Director Digital Health - (2 Positions)

About Us

The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we’re committed to continually improving our health care system.

With a focus on collaborative primary health care, improved supports for mental health and addictions, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.

About Our Opportunity

We are seeking two senior leaders to join our team as Director, Digital Health Solutions and Director, Digital Health Initiatives & Governance. These roles offer unique opportunities to shape the future of digital health and drive meaningful, system-wide transformation across Nova Scotia’s healthcare system.

Reporting to the Executive Director, both Directors play a critical leadership role within the System Performance and Integration division - providing strategic direction, governance, and oversight for key initiatives that advance digital health priorities and improve health outcomes.

Working collaboratively, these roles ensure that digital health investments, programs, and policies are aligned with government priorities and support a modern, integrated, and high-performing health system.

• Director, Digital Health Solutions focuses on the delivery, strategic evolution, and performance of core digital health systems and programs that support clinicians, patients, and partners across the continuum of care.
• Director, Digital Health Initiatives & Governance focuses on system-wide strategy, governance, and coordination - ensuring digital initiatives are aligned, effectively governed, and positioned for long-term success.
  
  

Together, these roles provide complementary leadership across the digital health portfolio - each balancing operational excellence with strategic direction.

Primary Accountabilities

Shared Leadership Accountabilities

 - Provide strategic leadership for planning, governance, and delivery of digital health initiatives aligned with departmental and government priorities.

 - Lead complex, high-impact initiatives that influence policy, programs, and service delivery across the health system.

 - Establish strong partnerships with senior leaders across government, health authorities, and external stakeholders to drive alignment and results.

 - Oversee financial, human resource, and operational management, including major investments and program performance.

 - Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and change management in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Director, Digital Health Solutions

 - Lead the delivery, stability, and lifecycle management of provincial digital health systems, including electronic medical records, pharmacy, and public health solutions.

 - Develop and execute domain strategies, roadmaps, and investment plans for digital health programs.

 - Ensure systems are reliable, user-focused, and integrated, supporting clinical effectiveness and reducing administrative burden.

 - Partner with health system stakeholders to align digital solutions with service delivery needs and priorities.

Director, Digital Health Initiatives & Governance

 - Lead development and evolution of digital health strategy, policy, and governance frameworks.

 - Provide system-wide coordination and oversight of digital initiatives to ensure alignment and impact.

 - Lead cross-cutting and time-limited initiatives that address priority pressures and advance key outcomes.

 - Establish accountability, performance measurement, and governance mechanisms for digital health investments.

Qualifications and Experience

Shared Requirements

 - Graduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., health informatics, public administration, business, policy), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

 - Extensive senior leadership experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

 - Proven experience leading strategy, transformation, and large-scale initiatives with measurable outcomes.

 - Strong financial, operational, and people leadership experience, including managing significant budgets and teams.

 - Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills with senior executives and partners.

 - Demonstrated ability to innovate, lead change, and navigate complexity within a public sector or health system context.

Role-Specific Experience
Director, Digital Health Solutions

 - Experience leading digital health programs, enterprise systems, or large-scale technology portfolios.

 - Strong understanding of health system operations, clinical workflows, and digital solution delivery.

 - Experience with system integration, interoperability, and ongoing product lifecycle management.

Director, Digital Health Initiatives & Governance

 - Experience in strategy, policy, governance, or system-level planning—preferably in healthcare or government.

 - Strong understanding of governance frameworks, performance measurement, and accountability structures.

 - Experience leading cross-functional or system-wide initiatives involving multiple partners and stakeholders.

We will assess the above qualifications and experience using tools such as assessments, presentations, interviews, reference checks, etc.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.  For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Working Conditions

These roles operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with competing priorities and complex challenges. Directors engage regularly with senior leaders across government, health authorities, and external partners, requiring strong relationship management and influencing skills.

Decisions have broad, system-wide impact, shaping long-term strategy, policy, and digital health investments across the province. The positions are primarily office-based, with occasional travel and site visits as required.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.