Manager

Your Opportunity:

You are a collaborative leader who is energized by advancing research and innovation. You bring both strategic vision and operational excellence, enabling researchers and clinicians to achieve meaningful outcomes that improve patient care and services. You thrive in complex environments, build strong partnerships, and inspire others through your passion for discovery, learning and impact. The Manager, Covenant Health Research Centre is responsible for the strategic leadership, operational management, and continued growth of the Research Centre. Reporting to senior leadership, the Manager oversees research administration, stakeholder engagement, research development, funding and grant support, partnership cultivation, and team leadership. This role serves as a key advisor on research strategy and innovation and works collaboratively with internal and external partners to strengthen research capacity, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and advance Covenant Health's research priorities.

Description:

Exceptional care begins with discovery. Every advancement in patient care, every improvement in health outcomes, and every innovative solution starts with asking questions and finding evidence-based answers. We are seeking an experience and visionary Manager for the Covenant Health Research Centre (CHRC) to lead and advance a dynamic research environment that supports excellence in healthcare, innovation and knowledge translation. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of health research while partnering with clinicians, physicians, researchers, academic institutions, and health system leaders across the Alberta. The Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the CHRC, ensuring the effective planning, delivery and growth of research programs and initiatives. The role is responsible for managing research operations, supervising staff, fostering partnerships with industry, government, academic institutions and community stakeholders while ensuring compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and funding requirements. The Manager promotes excellence and innovation in research, supports organizational objectives and contributes to the development of a collaborative and high-performing research environment. Key responsibilities include strategic leadership, research development and growth, funding and partnerships, operational excellence, resource management, compliance and governance, measurement and reporting, and team leadership. This position is non-unionized.