Project Manager - Research Experience

Uhnresearch; Toronto; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Toronto is seeking a Project Manager for its Digital PMO team. This role involves leading complex projects to enhance data solutions and improve integration within the healthcare system. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience, strong communication skills, and a background in health informatics. This is a temporary full-time position with a hybrid work model, offering competitive pay and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Competitive offer packages

Flexible work environment

Corporate discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years project management experience required.
• Experience leading end-to-end application and IT infrastructure projects required.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed project charters, plans, and schedules.
• Manage project budget and documentation.
• Deliver progress reports and presentations to stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Analytical

Organizational

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Health Informatics

Masters Degree

Tools

HL7

ITIL

Epic

Job description

• Department: Shared information MGMT Services-Digital

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.

www.uhn.ca

Job Description

Union: Non-Union
Number of Vacancies: 1
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department: Digital PMO
Reports to: Senior Project Manager
Work Model: Hybrid
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: $49.16 to$61.45 per hour
Status: Temporary Full Time (Mat Leave Contract for 14 Months)
Closing Date: May 29, 2025

Position Summary
The Digital Project Management Office (PMO) team plans and implements key strategic Digital programs and projects to deliver outcomes benefiting UHN and the health system. We apply best practices for managing projects, change, and risk to ensure high quality deliverables, effective coordination of resources, and transparent progress reporting. Members of the PMO work in close partnership with a broad range of stakeholders, bringing the right teams together to streamline the demand, end-to-end delivery, and operational services in order to mobilize change and achieve value.

An exciting opportunity is available to showcase your talents as a Project Manager within UHN Digital. This position will lead key initiatives with moderate to complex scope within the Research Experience Program, to optimize and enhance the use of UHN’s Data Archive solutions, migrate data from legacy applications and decommission legacy applications. In addition, improve research integration and interoperability, collaboration and digital capabilities both within UHN and across the healthcare system. The Project Manager will work closely with a broad range of stakeholders to plan, execute and develop operational support processes related to a variety of internal and/or external applications, IT infrastructure and other priorities. This position will require accountability to lead multiple projects independently by applying project management best practices, building relationships, and delivering sustained value. The incumbent will initially be working on planning and executing the archiving of historical data from legacy applications, including requirements gathering, data validation, change management, communications, and training.

Duties

• Create detailed project charters, plans and schedules in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders to establish project scope, schedule, budget, accountabilities, risk, monitoring and controls, and post project audit/evaluation as part of a program roadmap
• Apply rigorous project management, change management, and effective communication across the project lifecycle to manage schedule and milestones using appropriate tools, anticipating and troubleshooting issues to minimize the hospital’s exposure to risk
• Manage and maintain project budget and other project documentation following project management best practices
• Collaborate with Digital and business areas to prioritize upcoming projects, develop project budgets and ensure available resources
• Deliver progress reports, requirements documentation, and presentations to project stakeholders, sponsors and executive-level leaders
• Manage procurement of goods and services, vendor contracts, relationships and delivery
• Apply breakthrough design ideation, integrating emerging technologies, and incorporating subject matter expertise and data-driven evidence to create holistic solutions that meet business requirements and establish best practices and standards
• Collaborate and facilitate requirements gathering, testing and solution implementation within a multi-disciplinary team environment, including executives, managers, clinicians, business teams, technical stakeholders and vendors
• Drive business insight and demonstrate benefits of implemented initiatives to the organization by applying sound data analysis, data quality, data reporting and visualization
• Effectively implement and sustain organizational change by applying rigorous change management and communication practices
• Facilitate development of operational model and plans for transitioning to a sustainable state
• Coach and manage project teams

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years project management experience or equivalent required
• Minimum 2 years experience as Business Analyst or equivalent
• Undergraduate Degree required in Health Informatics or Administration, Technology, Science, Business, or related field required. Masters degree an asset
• Experience leading end-to-end application, system interfacing/interoperability and IT infrastructure projects required
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams
• Strong analytical, prioritization and organization skills, with attention to detail
• Flexibility to work effectively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Experience in formal procurement processes, contract negotiations, and vendor management preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation or equivalent required
• Familiarity with healthcare information systems, interfaces, HL7, ITIL, and/or enterprise architecture an asset
• Experience with cyber security and privacy regulations an asset
• Experience or knowledge using Epic an asset
• Experience or knowledge of Research processes an asset
• Other certification (Lean/Six-Sigma Black Belt, ITIL, IIBA, Change Management) an asset
• Supervisory or managerial experience preferred

Additional Information

Why join UHN?

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.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.

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.

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.

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