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Position Position: IT Director, Digital Project Deliveries and IS Stewardship Status Status: Permanent Full Time Department Department : Infrastructure and Digital Services Base Rate Base Rate: $140,016.55 - $210,024.83 (salary band placement commensurate with experience) Reports To Reports To: Chief Technology and Security Officer Trillium Health Partners is one of Canadas largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, the Reactivation care Centre (Church Site) and the new THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030, we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities. Position Overview Digital Project Deliveries and IS Stewardship is part of the Information and Digital Services Portfolio, accountable for the digital and information services enabling Trillium Health Partners clinical, operational, and corporate priorities. This portfolio sits within the Performance, Business Intelligence, and Information and Digital Services Division. Reporting to the Chief Technology and Security Officer, the IT Director, Digital Project Deliveries and IS Stewardship leads a team accountable for enterprise digital project delivery and end-to-end information systems stewardship. This role provides leadership, governance, and oversight to ensure complex initiatives are delivered safely and effectively, and that THP digital assets remain sustainable, compliant, and aligned to organizational priorities. Provide enterprise leadership for the delivery of complex digital and information system initiatives across Trillium Health Partners (THP), enabling safe, high-quality patient care and effective hospital operations. Accountable for establishing and operating a standardized, high-performing digital project delivery model aligned with PMBOK and enterprise governance best practices. Lead the Project Management function, including portfolio intake, prioritization, planning, execution oversight, delivery assurance, and performance reporting. Provide full information systems stewardship across the digital asset lifecycle to ensure sustainability, compliance, and long-term operational value. Partner with clinical leaders, operational executives, technology teams, finance, privacy, legal, procurement, and external partners to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with organizational priorities. Drive value realization from digital investments through disciplined business case practices, financial controls, and benefits realization measurement. Key Responsibilities Provide executive oversight for planning and delivery of complex, multi-party digital initiatives across clinical, operational, corporate domains and external partners and vendors. Ensure consistent application of delivery standards, controls, and methodologies (e.g., stage gates, change control, integrated plans, RAID discipline (Risk/Assumptions/Issues/Decisions), delivery assurance). Establish and lead an enterprise PMO function, including intake, prioritization, governance forums, decision support, and transparent performance reporting. Implement structured portfolio processes and decision criteria to manage competing priorities, dependencies, capacity constraints, and organizational change tolerance. Provide delivery assurance practices to monitor progress, identify variances early, and direct corrective actions to protect quality, timelines, patient safety, and operational continuity. Ensure safe transition to operations through operational readiness, cutover planning, go-live governance, and stabilization oversight. Provide stewardship oversight for information systems across their lifecycle (planning, implementation, sustainment, renewal/rationalization, and retirement). Promote standardization, rationalization, and clear ownership models to reduce duplication and optimize total cost of ownership. Oversee digital project financial management including business cases, budget tracking, forecasting, and value/benefits measurement and reporting. Lead, mentor, and develop project delivery and stewardship leaders; foster strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, vendors, and regional collaborators. Key Criteria and Qualifications University degree (4-year) in a relevant discipline (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Health Informatics, or related). Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in digital/IT delivery, including at least 5 years in senior leadership roles overseeing large, complex project portfolios. Demonstrated enterprise program and portfolio leadership experience, including governance design, prioritization, and executive decision support. Strong knowledge and practical application of PMBOK-aligned project/program management standards and controls (e.g., integrated planning, risk/issue management, scope control, delivery assurance, and transition-to-operations). Proven financial acumen, including business case development, forecasting, budget oversight, and benefits/value realization measurement. Strong stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence and align clinical, operational, technical, and corporate partners in complex environments. Excellent executive communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to translate delivery performance data into clear options and recommendations. Experience partnering with enabling functions (Finance, Privacy, Legal, Risk, Procurement, Cyber Security) to ensure compliant delivery and risk-managed outcomes. Experience with vendor/partner management, including milestone governance, performance oversight, escalation management, and change control. Demonstrated people leadership capability, including coaching, mentoring, capability building, and fostering an inclusive, high-performance team culture. Preferred certifications: PMP, PgMP, ITIL, Lean, or equivalent enterprise delivery certifications. Internal candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply. Internal candidates will be considered and interviewed first for this position. Position Location and Travel Your primary site initially will be Credit Valley Hospital; however, you may periodically be required to work at another THP/ Stakeholder site and therefore periodic travel between sites and other visits may be necessary. In future your primary site may change with reasonable notice. Notes to applicants If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity. Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required. Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act. Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply. Our organization may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) or algorithm-assisted systems, to support the initial review of applications. These tools are used only to assist our recruiters and hiring managers; all hiring decisions include meaningful human involvement and final review. #J-18808-Ljbffr