Sinai Health is seeking a Project Manager to support our Capital Planning and Development team. The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, organization, and oversight of large, complex capital projects, as assigned by the Senior Manager. This role ensures projects reflect and enable Sinai Health’s clinical priorities, research and education missions, and comply with the Ministry of Health’s Capital Planning framework
To be successful in this role, you will possess considerable knowledge and experience in project planning and management, preferably within a healthcare environment. Working closely with leadership, clinical programs, researchers, and external consultants, the Project Manager bridges clinical, academic, and operational needs into facility design solutions that support patient-centered care, innovation, and institutional growth. The role also ensures compliance with the Ministry of Health Capital Planning Manual, the Broader Public Sector Procurement Directive (BPS), hospital policies, and all applicable codes and standards.
About this team:
Capital Planning & Development at Sinai Health is dedicated to advancing the hospital’s facilities in support of exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and academic excellence. The department is responsible for the strategic coordination of space, people, and projects across all sites, ensuring that investments in infrastructure are aligned with organizational priorities and long-term growth.
In this role you will:
- Lead and manage the planning and design of multiple capital projects simultaneously within a multi-disciplinary team while monitoring project deliverables
- Translate organizational vision and clinical service plans into facility requirements, incorporating evidence-based design, patient experience, and healthcare delivery best practices
- Prepare project charters, functional programs, and project definition documents that outline scope, budget, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies
- Facilitate and lead the creation of early planning project budgets to enable project cost approvals and executive decisions related to capital investments, projects, and program and service growth requests
- Monitor approved budget spend, commitments, forecast, and cost-to-date for projects during the planning phases, and transition projects beyond planning to project managers responsible for implementation
- Proactively track project progress and regularly report on project milestones
- Lead procurement of consultants (architects, engineers, planners, cost consultants, etc.) in compliance with hospital and public sector procurement requirements
- Direct, coordinate, and oversee consultant teams to ensure deliverables meet quality, scope, and budget expectations
- Establish and manage project governance structures, including steering committees, working groups, and clinical planning groups
- Utilize project management and change management skills in working with stakeholders to achieve deliverables, timelines, and milestones
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders and integrated inter-professional teams
- Proactively identify any potential project issues or risks and work with the team to develop effective options for mitigation
- Along with the Senior Manager, develop RFPs (e.g., services from functional programmers, architects, and engineers), evaluate RFPs, and ensure compliance with hospital policies and procedures
- Manage the consulting team and verify work performed by the lead and other specialty consultants is complete according to agreements and work plan commitments
- Verify completion of planning activities and create and report results to various levels of management, including the Senior Manager, Director, Vice-President of Facilities and Capital Development, Steering Committees, and other oversight committees as required
- Utilize expert-level negotiation skills and conflict resolution strategies to work with external and internal stakeholders, obtaining buy-in and support to ensure the success of planning work and achievement of realistic real-time and long-term strategies
- Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required
