The Digital Health Program Branch, Ministry of Health is seeking a highly motivated self-starter with exceptional leadership, business acumen and stakeholder management skills to shape healthcare and digital health investment strategy for Ontario's health system.
This unique position will provide you with the opportunity to lead change inside of a large, complex system and lead a team of highly motivated individuals dedicated to tackling large-scale societal issues. If you are looking for a rewarding and challenging opportunity to make your mark and you aren't fazed by the prospect of working on tough problems, we'd like to hear from you!
Join an organization that embraces technological advancements, data-driven decision-making, and digital health innovation to optimize healthcare delivery.
About the Ontario Public Service (OPS): We are one of the largest employers in the province, employing more than 60,000 people. Every day we are modernizing government operations and improving public services. We have a wide range of meaningful and rewarding career opportunities in communities across Ontario. We welcome new ideas and new people, encourage learning and development, and reward achievement. No matter the position, we live the core values of trust, fairness, diversity, excellence, creativity, collaboration, efficiency and responsiveness.
What a career in the OPS can offer: We are committed to be an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment. In addition to flexible work arrangements, collegial and professional work culture, career growth and development and on-the-job training to help you succeed, we offer a competitive total compensation package, which includes an attractive salary, defined benefit pension plan, comprehensive health and dental plan and much more.
Our team:Digital Health Program Branch designs new business and investment strategies to transform our citizens' experience of healthcare. The branch leads the development of digital health strategy and policy for the province of Ontario across all sectors of healthcare and manages the Ministry's digital health investment fund. In addition, the branch collaborates with healthcare delivery organizations, such as crown agencies, hospitals, community organizations and others, to implement government strategy.
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
The OPS is an innovative, responsive and accountable public service that works hard to be diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable. Diversifying leadership is a top priority for the OPS. Our goal is to achieve parity with the Ontario labour force by 2025 for the most under-represented groups (Indigenous, racialized and persons with disabilities) on our leadership teams.
The OPS invites all interested individuals to apply. As an organization that promotes equity and diversity, the OPS encourages applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized individuals, and persons with disabilities.
The OPS is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process.
Visit the
OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the
OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
About the job
In this role, you will:
• Oversee and manage the planning, development, evaluation and implementation of strategic programs to support delivery, transformation and change management initiatives of provincial digital health programs.
• Lead and direct stakeholder relations, consultations, engagement and facilitation and oversee partnership and consensus building in developing, promoting and delivering programs that support ministry strategies and goals.
• Provide expertise and advice to ministry senior management and staff on program development and implementation options, recommendations, risks and issues management strategies.
• Oversee the design and establishment of program review models, evaluation processes and methodologies.
• Lead and manage the development of policy and program revisions and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead projects to research, analyze and develop business and change management proposals and strategies to maximize the effectiveness of programs and service delivery.
• Lead business, financial, and strategic planning for ministry programs/ operations and services.
What you bring to the team
Leadership Skills
• You have demonstrated leadership and management skills with experience leading professional staff to achieve results on high-profile initiatives.
• You have had success in building high performance, diverse teams and developing capacity.
• You have led, delivered and implemented, large scale, multi-disciplinary and complex policy projects in a fast-paced environment.
• You have knowledge of human resources, including succession planning, talent management and employee relations.
• You are an experienced negotiator who can find business-oriented and collaborative solutions for complex issues.
Digital Health and Health System Knowledge
• You have a strong understanding of Ontario's healthcare system and digital health landscape, including the broad socio-economic issues impacting provincial healthcare, models of healthcare and digital health delivery, funding, governance and related critical issues.
• You have knowledge of policy development, planning and coordination processes.
• You have excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
Relationship Management and Communication Skills
• You have political acuity in briefing senior ministry officials and managing sensitive and contentious issues.
• You have demonstrated experience leading internal and external consultations and stakeholder negotiations/meetings including those across divisions and ministries.
• You use effective communication, negotiation and conflict management skills to build credibility and consensus with colleagues, stakeholders and senior leaders.
• You have well-developed written communication skills to develop and implement communication strategies and products to promote the program.