Surveillance Program Manager

Job Title: Surveillance Program Manager

Vacancies: This posting is for (1) current vacancy

Location: Vancouver, BC | Ottawa, ON | Calgary, AB | Halifax, NS | St John's, NL | Kelowna, BC| Prince George, BC | Montreal, QC | Québec, QC (Detailed office location information can be found by visiting this link: https://cancer.ca/en/contact-us)

Work Model: Hybrid Work Model

Salary Band: 6 ($72,000 - $82,000 CAD)

HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CANCER CARE IN CANADA

The Canadian Cancer Society works tirelessly to save lives, improve lives and drive collective action against cancer. Together with patients, volunteers, donors and communities across the country, we raise funds to invest in transformative cancer research, we provide a caring support system for everyone affected by cancer and we advocate to governments to create a healthier future for all. It takes a society to take on cancer – and the Canadian Cancer Society is leading the way.

MAKING AN IMPACT

Reporting to the Director, Surveillance, the Surveillance Program Manager plays a critical role in leading the operational delivery, coordination and continuous improvement of the Canadian Cancer Society's surveillance and cancer statistics programs. The role is responsible for managing complex multi-partner initiatives, supporting national advisory committee and working group structures, overseeing the production and dissemination of flagship surveillance products, coordinating external vendor and partner relationships, and ensuring efficient program operations.

The Program Manager serves as a key point of contact for the Canadian Cancer Society’s national surveillance portfolio, including the Canadian Cancer Statistics program,



implementation of the pan-Canadian Cancer Data Strategy and the Data Transformation grant program. The Program Manager works with key external collaborators including Statistics Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, provincial and territorial cancer registries, academic experts and volunteers, people with lived and living experience, as well as internal CCS teams to ensure high-quality surveillance products are delivered on time and with impact. The Program Manager provides enabling support to the Director, Surveillance, to expand key relationships with national and international collaborators and interest holders.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Program Implementation and Management
- Manage end-to-end implementation of multi-interest holder cancer surveillance and data programs and projects, including operational planning, coordination, monitoring and knowledge translation.
- Develop and maintain integrated workplans, production schedules, risk logs, and reporting processes across Surveillance initiatives.
- Manage the governance and operations of the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee, including meeting planning, logistics, agendas, minutes, action-item tracking and committee communications, as well as the nomination process for members and chairs.
- Coordinate monthly collaborator meetings,



semi-annual senior collaborator meetings and strategic working groups, including methods, evaluation and special report subcommittees.
- Lead production management for Canadian Cancer Statistics publications, special reports and knowledge translation products from planning through publication and evaluation.
- Manage additional surveillance-related publication production workflows involving authors, reviewers, copyeditors, graphic designers, translators and publication vendors.
- Support the Surveillance leadership in preparing for and executing follow-up actions from meetings, including development of communications, presentations, conference abstracts, reporting compilation, among others.
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of project management processes, standard operating procedures, templates, and tools to support the Surveillance team and improve efficiency and quality.
- Delegate coordination of administrative project deliverables to various Surveillance and CCS staff to deliver knowledge products and events.
- Provide mentorship to Surveillance staff to build capacity and support career development.
- Relationship Management and Interest-holder Engagement
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with federal collaborators (Statistics Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada), academic collaborators and advisors, provincial and territorial cancer registries, researchers, contractors, people with lived and living experience, and volunteer experts.
- Build and maintain solid working relationships with internal teams (e.g., Fundraising; Communications; Digital Engagement; Digital Marketing and Solutions; Data Strategy, Analytics and Solutions; Advocacy and Hea

📌 Surveillance Program Manager (St. John's)
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