CEO and Scientific Director, and EVP Research & Innovation

is one of Canada’s largest and most respected academic health sciences centres, serving a diverse, multicultural, and multilingual population of over one million people across the National Capital Region and Nunavut.

Committed to delivering cutting-edge, innovative, world-class 21st-century health care, TOH is leading the way in the age of digital care and is embarking on an exciting journey of modernization and transformation, which will culminate in a new campus, one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Ottawa. Proudly affiliated with the University of Ottawa and supported by the Ottawa Hospital Foundation, is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital. OHRI’s research spans more than a hundred different diseases, conditions, and specialties with an overall focus on translating discoveries and knowledge into better health.

Position Overview

The Hospital and OHRI are seeking a dynamic and inspirational research leader as their Executive Vice President, Research & Innovation (EVP), TOH and the Chief Executive Officer & Scientific Director (CEO / SD), OHRI. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actualize the Hospital’s long-standing commitment to innovate, integrate, and have impact across its entire research enterprise, now and into the future.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead and innovate in research and scientific endeavors.
2. Foster partnerships with collaborators and funders globally.
3. Model integrity, equity, inclusion, collaboration, and excellence.
4. Drive change and mobilize research enterprises to achieve impactful outcomes.
5. Develop and support a compelling vision for the Hospital’s research and innovation enterprise.
6. Mentor and empower diverse and inclusive team cultures.

Qualifications

As the ideal candidate, you are a leader, innovator, and respected scientist with a clear sense of the future and the importance of research and innovation in all its forms. You are known for developing and supporting diverse and inclusive team cultures that are safe, high-performing, equitable, and committed to addressing matters of social justice, anti-racism, anti-oppression, planetary health, and social accountability, head on.

To apply for this position, please submit your application and related materials online. For additional information, please contact us.