Posted 15 days ago
Consultant
@ Acute Care Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Overview
Acute Care Alberta is hiring a Senior Innovation Consultant to lead health innovation trials, evaluation and adoption across provincial programs and hospitals. The role involves business intelligence, business cases, investment oversight and partner relationships. It is a full-time, regular position with days-only shifts, Saturday and Sunday off, and eligibility to work remotely within Alberta; the posted salary is $38.73 to $66.42 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Lead innovation trials from client readiness to adoption
- Gather business intelligence and identify emerging trends
- Prepare business cases and oversee investments
- Build relationships with industry, government and researchers
- Evaluate the impact of innovations with partners
Requirements summary:
- PhD or master's in IT, AI, ML, MBA or innovation
- Five years leading health care innovation trials
- Experience measuring innovation impact
- Evidence-based decision-making
- Project and change management
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-23
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Research & science |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 38.75 |
| Schedule | day |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Evaluation Certificate |
| Education | Doctorate (required), Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Machine Learning, Clinical Applications, Innovation Management, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence |
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Acute Care Alberta
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 19 |
Your Opportunity:
The Senior Innovation Consultant is a specialist in leading innovation initiatives (trials, evaluation, adoption) and has a background and understanding of the innovation ecosystem in Alberta and Canada. This Specialist understands the Innovation Pipeline and the evidence required to successfully advance innovative solutions within ACA. The Senior Innovation Consultant works with the ACA Provincial Programs, Provincial Health Authorities/Corporations and hospitals operational areas to identify performance gaps and sources potential innovative solutions through various process and methods. This person will develop and foster strong relationships with industry, government, academic researchers and internal ACA collaborators.
Description:
The Senior Innovation Consultant will gather and analyze business intelligence and industry best practices, identify potential trends and emerging issues, prepare business cases and implement programming to support health innovation at ACA. This includes management throughout the innovation trial lifecycle from identifying potential clients, advising and facilitating client readiness, designing the trial and its evaluation, pro-active investment oversight to adoption in the health system to drive intended outcomes. They will act as a resource for innovators and create value-add relationships or partnerships to maximize the impacts for the benefit of Alberta patients. The Senior Innovation Consultant will work with internal and external partners to evaluate the impact of the innovation. The Senior Innovation Consultant will understand the various funding resources available to advance and support innovation and will be able to work with ACA program areas, Contract Procurement and Supply Management, Digital Health IT to advise innovators of next steps in their path to commercialization and adoption. They will also have strong relationships with ecosystem partners and will be able to refer companies elsewhere to develop their product.
- Classification: Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Innovation and Business Intelligence
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 05-NOV-2026
- Date Available: 15-NOV-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.73
- Maximum Salary: $66.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
PhD in Machine Learning Clinical applications, innovation management, innovation evaluation. Master’s level degree - IT/AI/ML, MBA, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Evaluation Certificate.
Additional Required Qualifications:
5 years of leadership/management of innovation trials in health care, engagement with multiple organizations, collaborators, measurement of innovation impact.
Preferred Qualifications:
Evidence-Based Decision-Making. Innovation initiatives. Health Economics and Financial Management. Decision Intelligence. Project Management . Change Management. Group Facilitation. Adult Education.
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