and access to a personal motor vehicle are required.
- Hybrid with a minimum of 60% office-based with frequent provincial meetings and virtual collaboration.
- Travel within the province may be required.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
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