Vice President, Health System Partnerships, Research and Advocacy

Vice President, Health System Partnerships, Research and Advocacy

Location:

Toronto, ON Canada. Hybrid (two days in the office per week). Primary location is the Lung Health Foundation’s office in Toronto, with occasional travel within Ontario and across Canada as required.

Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer

Type:
Full-time, permanent

Salary Range: ,000

Vacancy:
This position will fill a vacancy.

Imagine a future where people living with lung cancer have a fighting chance. Where no one loses a loved one to asthma. Where people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) live life to the fullest. Where older adults maintain their independence. And where future generations are spared the debilitating effects of lung disease.

LHF’s mission is to champion advocacy, research, innovation and education to promote lung health and transform care across Canada.

We will achieve this through:

• Delivering trusted, evidence-informed programs and education
• Funding innovative, life-changing research
• Advocating for policies that protect and prioritize lung health
• Amplifying the voices of Canadians to create a stronger, more equitable system
• Collaborating nationally and globally, because no one should face lung disease alone.

And at the heart of it all? Helping those who have been impacted by lung disease.

The Vice President, Health Systems Partnerships, Research and Advocacy is a member of LHF's executive leadership team and plays a central role in advancing the organization's mission, strategic priorities, credibility, influence and impact. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President leads a diverse portfolio spanning programs and health-system improvement, research and scientific leadership, public affairs and advocacy, health-system partnerships, data strategy, professional education, and stakeholder engagement.

This role helps shape how a national health charity influences health systems, policy, research, and practice. A significant focus of the role is external: the Vice President represents LHF with senior leaders across government, healthcare, research, academia, professional organizations, patient and community organizations, and the charitable sector. This role cultivates trusted relationships, identifies emerging opportunities, maintains scientific credibility, and develops partnerships and initiatives that advance LHF's priorities.

Internally, the Vice President provides strategic direction and executive-level judgment while leading and developing a highly capable multidisciplinary team. The role also serves as a senior quality checkpoint, helping ensure LHF's programs, research, policy positions, educational initiatives and external-facing work are evidence-based, scientifically and factually sound, appropriately nuanced, and aligned with organizational priorities.

The successful candidate will be equally comfortable setting strategy, developing senior relationships and navigating complex health-system issues as they are ensuring that major commitments, programs, partnerships and funded initiatives are delivered with rigour, accountability and measurable impact.

• Serve as a member of LHF's executive leadership team, contributing to organizational strategy, business planning, priority setting, risk management and key organizational decisions.
• Provide executive-level advice and judgment on emerging opportunities, complex or sensitive issues, competing priorities, and decisions
• Translate LHF's strategic priorities into clear portfolio objectives, initiatives and partnerships and lead the team to accomplish these goals.
• Provide oversight of portfolio budgets and resources, ensuring investments are aligned with strategic priorities and deliver strong organizational and mission impact.
• Work collaboratively across departments to ensure alignment between programs, research, advocacy, communications, partnerships and broader organizational priorities.
• Foster an organizational culture grounded in evidence, scientific integrity, collaboration, accountability, equity and measurable impact.
• Provide…