Senior Communications Strategist

The CAN Health Network is helping build a stronger, more competitive Canadian economy by connecting healthcare operators with Canadian technology companies to bring innovative solutions into the healthcare system. As a federally funded national network, CAN Health works with healthcare organizations, known as Edges, to identify pressing challenges and match them with Canadian-made solutions that can be validated, procured, and scaled across the country.

As CAN Health continues to grow nationally, we are looking for a strategic and highly creative communications and marketing professional to help elevate the organization’s visibility, strengthen its national brand, and drive awareness of the impact being created across Canada’s health innovation ecosystem.

The Senior Communications Strategist will support the development and execution of CAN Health’s digital presence, marketing campaigns, media strategy, and brand storytelling. This role will help shape how CAN Health is positioned nationally across healthcare, government, industry, and innovation audiences while also supporting the visibility of CAN Health partners, Edges, companies, and commercialization initiatives.

CAN Health’s headquarters is in downtown Oakville, where you will work, collaborate, and build relationships with colleagues and partners. As a national Network, CAN Health also works closely with team members and stakeholders across Canada.

This position offers a flexible hybrid/remote work arrangement. Team members who reside within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are expected to work from our Oakville office three days per week to support collaboration, team engagement, and in-person meetings, or as needed.

Candidates located outside the GTHA but within Canada are welcome to apply and may work fully remotely. We are committed to supporting a distributed workforce and fostering strong connections across our national team.

Salary Range: $85,000-$105,000

What You’ll Do
Reporting to the Manager, Strategy & Growth, the Senior Communications Strategist will lead strategic communications initiatives that strengthen CAN Health’s national profile, support organizational priorities, and elevate awareness of Canadian healthcare innovation.

This role combines strategy and execution. You will serve as a trusted communications advisor across the organization, helping shape narratives, identify opportunities, support leadership communications, develop integrated campaigns, and position CAN Health as a leading voice within Canada’s health innovation ecosystem.

Working closely with senior leadership, healthcare organizations, government partners, Canadian companies, media, and ecosystem stakeholders, you will help ensure CAN Health’s story is communicated effectively to audiences across the country.

Lead the development and execution of strategic communications initiatives that support CAN Health’s organizational priorities, partnerships, events, commercialization projects, and national initiatives.

Develop integrated communications and marketing campaigns across digital, media, event, and stakeholder channels.

Support media relations activities, including media outreach, announcements, interviews, press strategies, and story development.

Identify opportunities to increase CAN Health’s visibility across healthcare, innovation, government, and business audiences.

Create compelling content and storytelling strategies that elevate CAN Health’s impact, partners, companies, and national profile.

Lead communications planning for conferences, announcements, launches, thought leadership initiatives, and stakeholder engagements.

Support executive visibility and strategic communications initiatives for leadership.

Monitor campaign performance, digital analytics, engagement metrics, and audience growth opportunities.

Collaborate with internal teams, external vendors, agencies, partners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment across communications initiatives.

Help maintain CAN Health’s visual identity, messaging consistency, and overall brand presence.

What You Bring
You are a strategic communicator who understands how to build brands, shape narratives, and…