Senior Business Analyst, Strategy, Planning & Implementation Team - BC Cancer Vancouver

Senior Business Analyst, Strategy, Planning & Implementation Team BC Cancer Vancouver, BC

Work with Purpose

It would be enough if this opportunity were only about advancing BC Cancer’s vision of a world free from cancer. But this is more: it’s about being part of the team responsible for the strategy, planning, and delivery of B.C.’s 10-year Cancer Action Plan. We are an extraordinary team applying leading practices in project and change management, engagement, and transformation. It’s about you bringing skill, creativity, and drive – to work alongside some of the world’s best providers and researchers to transform cancer care. It’s about making a real difference to the one in two British Columbians whose lives are touched by cancer.

We are looking for passionate professionals with health sector experience to join our team. You will be supporting project managers and leaders in a number of projects to enable system-level transformation in cancer care, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and measurable outcomes.

We are looking for an individual who brings:

Health sector clinical experience: developing clinical and patient journey workflows, analyzing quantitative and qualitative information (e.g. engagement and partnership assessment) to inform project planning, change management and engagement approaches, and conducting environmental scans and best practice research to inform business decisions.
Analytical agility and creative problem-solving: applying strong organizational and analytical acumen to develop roadmaps, tools, processes, and reports that help teams plan and deliver projects effectively within complex and evolving environments.
Strategic framing: to ascertain pertinent and key information from complex healthcare content and analyses to prepare briefing documents that support strategic planning and priority setting.
Applied change management: supporting patients, staff, and internal and external partners through change — meeting people where they are and helping them succeed through transformation.

Together, we will take on the challenge — and make an impact that matters.

What you’ll do:

Provide strategic planning direction by leading and performing feasibility studies, workload efficiency analyses, and analyzing, designing, and implementing appropriate information systems, including identifying system deficiencies, operational inefficiencies, and methods to enhance business functions.
Analyze operational problems and recommend innovative solutions by critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding, distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs, and driving and challenging business assumptions.
Elicit business requirements by engaging clinical/program operation owners, key stakeholders and subject matter experts, and using methods such as interviews, environmental scanning, document reviews, business process descriptions, “use case” scenarios and workflow analysis.
Facilitate consensus on issues, including business design features, program changes, data requirements, privacy issues and reports. Prepare in depth business and analytical reports for executives.
Develop business requirements specifications, project proposals, business cases, project summaries and other related documentation using standard templates.
Coordinate implementation of applications and/or processes by acting as liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams, and by ensuring documentation, user testing, user training, and business process change management are in place.
Participate in various operational and project committees and teams to facilitate and lead various initiatives like the development of clinical registries.
Develop and recommends budgets, monitors expenditures, analyses and reports on variances and implements remedial action for assigned projects. Allocates resources to achieve goals.
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BC Cancer contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.

Core Competencies

Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

What you bring:

Qualifications:

A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a master’s degree in business, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related discipline plus a minimum of five (5) years’ recent related experience including three (3) years in a team lead role.

You have:

Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate complex ideas in simple terminology.
Demonstrated experience organizing and writing application related documentation and proposals.
Ability to understand and clearly relate technical information to internal and external members of the organization.
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem solving environment, utilizing your advanced critical thinking capabilities.
Understands business analysis and project management methodology. Superior ability in presentation, facilitation, negotiation and issue management/escalation.
Ability to facilitate and encourage cooperation between diverse operational groups and skill sets.
Working knowledge of SQL and other program language.
Strong skills and experience in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and MS Project, Access), SharePoint and Visio, Crystal reports and other Business Intelligence Tools.
Experience with main stream project planning software and tools preferred.
Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

What we bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.

Job Type: Regular, Full-Time Salary Range: $76,111- $109,409. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles. Location: 601 W.Broadway, Vancouver BC V5Z 4C2 Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Hours of Work: Monday to Friday; 0800-1600 / 0830-1630. Requisition Number: 203584E

What we do

BC Cancer provides comprehensive cancer control for the people of British Columbia.

BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).

PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services

PHSA and BC Cancer are committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at [email protected].

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

Attention current employees of PHSA:

You must apply via your internal profile at http://internaljobs.phsa.ca.

The internal job posting expires on September 15, 2026, and will no longer be accessible. If the internal job posting has expired, please e-mail [email protected] with the six-digit job requisition number and your PHSA employee ID number to be considered as a late internal applicant. Please do not apply for the external job posting.

If you have not yet set up an internal profile, please e-mail [email protected] with your PHSA employee ID number to obtain your temporary password. Our business hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm, excluding Statutory Holidays and a Help Desk Representative will respond to you with 1-2 business days.

If you are not a current employee of PHSA and require assistance with your application, please contact the External Careers team at [email protected].