Project Manager – Strategy
Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.
Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.
Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
This is a Temporary Full-Time Opportunity
Type: Replacement
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Project Manager to join our Strategy team in a Temporary Full-Time (12 months) capacity.
In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for driving the alignment of strategic priorities through effective project management, program evaluation, and comprehensive reporting. You will play a key role in ensuring initiatives are executed efficiently and support the organization’s long-term goals. Success in this role requires someone who is proactive, exercises sound judgment, and thrives both independently and in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Manage multiple concurrent projects directly advancing Women’s College Hospital’s strategic plan.
• Collaborate with project partners to develop and analyze project planning initiatives, define tasks and timelines, and drive successful completion of deliverables on time and within budget for cross-organizational projects. Support leadership in the identification of essential initiatives and deliverables, implementation planning, alignment of priorities, and monitoring of timelines and tasks across the organization.
• Proactively identify and manage changes in project scope; develop and implement contingency plans as needed.
• Monitor and assess project risks; escalate issues related to strategy implementation and performance as appropriate.
• Effectively communicate project objectives, progress, and expectations to team members and partners in a timely and clear manner.
• Prepare quarterly and year-end activity and budget reports; report on project milestones and key metrics to internal and external collaborators.
• Build and strengthen partnerships (e.g., hospitals, community agencies, primary care providers) through strategic outreach and effective relationship management.
• Collaborate with departmental and program teams to ensure aligned implementation plans and performance measurement systems.
• Coordinate and facilitate recurring meetings, develop agendas, identify barriers to progress, and lead issue resolution.
• Support external relations and advocacy initiatives by drafting strategically aligned position papers, proposals, briefing notes, and business cases in collaboration with clinical and corporate teams.
• Partner with the Finance department to manage project-related expenses and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Develop, monitor, and report on performance and outcome metrics that support strategic decision-making by senior leadership.
As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.
The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in a healthcare-related field or Health Administration is required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible project management experience, ideally in a healthcare setting.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional projects using project management methodologies and tools.
• Strong understanding of the project life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute project plans aligned with organizational objectives and strong understanding of strategy implementation.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage partners across sectors and work effectively with senior leadership.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a complex and evolving healthcare environment.
• Professional behavior and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital.
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all.
Why Choose Us?
• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).
Women’s College Hospital may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision-making tools during various points in the recruitment and selection processes. Please note that third-party job boards may apply their own automated features when displaying or promoting this posting. Women’s College Hospital has no control over these external platform tools.
If you suspect any recruitment related advertising, communication or content did not originate from Women’s College Hospital, please report it immediately by providing the relevant details to WCH Job Advertisement Fraud Reporting Form.
Employment at Women’s College Hospital is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine-preventable diseases, in alignment with WCH Communicable Disease Surveillance protocols. Successful candidates will be required to complete the Employee, Physician and Volunteer Immunization Record Submission Form and the Pre-Placement Health Review Form prior to commencing employment. Submission instructions will be provided in the new hire package and all requirements must be satisfied prior to commencing employment.
Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.
Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.
Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
This is a Temporary Full-Time Opportunity
Type: Replacement
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Project Manager to join our Strategy team in a Temporary Full-Time (12 months) capacity.
In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for driving the alignment of strategic priorities through effective project management, program evaluation, and comprehensive reporting. You will play a key role in ensuring initiatives are executed efficiently and support the organization’s long-term goals. Success in this role requires someone who is proactive, exercises sound judgment, and thrives both independently and in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Manage multiple concurrent projects directly advancing Women’s College Hospital’s strategic plan.
• Collaborate with project partners to develop and analyze project planning initiatives, define tasks and timelines, and drive successful completion of deliverables on time and within budget for cross-organizational projects. Support leadership in the identification of essential initiatives and deliverables, implementation planning, alignment of priorities, and monitoring of timelines and tasks across the organization.
• Proactively identify and manage changes in project scope; develop and implement contingency plans as needed.
• Monitor and assess project risks; escalate issues related to strategy implementation and performance as appropriate.
• Effectively communicate project objectives, progress, and expectations to team members and partners in a timely and clear manner.
• Prepare quarterly and year-end activity and budget reports; report on project milestones and key metrics to internal and external collaborators.
• Build and strengthen partnerships (e.g., hospitals, community agencies, primary care providers) through strategic outreach and effective relationship management.
• Collaborate with departmental and program teams to ensure aligned implementation plans and performance measurement systems.
• Coordinate and facilitate recurring meetings, develop agendas, identify barriers to progress, and lead issue resolution.
• Support external relations and advocacy initiatives by drafting strategically aligned position papers, proposals, briefing notes, and business cases in collaboration with clinical and corporate teams.
• Partner with the Finance department to manage project-related expenses and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Develop, monitor, and report on performance and outcome metrics that support strategic decision-making by senior leadership.
As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.
The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in a healthcare-related field or Health Administration is required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible project management experience, ideally in a healthcare setting.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional projects using project management methodologies and tools.
• Strong understanding of the project life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute project plans aligned with organizational objectives and strong understanding of strategy implementation.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage partners across sectors and work effectively with senior leadership.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a complex and evolving healthcare environment.
• Professional behavior and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital.
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all.
Why Choose Us?
• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).
Women’s College Hospital may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision-making tools during various points in the recruitment and selection processes. Please note that third-party job boards may apply their own automated features when displaying or promoting this posting. Women’s College Hospital has no control over these external platform tools.
If you suspect any recruitment related advertising, communication or content did not originate from Women’s College Hospital, please report it immediately by providing the relevant details to WCH Job Advertisement Fraud Reporting Form.
Employment at Women’s College Hospital is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine-preventable diseases, in alignment with WCH Communicable Disease Surveillance protocols. Successful candidates will be required to complete the Employee, Physician and Volunteer Immunization Record Submission Form and the Pre-Placement Health Review Form prior to commencing employment. Submission instructions will be provided in the new hire package and all requirements must be satisfied prior to commencing employment.
Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.