Portfolio Manager

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $54.16 – $77.86 / hour Job Summary The Digital Patient and Provider Experience – Clinical Ancillary Services portfolio has an exciting 18-month temporary Portfolio Manager position available to lead our Meditech Advance and Medical Device Integration team. Leverage your consulting expertise, project planning skills, and strong leadership to collaborate with talented colleagues and clinical stakeholders in driving transformation and optimizing care through cutting‑edge digital health technologies. As a key member of our management team, you will lead a dynamic informatics portfolio, fostering relationships across clinical areas and the broader Digital Patient and Provider Experience (DPPE) team. Your work will proactively advance clinical technology priorities while supporting ongoing operations. This role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity that demands exceptional problem‑solving and stakeholder engagement skills, while providing exposure to innovative technologies shaping the future of healthcare. Join a team that is redefining how care is delivered in our communities—and make a lasting impact. About the Position As the Portfolio Manager for Meditech Advance and Medical Device Integration, you will lead two mission‑critical portfolios that drive innovation and connectivity across our health system. You’ll build, guide, and mentor a high‑performing team responsible for delivering complex technical solutions, optimizing workflows, and ensuring seamless integration of clinical systems and medical devices. Meditech Advance Portfolio Spearhead the transition from Client Server to Meditech Expanse, ensuring smooth integration of downstream clinical systems. Manage planning, testing, implementation, and sustainment activities for the integrated downstream clinical systems under the Clinical Ancillary Services team. Medical Device Integration Portfolio Enable real‑time data flow from physiological monitors and other medical devices into Meditech Expanse and other key clinical applications. Provide technical expertise in architecture, server configuration, mapping, and software build to ensure seamless connectivity and improved clinical decision‑making. Why This Role Matters Your work will transform how clinicians’ access and use critical patient data. By leading these portfolios, you will: Improve patient safety and care quality through integrated systems. Reduce workflow inefficiencies and empower healthcare teams with timely, accurate information. Drive innovation that sets new standards for healthcare technology across Fraser Health’s acute care sites. What We’re Looking For We need a strategic leader with: Strong technical knowledge of healthcare systems and device integration. Proven ability to manage complex projects and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams. Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders, including clinical and technical teams, and facilitate consensus‑driven discussions. A passion for leveraging technology to improve patient outcomes. We will be looking for you to have the following: Bachelor’s Degree in Health Informatics, Health Information Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field. At least seven (7) years recent related experience with business and systems analysis including PM experience. An asset to this role would be: Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills to drive collaboration across departments. Strong project management and change management capabilities. Experience with or a strong understanding of HL7 integration between clinical systems and Meditech. Familiarity with integration technology such as Microsoft BizTalk. Exceptional negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate complex organization dynamics. Familiarity of system and security practices. Knowledge of IT infrastructure and Networking in a highly secured environment. Experience with Windows Server troubleshooting and maintenance. Experience with Microsoft SQL (database maintenance, performance measuring, writing ad‑hoc queries). Working experience of Web Services, IIS, and Certificates. Familiarity with .NET Framework (C#). Knowledge of software development lifecycle. Why Fraser Health? Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community‑based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 45,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to: Comprehensive, 100% Employer‑Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage. Generous Vacation Time: Eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax. Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer. Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one. Maternity Top‑Up: Receive an 87% top‑up during maternity leave. TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes. Flexible Work Styles: Eligible employees may choose remote or hybrid work arrangements. Additional employee discounts and perks available Detailed Overview The Portfolio Manager provides senior level advice and guidance to Fraser Health executives within an assigned portfolio of Informatics which may include the development and implementation of application architecture. Leads and is accountable for enterprise‑wide business and clinical information systems projects; manages timelines and resources; develops project budgets provides leadership to team members and facilitates service design, transition and operations management strategies. Coordinates the work of and supervises assigned staff. Coordinates the procurement and management of external services and devises strategies to ensure long term and maximum utilization of information and technologies. Provides direct supervision to assigned staff. Responsibilities Provides senior level advice and guidance by consulting to all disciplines and stakeholders within an assigned portfolio by keeping abreast of the initiatives and issues within the business areas assigned and conducts strategic planning in the development of business cases, and process re‑engineering initiatives. Provides project leadership to a variety of large, complex projects including a number of diverse disciplines and/or affecting multiple stakeholders; develops and manages project timelines; facilitates change management strategies; defines tasks; identifies, sources and manages resources such as contractors, staff or dollars; identifies and mitigates project related risks; provides guidance and direction to team members. Ensures project closure by providing post‑implementation evaluation; measuring key outcomes, assessing project related staff, ensuring customer satisfaction, obtaining project sign off, and documenting lessons learned. Ensures that projects and initiatives are aligned with the Fraser Health strategic plan. Manages assigned staff by selecting, supervising, and evaluating staff; assigns, evaluates and monitors work assignments; disciplines staff as necessary and initiates terminations; assesses and recommends staffing requirements; orients staff; authorises leaves of absences and approves overtime as necessary. Ensures the implementation of correct human resource standards and procedures by interpreting and administering the applicable collective agreements; investigates and responds to grievances of a confidential nature; represents management up to and including Step 3 of the grievance process; attends third party hearing with the representative of the Employer. Provides leadership to staff assigned to lead small to medium scale projects by providing guidance on project management duties, budget management, or technical issues; receives updates from assigned team leaders on project status. Provides input into project budget development and, once approved, manages the budget dollars by approving required contractors, purchasing software and hardware. Monitors and reports on budget variances if necessary and discusses with project sponsor as required. Liaises and communicates with project sponsors and stakeholders by monitoring and reporting on all phases of projects to ensure success and to increase overall quality of products implemented. Provides updates on project status and all aspects of the project as required. Manages assigned projects through the project management lifecycle using standard documentation methodologies such as project charters. Champions project management methodologies and best practices through mentoring, coaching, and communicating with team members, business units and staff. Leads, assigns and/or advises staff with regards to operational requests or issues from customer areas. Researches and analyzes market, technology, and industry trends and standards related to technologies for the purposes of collaboration in problem solving merging business needs. Provides recommendations on the use and evolution of applications and tools. Prepares, manages and evaluates the procurement of external services by participating and/or managing the RFI, RFQ, and or RFP process including creating and evaluating the RFP and funds for large enterprise‑wide systems initiatives. Liaises with outside vendors, reviews bids and/or negotiates equipment and/or service contracts, and makes recommendations where necessary to the Manager. Monitors the level of support to ensure requirements and expectations of the contract(s) are met. Provides expert advice and consultation by performing or managing the research, analysis, and recommendations for proposed technology changes. Provides input into application development and into the use of new technology for inclusion in the technology architecture. Provides consultation and advice to senior management on application technology alternatives and solutions. Participates in assigned Fraser Health, Provincial, and Federal committees; chairs and/or leads discussion as required. Qualifications Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Seven (7) years of related experience in a large complex organization including at least three (3) years' experience as a Project Manager. Experience with health and corporate information systems. Competencies Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed. Ability to provide leadership to a variety of large project teams in an environment that constantly changes and that has fluctuating priorities. Advanced knowledge of information management, business processes, technologies and applications. Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture and health and corporate information systems. Ability to translate business needs into application architecture requirements. Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies. Demonstrated knowledge of the project management process and the systems development life cycle. Ability to be organized, goal‑oriented, proactive, solution‑oriented, pragmatic and the ability to understand the long‑term and short‑term perspectives. Diplomatic negotiation skills and the ability to influence. Understanding of and the ability to manage the political climate of the organization. Ability to provide input into project budget development, manage assigned dollars and estimate financial impact of application architecture alternatives. Demonstrated decision making ability within complex and diverse issues. Physical ability to perform the duties of the position. About Fraser Health Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. 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