Who we are
We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.
CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.
At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include
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HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
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Retirement Planning Program
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Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
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Work-life balance
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Career Planning Program
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Learning and Professional Development Program
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Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts
Why is this role important?
The Project Lead provides leadership and oversight for complex, time-limited data and analytics initiatives aligned with CIHI’s strategic priorities. Guides and advises project teams to ensure the achievement of specified outcomes within established scope, timelines, and interdependencies. The Project Lead plans and delivers program and product workstreams across the data and analysis lifecycle consisting of standards, intake, quality, analysis, indicator development, reporting and knowledge translation, while managing external partners and vendor relationships. This role balances technical and methodological rigour, stakeholder engagement, operational delivery and sound data stewardship to produce timely, high quality, policy relevant outputs.
The Project Lead, Data Stewardship and Quality (DSQ), works within a matrix team to lead the development, improvement and implementation of corporate quality frameworks, tools and processes. They support projects focused on data and information quality, as well as other data stewardship and governance initiatives. A key part of the role is working with both internal and external stakeholders. This includes understanding and responding to their needs related to data quality and metadata, explaining methods and results, providing expert advice on tools, methods and best practices, and gathering feedback to improve the products, tools and services offered by the DSQ team.
What you'll do
1. Lead and coordinate activities to support development of reports, indicators and other information products. including contributing ideas for new work in line with CIHI’s corporate analytical themes, carrying out background research, designing and submitting project proposals, developing methodologies, supervising and guiding analysis, describing the findings and developing the required analytical products (reports, infographics, indicator results, data tables, presentations, etc.)
2. Lead projects from initiation through implementation: prepare project charters, detailed workplans/Gantt schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk reporting, and regular status delivery; ensure milestones and deliverables are met.
3. Apply and champion methodological rigour: develop and review analytic plans, indicator specifications and validation approaches; coordinate reproducible analysis and QA processes.
4. Advance data standards and interoperability: lead or contribute to content/EMR/standards activities, vendor engagement, pilots and implementation planning.
5. Drive stakeholder engagement and client support: liaise with jurisdictions, data providers, clinicians, academics, vendors and other stakeholders; lead consultations, working groups and advisory committees.
6. Ensure governance and privacy compliance: apply disclosure control, privacy and CIHI information security policies; incorporate Indigenous Data Sovereignty and culturally safe practices where relevant.
7. Represent CIHI externally: present at forums, contribute to publications and promote adoption of CIHI standards/products.
What you'll bring to the table
- Undergraduate degree in Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Data Science, Public Health, Health Administration or related field, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in health data/analytics, data management, health services research / policy, or health information projects.
- Minimum of 1–3 years of supervisory experience.
- Experience in health system performance and analytics, CIHI’s hospital data assets, and digital health experience.
- Proficiency with project tools (MS Project/Gantt), analytics and data tools (R, Python preferred) and visualization tools (Tableau, Qlik or equivalent).
- Practical experience with large administrative/clinical datasets and data quality practices.
- Thorough understanding of quantitative research and the ability to analyze and synthesize complex research and technical health information.
- Strong project and stakeholder management, facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Analytical rigour, problem solving and attention to quality.
- Clear written and oral communication, knowledge translation and facilitations skills.
- Collaborative leadership and ability to work effectively in a matrix and multi stakeholder environment.
- Conceptual understanding of the health determinants, health care system, health care policy, and sound knowledge of health information and its uses for policy development, planning, management, and evaluation purpose.
Closing Statement
To find out more about this role and other exciting opportunities visit our website at www.cihi.ca and check out our 'Careers' section.
We thank all those who apply, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Employment Equity
At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
Additional Requirements
- Occasional travel may be required
- Must comply with all CIHI workplace, and legislatively supported policies, including Code of Business Conduct, Workplace Harassment and Prevention and Privacy, and Confidentiality.
- Fluency in English is required, bilingualism in both official languages is an asset.
