Acting Senior Manager, Post Market Drug Evaluation

Position: Acting Senior Manager, Post-Market Drug Evaluation Status: Full time, temporary, 14 months Location: Ottawa, Ontario, or Toronto, Ontario (hybrid) Closing date: July 24, 2026 Salary range: $119,430 to $145,970 per year Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) is a pan-Canadian health organization. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. Created and funded by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, we drive better coordination, alignment, and public value within Canada’s drug, health technology, and health systems landscape. We provide health system leaders in Canada with independent evidence and advice, empowering them to make informed decisions about drugs, health technologies, and broader health system strategies and investments, and we collaborate with national and international partners to enhance our collective impact. CDA-AMC was named 1 of the National Capital Region’s top employers for the third year in a row. This recognition celebrates our dedication to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment that nurtures growth and innovation. It reaffirms our ongoing efforts to create an outstanding workplace where our employees thrive and feel valued. Hybrid Work Arrangement At CDA-AMC, employees participate in a hybrid workspace arrangement that allows for flexibility and enhanced work-life balance. We believe in the positive impact of in-person collaboration and the importance of team building. This position follows a hybrid work schedule with a minimum of 2 days onsite, though this requirement may vary based on business and operational needs. Primary Focus We are seeking to fill a current opening on our Pharmaceutical Policy and Post-Market Drug Evaluation (PMDE) team. The Acting Senior Manager, Post-Market Drug Evaluation provides strategic and operational leadership for the PMDE program, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely, and impactful postmarket drug evaluations. Reporting to the Director, Pharmaceutical Policy and PMDE, the Senior Manager is accountable for overseeing a national network of multidisciplinary research partners (CoLab) and ensuring effective stewardship of the program’s financial and operational resources. The role provides leadership across all aspects of program planning, grants and contracts, research delivery, engagement, and performance management. The Senior Manager will work with the Director, Pharmaceutical Policy and PMDE to identify internal organizational synergies and set overall priorities that will shape how Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) approaches postmarket drug evaluations and life cycle health technology assessments. What do the daily responsibilities look like? On any given day, the Acting Senior Manager, Post-Market Drug Evaluation will: provide strategic and operational leadership for the PMDE program, ensuring alignment with the strategic priorities of CDA-AMC and the delivery of high-quality, timely, and impactful postmarket drug evaluations provide strategic insight into the advancement of the PMDE program by proactively identifying opportunities to advance current work and identify opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of the PMDE program proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks that may affect delivery, project scope, or reputation of the PMDE program monitor advancements in real-world evidence to ensure the PMDE program aligns with current standards and best practice oversee the program’s overall progress toward its business and strategic plan priorities and be responsible for reporting on the program to senior leadership and our funders by: providing oversight on the annual operating budget of the PMDE program, including CoLab grants, by monitoring quarterly and monthly performance, analyzing variances, and providing leadership with recommendations on reallocating funds as needed to ensure resources are allocated effectively overseeing the capacity, performance, and developme…