Senior Project Manager

About the role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for a Regular full-time Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplant (OTDT) team. 

The Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplant team is responsible for overseeing Canadian Blood Services national organ sharing programs, improving system performance, increasing transplantation rates and improving patient outcomes. 

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the planning, management, development, implementation and evaluation of complex projects and initiatives that advance the performance of the organ and tissue donation and transplantation system in Canada.

In this role, you will work in collaboration with the OTDT team, its medical advisors, the regional organ donation organizations, organ transplant programs and living donation programs, HLA laboratories, professional societies, health care professionals, information system vendors, Canadian Blood Services advisory committees, Health Canada, Canadian Institute of Health Information, national and international research experts, as well as patient and public partners, including donors and their families, to advance and improve the performance and quality of the OTDT system in Canada.

Formula for success

• Leveraging your project management experience, you will lead or participate in the development of project business cases for complex, multi-year projects.
• Utilizing your collaboration skills, you will work with the project team and steering committee to recruit project team members, while leveraging your leadership and engagement skills to oversee, support and direct project team members in staying engaged with the plan and effectively accomplishing the goals and objectives of the project.
• Applying advanced facilitation and reporting abilities, you will maintain effective communication and engagement across internal and external partners, supporting the timely delivery of high-quality outputs and impactful outcomes.
• Drawing on your project leadership experience, you will monitor and document the overall project plan and budget, ensuring the project meets timelines, targets and expectations based on the established parameters, providing regular project status updates to all key partners on behalf of the project team. 
• Utilizing your communication, teamwork skills, and project experience, you will coordinate the activities of the project team, steering committee, internal and external partners to develop the project plan, define deliverables, identify roles and responsibilities, establish timelines and communications, training strategies, implementation and evaluation strategies, risk management, costs, transition, and close-out plans.
• You will evaluate clinical needs and environments and collaborate in defining clinical business requirements and impact assessments.
• Drawing on your decision-making expertise, you will make decisions that impact project deliverables, costs, and timelines, which will impact other business areas.
• Your risk management expertise will be utilized to identify, monitor, and mitigate substantial risks, with implications beyond the project.
• Working collaboratively, you will cultivate and maintain key relationships with internal business partners and provincial partners.

Desired education and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as business, engineering, science or equivalent. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the field of living donation, deceased donation, transplantation, or acute care.
• Minimum of 6 years of digital health project management experience required.
• Certification in Project Management, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.
• Working knowledge of waterfall, iterative, and agile delivery methodologies.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and leadership skills is required.
• Experience with development of business cases, project plans, and benefit realization plans.
• Knowledge of business processes, regulations, quality environment and the continuum of care in donation and transplantation.
• Experience and demonstrated skills in evidence-based practice and policy development, digital implementation across regional jurisdictions, group facilitation and partner engagement.
• Working knowledge of organ allocation systems, living donation systems and EPIC.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret business needs and risks, and develop integrated, innovative solutions.
• French-English bilingualism is considered an asset.

What we offer you

• 4 weeks' vacation.  
• Annual performance award up to 10%.
• Comprehensive group health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family. 
• Defined benefit pension plan. 
• Employee discounts, wellness program, professional resources. 

What you can expect

• This role will work in a hybrid environment with requirements to be onsite at a Canadian Blood Services location at least 40% of the time/days of the week.
• Travel requirements - travel will be required to attend meetings, projects, conferences, etc.