Chief Project Officer, and Executive Director, Capital Planning and Projects (Coastal)

Salary Details The salary range for this position is CAD $89.06/Hr. - CAD $133.59/Hr.

Job Summary

Come work as a Chief Project Officer, and Executive Director, Capital Planning and Projects with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Chief Project Officer, and Executive Director, Capital Planning and Projects to join the team. Shape healthcare infrastructure that will serve patients, care teams and communities for years to come.

Reporting to the Associate Vice-President, Corporate Services, the Chief Project Officer and Executive Director provides executive leadership for a capital portfolio exceeding $500 million within VCH’s Coastal Community of Care, guiding projects from strategic vision to operational readiness.

You will lead a team of experts across established project delivery models, overseeing planning, procurement, design, construction and commissioning. Working collaboratively with VCH, the Ministry of Health, Infrastructure BC and community partners, you will champion innovation, shared accountability and successful delivery.

Coastal spans the North Shore, Sea-to-Sky corridor, Sunshine Coast, Powell River/Qathet and Central Coast communities, including Bella Bella and Bella Coola. This is an opportunity for an experienced executive who thrives in complex partner environments to deliver lasting public infrastructure that meets diverse community needs.

This work is grounded in VCH’s commitments to Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.

As a Chief Project Officer, and Executive Director, Capital Planning and Projects with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Lead transformational delivery: Oversee planning, procurement, design, construction, and commissioning of major hospital redevelopments.
• Champion collaborative delivery: Lead high-performing teams through IPD or Alliance models emphasizing partnership, transparency, and shared success.
• Strategic facility planning: Co-develop long-range facility strategies and site-specific master plans aligned with VCH’s goals and community priorities.
• Procurement and contract oversight: Direct procurement strategy, evaluation, negotiation, and contract management to ensure fair, transparent, value-based outcomes.
• Risk, governance, and compliance: Implement rigorous risk-management frameworks and ensure adherence to health, safety, environmental, and accreditation standards.
• Clinical and operational integration : Align facility design with care-delivery models; ensure seamless operational readiness and patient safety during transition.
• Financial stewardship: Oversee capital and operating budgets, maintaining fiscal discipline, transparency, and alignment with public-sector standards.
• Strategic asset management: Contribute to long-term capital investment strategies, lifecycle planning, and asset optimization across VCH’s facility portfolio.
• Innovation and sustainability: Advance evidence-based design, LEAN principles, and sustainability goals to create adaptable, resilient, inclusive environments.
• People leadership: Build a culture of excellence, inclusion, and psychological safety; support, mentor, and empower multidisciplinary project teams.
• Knowledge leadership: Integrate emerging technologies and best practices to continuously enhance capital planning and project delivery.
• Partner and community engagement: Foster trusted relationships with government, clinical, and community partners to ensure projects reflect shared values.

Technical & Governance Accountabilities:

• Business-plan execution: Ensure the effective and timely discharge of VCH’s project responsibilities as outlined in approved business plans, funding agreements, and governance frameworks.
• Scope and quality control: Approve scope revisions within delegated signing authority; ensure robust project-management plans and reporting processes are in place.
• Specifications and technology integration: Direct development of building, equipment, and digital-technology specifications to ensure full clinical and operational integration.
• Feasibility and planning studies : Lead preparation of feasibility analyses, project charters, and implementation plans supporting capital-project approvals and readiness.
• Matrix coordination: Promote synergy and accountability across Alliance Leadership team, project-management, clinical-planning, equipment-planning, and results-management functions to avoid duplication.
• Performance and human-resources management: Oversee recruitment, performance evaluation, and professional development for assigned staff in accordance with VCH policies.
• Carries out responsibilities in accordance withhealth and safety requirements. Immediately reports unsafe situations by notifying supervisor or other appropriate personnel.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What you bring: Education and Experience

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Architecture, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Ten to fifteen years of progressive senior leadership experience in large, complex organizations, ideally in healthcare or public infrastructure.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex major capital projects exceeding $250 million, or of comparable size and complexity, using established project delivery models.

You also bring:

• Strategic foresight, operational excellence and sound judgment, with a commitment to collaboration and integrity.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and influence executive, clinical, government and community partners in complex environments.
• Inclusive leadership that develops others and creates a respectful, motivating workplace.
• Culturally responsive engagement that applies an Indigenous lens, supports all aspects of diversity throughout engagement and recognizes the issues faced by equity-deserving groups.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands, meet evolving timelines and work effectively both independently and within a team.
• Ability to use relevant equipment and software applications, and physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Work Location and Travel

Work Location: Lions Gate Hospital; onsite presence required. Travel: Travel to other VCH sites and partner locations may be required.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to bring strategic foresight, operational excellence, and a commitment to collaboration and integrity.
• Demonstrates inclusive leadership, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in governance, partner engagement, fiscal oversight, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead an inclusive, partnership-oriented approach that fosters collaboration across executive, clinical and community teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, plan, direct and implement processes.
• Ability to supervise and provide direction to others, and fosters a respectful and motivating work environment and where individual competencies can thrive.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain rapport with internal and external partners.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to organize and prioritize functions to meet tight and evolving timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a highly dynamic environment subject to continuous change.
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Shared Values:

You care for everyone:

• You are compassionate, empathetic, and sensitive to the needs of others.
• You are respectful, treating people as equals, and valuing others’ perspectives and differences.
• You are appreciative of others’ efforts and give them praise when it’s due.

You are always learning:

• You are open minded, always receptive to different perspectives and ways of doing things.
• You are curious and ask questions to find a deeper understanding.
• You share your expertise and mentor others by sharing your knowledge and experience.

You strive for better results:

• You are accountable, and take responsibility for what you say, what you do, and who you engage in achieving better results.
• You are a solution finder, empowered to solve the challenges we face in healthcare.
• You take ownership for growth and development and personal development, always seek feedback and opportunities to improve how we do things.