Your Opportunity: Cancer Care Alberta is the provincial health corporation dedicated to providing high-quality, timely, and compassionate cancer care services across the province. Serving more than 4 million Albertans, we support over 180,000 individuals living with cancer and see more than 22,000 new diagnoses annually through a coordinated network of 2 tertiary, 4 regional, and 11 community cancer centres, ensuring connected, high-quality care close to home. Use your medical expertise, leadership experience, and vision to help shape the future of cancer care in Alberta while continuing to practice at the forefront of your discipline. Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) is seeking an inspiring and accomplished physician leader to join its executive team as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer. Reporting to the Managing Director of CCA, this unique opportunity enables you to maintain an active clinical practice while extending your impact across one of Canada’s most integrated provincial cancer systems. As a key member of the executive leadership team, you will join CCA at an exciting juncture as it advances its transition into an independent provincial corporation established in 2025. This is an exceptional opportunity to help shape our future direction while building on a strong foundation of clinical excellence and commitment to patients and families. Supported by significant provincial investment, trusted partnerships, dedicated teams, and world-class infrastructure, you will have the opportunity to advance innovation through research, clinical trials, and evolving models of care. This role offers the flexibility to be based anywhere in Alberta, with regular onsite presence required to collaborate with leadership and clinical teams across the province. The CMO provides strategic medical leadership across Alberta, including the development and continuous improvement of clinical frameworks, workforce plans, and specialized cancer care delivery. For a physician passionate about advancing care at both the bedside and system level, this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of cancer care in Alberta—driving innovation, improving outcomes, and championing patient-centred excellence. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides strategic and operational leadership for Medical Staff services across clinical and operational programs, ensuring alignment with Medical Staff Bylaws and accountability for medical staff governance, decisions, and professional practice within Cancer Care Alberta (CCA). The role oversees physician workforce planning, clinical program development, and the implementation of standards, policies, and practices that support high-quality patient care. The CMO leads a large medical team of direct and indirect reports across the province. Responsibilities / Accountabilities: Key accountabilities span the areas of Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Clinical and Program Planning, Performance, Quality and Repor
Required Qualifications: - Licensed or immediately eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA). - Eligible for certification, or certified, by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (or recognized equivalent) in a relevant specialty in Oncology, such as Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Hematology, Surgical Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, or a related discipline. - Minimum three (3) years of clinical leadership experience in Cancer Care within the last five (5) years in a complex healthcare environment. - Minimum eight (8) years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations and/or clinical service delivery. - Minimum ten (10) years of Cancer Care practice experience. - Demonstrated success leading provincial or multi-site programs, including strategy development, implementation, operational excellence, and performance improvement. - Proven track record of experience advancing clinical quality, patient safety, and healthcare system innovation. - Strong understanding of health system operations, physician workforce planning, and integrated care delivery models. - Exceptional interpersonal communication skills (written, verbal and presentations). - Demonstrated ability to build and sustain effective partnerships with physicians, operational leaders, academic institutions, and other healthcare system stakeholders. - Proven ability to lead effectively within matrixed and complex stakeholder environments. - Demonstrated record of success as a leader, including experience in physician leadership, strategic planning, and service delivery within large, and diverse organizations. - Experience leading, engaging and managing physician groups, including optimization, dispute resolution, complaint management, and development of recommendations. - Clinical Governance experience (Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Credentialing, Clinical Pathways) - Demonstrated comfort with data-driven, system-level planning, decision making, and innovation. Preferred Qualifications: - Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE), Certified Physician Executive (CPE), or an equivalent designation. - Advanced degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, or a related field. - Experience working in provincial cancer programs, academic medicine, or research environments. - Certification or training in the LEADS leadership framework.
