Canadian Medical Association

Vice President

• Establish the strategic direction and long-term vision for the CMA’s public policy portfolio
• Steward the enterprise health policy agenda and align priorities with organizational strategy, emerging system needs, physician and member perspectives, and healthcare improvement opportunities
• Position the policy function as a source of forward-looking, actionable solutions to complex healthcare challenges
• Identify emerging opportunities and translate research, evidence, physician insight, and system knowledge into credible policy options
• Build relationships and support to move ideas from consultation and organizational positioning toward influence and adoption
• Shape the CMA’s long-term policy perspective on healthcare delivery, workforce sustainability, health equity, innovation, access to care, system performance, and evolving physician and patient needs
• Connect policy development with advocacy, communications, media, engagement, research, and partnership strategies
• Ensure policy priorities are informed by meaningful consultation and translated into clear organizational positions, compelling narratives, and coordinated approaches
• Represent the CMA’s policy perspectives and healthcare expertise in strategic forums, policy discussions, and national dialogue
• Build and sustain relationships with physicians, patients, governments, medical and professional organizations, health system leaders, researchers, and other healthcare and public policy partners across Canada
• Convene expertise, build consensus, and advance practical healthcare solutions
• Provide leadership and oversight to the broader policy function
• Foster a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative culture
• Support leadership development and succession
• Ensure strong governance, responsible resource stewardship, risk management, and operational performance

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Vice President, Public Policy

• Provide enterprise-wide leadership, governance, and oversight for information management, technology, AI, and cybersecurity across the CMA
• Align IM/IT investments, platforms, and practices with organizational strategy, enterprise architecture, risk requirements, and approved priorities
• Develop an integrated enterprise information management and technology strategy, operating model, and roadmap
• Establish decision rights, standards, and governance for technology, information management, cybersecurity, data architecture, and AI
• Provide strategic counsel on opportunities, investments, dependencies, and risks
• Ensure clear reporting on performance and value realization
• Lead enterprise information management, including data governance, architecture, information platforms, analytics capabilities, and responsible AI governance, adoption, and enablement
• Direct technology operations and service delivery across cybersecurity, cloud and network infrastructure, identity and access management, enterprise applications, collaboration platforms, integrations, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Oversee operating budgets, technology lifecycle planning, vendors, and contracts
• Hold delivery partners accountable for service, project, and risk outcomes
• Lead transformation and modernization of the IM/IT operating model
• Enhance operational planning, portfolio management, and delivery disciplines
• Strengthen capabilities and capacity to meet evolving enterprise needs
• Ensure priorities and trade-offs are transparent, demand is aligned with organizational capacity, and investments deliver measurable value
• Balance reliable day-to-day operations with longer-term modernization
• Build internal capabilities and cross-enterprise partnerships
• Reinforce disciplined execution, project governance, and benefits realization
• Establish trust and stability, communicate frequently and authentically, and motivate employees
• Set clear direction, recognize contributions, develop leaders and capability, and foster confidence, cohesion, and accountability

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Vice-President, Information Management – Information Technology

• Establish the strategic direction, priorities, and long-term vision for the CMA’s communications function
• Develop and steward integrated communications and marketing strategies supporting enterprise priorities, advocacy, public policy, membership, reputation, and public trust
• Lead the evolution and stewardship of the CMA enterprise brand, organizational narrative, and value proposition
• Provide strategic leadership for creative, audience-focused campaigns across communications, marketing, storytelling, content, digital, social, media, and events
• Advise on communications strategy, executive communications, public positioning, reputation, and emerging issues
• Establish frameworks for issues management, crisis communications, and reputational risk
• Guide executive messaging, thought leadership, speeches, presentations, and coordinated responses to complex or high-profile matters
• Provide strategic oversight of media relations, digital and internal communications, social media, content strategy, and audience engagement
• Cultivate relationships with physician leaders, healthcare organizations, partners, creative agencies, media organizations, and other influential audiences
• Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative communications team
• Establish priorities, performance expectations, and resource plans
• Oversee major communications and marketing investments, external agencies, creative partners, and service providers
• Foster excellence in storytelling, creative development, integrated planning, audience engagement, and continuous improvement

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