Brightshores Project Director – HIS Renewal – Information Technology #450-26 at Brightshores Health System

Categories: Management / Non-Union

Location(s): Owen Sound

Types: Full Time Temporary

POSITION TITLE: BRIGHTSHORES PROJECT DIRECTOR – HIS RENEWAL

DEPARTMENT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOCATION: OWEN SOUND

UNION: NON-UNION

STATUS: FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY (APPROX. END DATE OF SEPTEMBER 2028)

REASON TO POST: NEW POSITION

WAGE RATE: $ 144,073 – $170,760

The Brightshores Project Director – HIS Renewal (e-Volve Grey Bruce) provides strategic and operational leadership for Brightshores Health System’s local readiness, engagement, change management, and subject matter participation in the transition to the TransForm Shared Services Organization Oracle Health instance (TSSO). The TSSO project team and associated governance structures will lead the technical project work, while Brightshores will focus on ensuring that clinical, operational, physician, and organizational stakeholders are actively engaged and prepared for implementation. The role is accountable for leading Brightshores-specific activities within a complex, multi-year health information system renewal initiative, with a planned go-live target of September / October 2027. The Project Director will ensure Brightshores work is delivered with strong governance, disciplined controls, clear communications, effective change management, and sustained participation from clinical and operational stakeholders.

The Project Director reports directly to the Vice President, Digital Health and Technology / Chief Information Officer / Chief Privacy Officer or designate. The role has direct project leadership accountability for Brightshores resources assigned to the HIS Renewal, including subject matter experts, Physician Champions, change management resources, communications resources, and other Brightshores staff assigned to project work. Formal employment reporting lines for these resources may remain within their home departments; however, for HIS Renewal activities, work priorities, deliverables, escalation, and day-to-day project direction are coordinated through the Project Director. The Project Director works closely with executive sponsors, the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), clinical leadership, operational leaders, digital health teams, TSSO, Oracle Health, TSSO e-Volve Grey Bruce partner organizations, and external advisors, and is accountable for overall project management and Brightshores delivery coordination for the HIS Renewal.

This role requires flexibility to attend meetings across Brightshores sites, partner organizations, vendor forums, and virtual settings. Occasional travel and work outside regular business hours may be required to support critical project milestones, issue resolution, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization activities.

Skills/Abilities/Qualifications

Required

• Undergraduate degree in health administration, business administration, information technology, clinical informatics, project management, or related discipline required; master’s degree preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), PROSCI, ITIL, CHIME, Digital Health Canada, or equivalent certification would be considered an asset.
• Minimum of five years of progressive leadership experience managing large-scale, complex health care, digital health, clinical transformation, or enterprise technology programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading hospital information system implementations, clinical system renewal, shared service delivery models, or major enterprise technology transformations.
• Experience working with executive teams, physicians, clinical leaders, operational stakeholders, vendors, and regional partners in a complex health care environment.
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, and ability to translate complex digital health topics into clear decisions and actions.
• Advanced project, program, risk, issue, financial, and stakeholder management skills.
• Sound understanding of hospital operations, clinical workflows, privacy requirements, cybersecurity considerations, data/reporting needs, and system integration dependencies.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, manage competing priorities, influence without direct authority, and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborative leadership style with a commitment to patient-centred care, clinical engagement, operational excellence, equity, respect, and continuous improvement.
• Recent satisfactory performance and attendance records
• Demonstrate, promote and encourage Brightshores’ values – We Show Up for Each Other, We Are Trusted to Act, We Create Solutions Together, We Strive for Better, We Share Accountability
• Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
• Comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and regulations, and actively contribute to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment