Strategic Programs Director

Description

Our Team and What We’ll Accomplish Together

TELUS is much more than a telecommunications company; we’re an established, diverse tech company committed to empowering our customers, communities, and each other to thrive in our digital world, including Digital Health. TELUS Health is the largest Healthcare IT provider in Canada, dedicated to delivering people-first, accessible healthcare solutions backed by science and technology. Here, you'll be encouraged to think big and innovate, making a tangible impact on how healthcare is delivered. We're looking for compassionate and strategic individuals who share our vision of a connected, sustainable, patient-centric healthcare system and a healthier future for everyone.

We’re seeking a dynamic, creative, and strategic-minded Strategic Programs Director to ideate, design, and develop new business opportunities and growth strategies, primarily within our pharmacy solutions space. Reporting directly to the VP of Provider Solutions, you'll leverage your diverse healthcare experience—including pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, health technology, and healthcare consulting—to uncover untapped market opportunities and drive significant new revenue streams.

What You’ll Do

• Identify, evaluate, and launch innovative revenue-generating opportunities in pharmacy solutions, EMRs, insurance, pharma partnerships, retail pharmacy chains, and healthcare banners
• Champion and lead strategic initiatives focused on expanding and monetizing our extensive market leadership in EMRs and Pharmacy Management Solutions
• Proactively seek AI-driven growth opportunities, developing strategies to accelerate and enhance our existing solutions and uncovering novel business models
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Product, and Operations, to ensure alignment and execution on identified strategic growth opportunities
• Establish relationships and strategic alliances across Pharma, Insurance companies, retail pharmacy chains, healthcare banners, EMRs, and other healthcare technology providers
• Develop comprehensive business cases and financial models to effectively articulate opportunities, ROI projections, and strategic benefits to senior executives
• Contribute at the Payvider business unit level by identifying synergies and collaborative opportunities within Health Benefit Management solutions, claims adjudication, and related technology and services

Qualifications

What You Bring

• Extensive background spanning pharmaceuticals, retail pharmacy, healthcare technology, and/or healthcare management consulting
• Proven experience (10+ years) identifying and successfully executing growth opportunities within healthcare, ideally encompassing Pharmacy and EMR ecosystems
• Demonstrated strategic mindset with a strong ability to ideate, innovate, and articulate new business opportunities clearly to executive leadership
• Deep understanding of healthcare technology trends, market dynamics, and emerging opportunities, particularly leveraging AI and data monetization
• Experience building and maintaining strategic partnerships with Pharma, Insurance providers, retail pharmacy chains, EMRs, and healthcare stakeholders
• Strong analytical and business case development skills, capable of effectively communicating financial and strategic impacts of new opportunities
• Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, adept at navigating complex organizations and inspiring cross-functional collaboration
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degrees (MBA, PharmD, or equivalent) strongly preferred

Leadership Attributes

• Innovative & Entrepreneurial: Thrives on identifying and developing new business opportunities, particularly those leveraging AI and technology
• Strategic Thinker: Clearly sees market trends and translates them into executable growth strategies
• Collaborative Leader: Skilled at rallying diverse teams to deliver innovative solutions
• Result-Oriented: Committed to driving tangible results and contributing to the overall financial and strategic objectives of TELUS Health
• Excellent Communicator: Persuasive and clear in presentations and negotiations, internally and externally
• Highly Engaged: Proactive, energetic, and enthusiastic in tackling new challenges and driving meaningful change

Join us as we redefine healthcare delivery through innovation, strategic partnerships, and market leadership—shaping a healthier future for all Canadians.

Advanced knowledge of English is required because you will most of the time interact in English with external parties (clients, suppliers, candidates, external partners, etc.); interact in English with internal parties (colleagues, internal partners, stakeholders, etc.); and work with IT tools whose interface is only accessible in English as part of this position's main responsibilities given its national scope.