Technical Project Lead

Technical Project Lead

Clinical Ancillary Services (CAS) is a digital enablement team within Fraser Health supporting over 150 clinical systems across 40+ acute clinical departments. CAS partners closely with clinical programs, infrastructure and technical teams and external vendors to ensure the reliability, availability, and modernization of critical clinical systems that support patient care and operational workflows.

CAS is seeking a highly skilled Technical Project Lead to represent the Clinical Ancillary Services portfolio and associated applications, supporting the planning, coordination, and successful execution of a large-scale data centre migration initiative.

The CAS Technical Project Lead will work closely with CAS leadership, applications owners, infrastructure and technical teams, external vendors and the broader FHA Data Centre Migration project team to support migration planning, application assessments, risk identification, testing coordination, cutover planning, and post-migration stabilization activities for in-scope CAS applications and servers.

Key responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, migration readiness assessments, application and infrastructure dependency analysis, project planning and coordination, issue and risk management, vendor coordination, testing oversight, cutover execution support, and transition-to-operations activities for Clinical Ancillary systems within FHA's healthcare environment.

FHA is seeking one Technical Project Lead to represent the Clinical Ancillary Services (CAS) portfolio and associated clinical applications in support of a large-scale data centre migration initiative. The Technical Project Lead will be responsible for coordinating planning, application readiness assessments, technical and operational dependencies, testing activities, cutover planning, and migration execution to ensure the successful transition of in-scope critical clinical systems within the CAS portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Data Centre Migration Planning & Execution

• Serve as the primary CAS representative for a portfolio of clinical ancillary applications participating in the data centre migration program
• Coordinate application migration planning activities, including readiness assessments, inventory validation, dependency mapping, and migration sequencing
• Coordinate application testing activities to validate application readiness before and after migration events
• Monitor migration progress, issues and risks, and support mitigation activities, escalating concerns as required
• Facilitate working sessions with infrastructure, network, security, application support teams, vendors, and clinical stakeholders to ensure alignment and readiness across all migration workstreams
• Support post-migration validation and transition-to-operations activities to ensure continuity of service and operational stability

1. Business Analysis & Discovery

• Lead and facilitate structured discovery activities with operational and technical stakeholders
• Support application assessment and rationalization activities to inform future-state planning
• Develop high-quality artifacts, as required, such as process and data flow diagrams, requirements documentation, application and system infrastructure diagrams

1. Workforce Capability Building & Knowledge Transfer

• Support the ongoing development of internal technical capabilities within the CAS team
• Design and deliver regular knowledge-sharing sessions (e.g. lunch and learns) on relevant topics, such as:
• Cloud fundamentals and key concepts
• Application architecture
• Integration specifications
• Emerging technologies and best practices
• Develop reusable materials and artifacts to support team learning and adoption

1. Other Duties

• Assume other related duties as necessary

Specific Qualifications or Experience Required:

• 7-10+ years of experience leading or supporting complex technical projects within large enterprise environments
• Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating infrastructure, data centre, application migration or technology transformation initiatives
• Proven experience managing application portfolios through major infrastructure changes, including migration planning, dependency management, testing coordination, cutover planning, and operational readiness activities
• Strong understanding of enterprise architectures, integrations, hosting environments, infrastructure dependencies, and operational support models
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate technical and operational risks associated with infrastructure and application migration initiatives
• Experience working with cross-functional teams spanning business and technical domains
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable information for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience developing project artifacts such as migration plans, dependency maps, readiness assessments, testing strategies, risk registers, and implementation plans

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience leading or supporting large-scale data centre migrations, infrastructure modernization programs, or cloud transformation initiatives
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, hybrid hosting environments, or enterprise cloud migration strategies
• Experience conducting application inventory, assessment, and rationalization activities
• Experience within a healthcare or other highly regulated environment supporting mission-critical applications
• Business Analysis certification (CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA) and/or project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certifications) considered an asset

Key attributes of the successful proponent include:

• Strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent migration activities and priorities
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk management capabilities
• Ability to navigate complex technical and operational environments and build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused with a strong commitment to ensuring successful project outcomes
• Comfortable working in ambiguous and evolving environments while maintaining focus on timelines, dependencies, and critical deliverables