Manager, Techna

University Health Network; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 105.000 - 155.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

HOOPP Pension Plan

Transit access and shuttle service

Flexible work environment

Development and promotions within a/nH

Corporate discounts

Descripción de la vacante

University Health Network seeks a seasoned Product Manager to lead its data science and health informatics portfolio. You will guide product roadmaps, mentor developers, and translate clinical needs into scalable health tech solutions across a collaborative, agile team.

You will work with Software Developers, Architects, Analysts and others to advance interoperability platforms and predictive health models, while aligning with Techna leadership and regulatory considerations.

Formación

• Masters Degree or equivalent in Health Science, Computer Science, Health Administration, or related field.
• Up to five years of relevant health-related experience.
• At least two years supervising and mentoring staff, ideally software developers/engineers.
• At least two years as Product Manager on SaaS enterprise products with complex infra.
• Background as software engineer or data pipelines with modern data infra (Kubernetes, Spark/Beam, Redshift/BigQuery).
• Proven ability to bridge technical and business teams and drive clarity in complex domains.
• Experience supporting complex research and clinical environments.
• Familiar with data-driven or AI-enabled healthcare initiatives and translating needs into data/tech requirements.
• Regulatory knowledge (REB, Health Canada) is an asset.
• Track record from concept to launch, adoption, and retention of features.
• Curious, self-educating product management approach on tech stacks and literature.
• PM experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence others.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams to outcomes, not just outputs.
• Experience with highly technical stakeholders and solid SDLC understanding.

Responsabilidades

• Identify technological opportunities and work with leadership to prioritize outcomes.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and resources.
• Measure progress and demonstrate value to internal stakeholders.
• Use data-informed decisions to steer strategy and roadmap.
• Lead and oversee all aspects of national projects in the Data Science Team.
• Collaborate with research programs and stakeholders to enable research and clinical care.
• Mentor development teams and guide technical roadmaps with innovation focus.
• Communicate project developments and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Ensure efficient resource allocation and operational processes.

Conocimientos

Product management

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Educación

Masters degree

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Spark/Beam

BigQuery/Redshift

Descripción del empleo

• Compensation: CAD 105,476 - CAD 155,476 - yearly

Company Description

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.

Union:Non-Union
Number of Vacancies:1
New or Replacement Position: Replacement
Site:R. Fraser Elliott Building, Toronto General Hospital, 190 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON Department:TECHNA
Reports to:Project Director
Salary Range:$105,476 - $155,476 per annum
Hours:37.5 Hours Per Week
Shifts:Monday to Friday
Status:Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date:November 4, 2026

Position Summary

This is a challenging, impactful, and highly collaborative position. You will be working as part of the Data Science and Health Informatics Research teams that sits at the intersection of FAIR data management and machine learning and is responsible for developing innovative health data applications and tools. You will actively solve novel problems, make improvements, troubleshoot independently and with your team.

You will be responsible for managing the product roadmap and development, as well as, guiding and mentoring your development team. To guide development teams, you will leverage existing ideas and develop new insights based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and key opinion leaders. To do this, you should have a unique blend of business and technical savvy, be a good observer and listener, and be able to connect unmet customer needs with product design.

You will be working with Software Developers, Architects, Business Analysts, Designers, and other managers to ensure the success of your product portfolio and drive the technical roadmap with a premier focus on correctness and innovation.

The ideal candidate should have experience as a product manager in health sciences and bioinformatics. This role requires experience in using a range of different technologies and frameworks to create innovative healthcare solutions. You will work on novel health technologies that will help accelerate research, including health data interoperability platforms and integrated predictive models.

You will be working within a dynamic team, and you will learn and adapt rapidly while working in Agile mode.

Duties

• Identify new technological opportunities and work with leadership to prioritize and execute to achieve defined outcomes
• Translate business needs into technical requirement documentation and related resources
• Measure and track progress, success, and failures for internal stakeholders to demonstrate the value created by the team
• Use a data-informed decision-making process, and identify new opportunities and provide sound reasoning for strategy decisions from that data
• Leverage strong problem-solving skills - deal with ambiguity, gather information, prioritize, and drive execution on objectives, ensuring they ladder up to key strategies in an iterative and incremental way
• Communicating and presenting key project developments, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders
• Develop and communicate product insights, positioning, and value proposition throughout the organization creating alignment around the goals.
• Lead and oversee all aspects and day to day operational and administrative functions of our National projects in the Data Science Team
• Collaborate with research programs, principal investigators and other stakeholders in enabling research and optimizing clinical care at UHN and partner organizations
• Work closely with the Techna leadership team in the development and implementation of operational and strategic initiatives
• Supervise the technical staff, fostering a positive, collaborative, customer-oriented working environment
• Ensure efficient operational processes, and effective allocation of resources

Team responsibilities

• Help create a culture of learning and experimentation within your team, effectively gathering feedback and data on product features
• Facilitate discussions and workshops to drive forward the technical roadmap
• Work openly and collaboratively with other teams in the Techna department;
• Share knowledge with enthusiasm and empower your colleagues;
• Show respect and appreciation for your colleagues’ needs and appreciate differences as much similarities;
• Work on multiple concurrent projects and products, effectively following timelines, goals, and cross-functional collaborations;
• Work in a process-oriented but agile mode;
• Take responsibility for your personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• MastersDegree, or recognized equivalent, in Health Science, Computer Science, Health Administration or related field
• At minimum, up to five (5) years of relevant and/or related experience inhealth relatedfield
• At minimum, two (2) years of experience in supervising and mentoring staff, ideally software developers and engineers
• At minimum, two (2) years of experience as a Product Manager on SaaS enterprise products or platforms with technically complex infrastructures
• A background as a software engineer or have experience building data pipelines and working with modern data infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes, data processing engines such as Spark or Beam, massively scalable databases such as Redshift or BigQuery)
• A proven track record in bringing clarity to a complex domain and drive agreement between technical and data teams, and the business
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex research and clinical environments.
• Familiarity with data-driven or AI-enabled initiatives in healthcare, and the ability to translate clinical or research needs into data and technology requirements.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and institutional requirements, including REB, Health Canada, or equivalent, is considered an asset.
• Successfully taken new features from conception, through launch to adoption, engagement, and retention
• A technically curious approach to product management; systematically self-educating on our tech stack and relevant literature on the technology you are representing
• Experienced in project management with familiarity on both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and to be able to apply them where best suited
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence others.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams to achieve outcomes over outputs
• Experience working directly with highly technical stakeholders
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle

Additional Information

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/ )
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.