Program Manager

What we do

At BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, we’re on a quest to ensure every kid in the province receives the best health care imaginable. As a fundraising organization, we inspire communities and people to support BC Children’s Hospital, along with its world-class research institute, mental health facility and rehabilitation center.

Our work makes a profound difference. From helping get the boldest research ideas off the ground to supporting the most advanced equipment, together we are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in children’s health care. This is no small task — which is why we’re looking for passionate people to join our team and help propel our work forward to power the possible.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for an experienced Program Manager to strengthen how projects are delivered across the Foundation. Reporting to the Vice President, Business Intelligence & IT, this role will bring consistency and clarity to how projects are proposed, prioritized, planned, and delivered — helping teams focus on the work that matters most.

As Program Manager, you’ll partner with leaders across the organization to provide visibility into project priorities, capacity, and delivery progress. You’ll empower teams with practical tools and frameworks so they can manage their own projects effectively, while ensuring strong alignment, transparency, and accountability across the Foundation. You’ll also take the lead on select cross-functional projects and manage the Business Analyst function, focused on project delivery support, process improvement and automation.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead project portfolio management and prioritization: Establish and run a consistent project intake and prioritization process, and maintain a clear, organization-wide view of projects, dependencies, and trade-offs to support leadership decision-making.
• Enable proactive capacity planning and delivery forecasting: Build and maintain a forward-looking capacity model that aligns project commitments with team capacity, surfaces risks early, and ensures realistic timelines and sequencing.
• Drive delivery of key cross-functional projects: Lead a select number of large, cross-functional projects; manage cross-team dependencies, shared resources, risks, and stakeholders to ensure strong execution and delivery.
• Establish and embed project delivery standards: Develop a practical project management framework, including tools, templates, and reporting practices, to improve consistency, visibility, and outcomes across teams. Provide guidance, training, and ongoing support so departments can effectively plan and deliver their own projects with confidence and clarity.
• Lead Business Analyst Team: Provide leadership to the Business Analyst (BA) team, including coaching, development, and day-to-day support, while aligning BA capacity to priority work and enabling strong project delivery. Manage any temporary contract resources, as needed.
• Advance process improvement and automation: Partner with teams to identify opportunities to streamline work, reduce manual effort, and increase capacity through continuous improvement initiatives.

Additional information

This is a full-time, 2-year term position.

What you bring

We know that no one candidate will meet every qualification listed in this posting. The following highlights the experience, strengths, and attributes we believe will help someone thrive in this role.

You are a clear communicator who can present trade‑offs, risks, and options in plain language for senior audiences. You have the uncanny ability to establish standards and improve consistency without being heavy‑handed. Conflict navigation, alignment-building, and establishing effective behavioural norms are your superpowers.

In addition, you bring:

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in portfolio/program/project management or cross‑functional delivery leadership across multiple teams or departments.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, IT or a related field or an equivalent combination of post-secondary education and experience.
• Proven ability to run project intake and prioritization, including the application of a consistent model for new projects.
• Strong capacity planning experience (forecasting, thresholds, sequencing across teams) with the ability to build capacity models that are sustainable.
• Experience improving delivery through standards, tools, training, and effective team resourcing (including BA allocation).
• Understanding of organizational change management principles and the ability to support leaders and teams through process, system, and workflow changes.
• Experience with project benefits tracking (expected vs realized outcomes).
• Certifications or training in: PMP/PgMP/PRINCE2; change management (Prosci/ADKAR); and/or Lean/Six Sigma preferred.
• Experience in philanthropy/fundraising considered an asset.

What you can expect

Ensuring that kids receive the best health care imaginable is no small task, therefore taking care of our team is a top priority. To help you power the possible and to support you in your health, well-being, and career growth, in addition to competitive compensation, we offer perks like a hybrid work environment (minimum of two days per week in office) and nine-day fortnight schedule, generous vacation, topnotch health and dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, and a commitment to professional development.

The hiring range for this position is between $107,550 to $127,700. At BCCHF, we are committed to ensuring that compensation is fair and equitable. Your placement in the salary range will be determined by your experience, relevant skills, and qualifications as they relate to this role.

Please note that all team members of BCCHF are required to complete a vulnerable sector criminal record check as a condition of employment.

Join us

We exist to power the possible. And that permeates every action we take. As a team, we push ourselves to: think big in how we are boldly envisioning the future; step up in how we are accountable to ourselves, each other, and our shared cause; and lead with heart in how we listen and engage with others.

BCCHF invites and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. As an organization committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and support, we welcome individuals whose lived experiences may further contribute to the rich diversification of skills, knowledge, and backgrounds at the Foundation.

If this feels like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in helping make kids mighty. Apply online by July 10, 2026 at https://www.bcchf.ca/join-team