Executive Director
Your Opportunity:
Are you an experienced, healthcare visionary that is looking to showcase your abilities in the fight against Cancer? Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) is currently searching for a dynamic senior leader to join our passionate team as an Executive Director (ED) at the new state of the art Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary. This exceptional opportunity will draw upon your proven, progressive leadership skills in a complex healthcare environment as you look to positively impact the future of Cancer Care delivery to patients in Alberta. The ED will be a strong collaborator that can successfully partner & develop key internal and external stakeholder relationships. In this role you will feature abilities to problem solve, plan, navigate change and drive innovation as you join during an exciting juncture of organizational growth/development. Importantly, the ED will help develop, operationalize & align the Arthur Child with our provincial, patient centric CCA roadmap that will guide our team now & into the future. The successful candidate will bring the ability to professionally navigate competing priorities & complex socio-political environments. Designed for the future of Cancer Care, the Arthur Child at over 127, 000 square metres, opened to patients in the fall of 2024 and is located in northwest Calgary. Connected to the Foothills Medical Centre & University of Calgary for enhanced, integrated research and care, the Arthur Child covers 12 floors of bright, innovative space that includes outpatient cancer clinics, more than 100 patient exam rooms, 160 inpatient unit beds, clinical trial units, wet & dry research labs as well as advanced systemic & radiation treatment technologies and services.
Description:
Are you an experienced, healthcare visionary that is looking to showcase your abilities in the fight against Cancer? Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) is currently searching for a dynamic senior leader to join our passionate team as an Executive Director (ED) at the new state of the art Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary. This exceptional opportunity will draw upon your proven, progressive leadership skills in a complex healthcare environment as you look to positively impact the future of Cancer Care delivery to patients in Alberta. The ED will be a strong collaborator that can successfully partner & develop key internal and external stakeholder relationships. In this role you will feature abilities to problem solve, plan, navigate change and drive innovation as you join during an exciting juncture of organizational growth/development. Importantly, the ED will help develop, operationalize & align the Arthur Child with our provincial, patient centric CCA roadmap that will guide our team now & into the future. The successful candidate will bring the ability to professionally navigate competing priorities & complex socio-political environments. Designed for the future of Cancer Care, the Arthur Child at over 127, 000 square metres, opened to patients in the fall of 2024 and is located in northwest Calgary. Connected to the Foothills Medical Centre & University of Calgary for enhanced, integrated research and care, the Arthur Child covers 12 floors of bright, innovative space that includes outpatient cancer clinics, more than 100 patient exam rooms, 160 inpatient unit beds, clinical trial units, wet & dry research labs as well as advanced systemic & radiation treatment technologies and services..
- Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta
- Classification: Executive Director
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Arthur Child Cancer Centre
- Primary Location: Arthur Child Cancer Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 21-APR-2026
- Date Available: 18-MAY-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $63.41
- Maximum Salary: $114.15
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Masters Degree in Health Services Administration, Business Administration or a related health discipline. Minimum 10 years of healthcare director / senior leadership experience. Demonstrated success developing and implementing healthcare strategy and policy. Healthcare program and project management expertise. Progressive leadership experience (aligning to an ED level) in a complex, healthcare environment collaborating with operational leaders, physicians, interdisciplinary teams, and external stakeholders. Experience and comfort with decision making, diverse people management, resourcing, financial analysis and management. Proven experience fostering partnerships, achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization. Leadership experience within a unionized environment. Ability to foster a climate of cooperation and build positive, progressive relationships with public agencies, ministries, boards, committees and other industry partners. Advanced communication skills including public speaking, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution across diverse audiences and stakeholders. Proven ability to work with information technology, application and systems. Complex problem-solving skills with the ability to manage change and drive innovative solutions.
Additional Required Qualifications:
LEADS Leadership training and expertise. Create a compelling vision that generates excitement, enthusiasm and shapes the efforts of everyone in the organization towards a common purpose. (Leads Self) Shift strategic focus and activities quickly in response to changing organizational priorities(Leads Self) Consult with diverse groups to seek their input in decisions and issues facing a health care organization or program. (Engage Others). Engage in discussions with a wide network in the health care community, including industry and professional associations to identify opportunities, and seeks input to problems with a view to achieving strategic goals. (Engages Others) Review an organization's strategic plan; collaborate to set challenging and relevant performance measures and support teams to successfully implement. (Achieve Results). Use innovative methods to create a climate that encourages creative problem solving, receptivity to change, and effective management and stewardship of resources (System Transformation). Draw from own breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to synthesize information and reflect on opportunities and risks associated with different organizational approaches to emerging issues (System Transformation).
Preferred Qualifications:
Graduate Degree in Health Services Administration, Business Administration or a related discipline. Current and/or relevant senior clinical operational leadership experience supporting health care teams in a large & diverse acute care and/or cancer care setting.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
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