Job Title

Program Director, Drone Transport Initiative

Job Category

M&P; - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level C

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

Health Engagement | Dean’s Office | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$8,087.08 - $12,117.08 CAD Monthly

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Job End Date

February 28, 2029

Posting End Date

November 4, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Program Director provides strategic leadership and oversight to the execution of phase 2. The interdisciplinary research‑to‑implementation program advances safe, equitable, and sustainable drone‑enabled transport for healthcare logistics. The Director holds delegated authority to set strategy, establish governance, allocate resources, steward risk,



and represent the University across a complex ecosystem of academic, health system, Indigenous, regulatory, and industry partners.

The role is accountable for end‑to‑end outcomes of a multi‑year portfolio spanning drone research and development, operational implementation, regulatory readiness, community co‑design, and commercialization. The Director ensures alignment across engineering, clinical, operational, regulatory, and community priorities, and is responsible for positioning the program for long‑term sustainability beyond the funded phase.

Organizational Status

The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 14,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals,



making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty of Medicine —comprised of approximately 2,700 administrative support, technical/research and management and skilled staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 12,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 26 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty of Medicine delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

The Director reports to the Vice Dean of Health Engagement and Partnership at the Faculty of Medicine while receiving guidance from the UBC Medicine Executive team members, Dr. John Pawlovich, Rural Chair of Faculty of Medicine, and Dr. Anurag Singh, Director of the Northern Centre of Clinical Research. The UBC Medicine Executive team shares joint decision-making.

The Director works with significant autonomy and broad decision authority. Collaborates closely with UBC Sponsored Research, legal counsel, procurement, research ethics boards, privacy offices, safety and risk units,

📌 Program Director, Drone Transport Initiative (Vancouver)
🏢 University of British Columbia
📍 Vancouver