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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.\nUHN’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.\nwww.uhn.ca\n Union: Non-Union\nNumber of Vacancies: 1\nNew or Replacement Position: New\nSite: Toronto General Hospital\nDepartment: TECHNA\nReports to: Project Director\nSalary Range: $ 91,767 - $137,612 per annum\nHours: 37.5 Hours Per Week\nShifts: Monday to Friday\nStatus: Permanent Full-Time\nClosing Date: November 6, 2026\nPosition Summary\nThis is a challenging, impactful, and highly collaborative position. You will be working as part of the Data Science and Health Informatics Research teams that sit at the intersection of FAIR data management and machine learning and are responsible for developing innovative health data applications and tools. You will actively solve novel problems, make improvements, and troubleshoot independently and with your team.\nYou will be responsible for the technical design, development, and delivery of research data solutions, including REDCap projects and integrations, data management workflows, and extract, transform, and load (ETL) pipelines that bring data from multiple clinical and research sources into analysis-ready form. You will share your expertise with, and mentor, other members of the team, and will be viewed as a go-to resource for complex or ambiguous technical problems.\nYou will be working with Software Developers, Architects, Business Analysts, Designers, Managers, and research stakeholders to ensure the success of your project portfolio, with a premier focus on correctness, data quality, and innovation. This role requires experience using a range of technologies and frameworks to create innovative healthcare solutions. You will work on novel health technologies that help accelerate research, including health data interoperability platforms and integrated predictive models.\nYou will be working within a dynamic team and will learn and adapt rapidly while working in Agile mode.\nDuties\nDesign, build, test, and maintain REDCap projects, instruments, data dictionaries, and integrations to support clinical research and multi-site studies\nDevelop and maintain ETL processes for research and clinical data from multiple source systems, with validation and quality checks at each stage\nOversee research data management activities, including data modelling, curation, harmonization, documentation, quality assurance, and secure access\nTranslate research and business needs into technical requirements, specifications, and related documentation\nConduct complex projects requiring specialized knowledge, with a mid- to long-term focus, and make well-reasoned decisions on complex or ambiguous issues\nEngage and manage stakeholders, including principal investigators, research coordinators, clinicians, and data custodians, to gather requirements, set expectations, and resolve issues early\nCommunicate and present project progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders, tailoring the message to technical and non-technical audiences\nDevelop and evaluate prototypes, and recommend improvements to system performance and processes\nProvide and maintain appropriate security and access controls, and support compliance with privacy, REB, and institutional data requirements\nCollaborate with research programs, principal investigators, and other stakeholders in enabling research and optimizing clinical care at UHN and partner organizations\n Undergraduate degree, or recognized equivalent, in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Health Science, or a related field\nAt minimum, five (5) years of relevant experience, with a demonstrated track record of working with minimal supervision on complex projects\nDemonstrated experience working with research data in a health, clinical, or academic research environment, including data collection, curation, quality assurance, and secure handling of sensitive data\nDemonstrated experience with the REDCap system, including project build, data dictionary design, survey and instrument configuration, user and access management, and API or external system integration\nDemonstrated experience in data management, including data modelling, data dictionaries, metadata, data harmonization, and documentation\nDemonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL processes and data pipelines across multiple source systems\nDemonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement and management, including working directly with researchers, clinicians, and technical teams to gather requirements, manage expectations, and drive agreement\nExperience working directly with highly technical stakeholders, and a proven track record in bringing clarity to a complex domain\nDemonstrated experience supporting complex research and clinical environments\nFamiliarity with data-driven or AI-enabled initiatives in healthcare, and the ability to translate clinical or research needs into data and technology requirements\nWorking knowledge of regulatory and institutional requirements, including REB, Health Canada, or equivalent, is considered an asset\nExperience in project management with familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and the ability to apply them where best suited\nStrong communication skills and the ability to influence others, including cross-functional teams, to achieve outcomes over outputs\nExperience with SQL, Python, Java, Oracle, Mongo, RDF, HL7, FHIR, Javascript, Angular an asset\n Why join UHN?\nIn 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.\nCompetitive offer packages\nGovernment organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/)\nClose access to Transit and UHN shuttle service\nA flexible work environment\nOpportunities for development and promotions within a large organization\nAdditional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)\nCurrent 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.\nAll applications must be submitted before the posting close date.\nUHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly. At University Health Network (UHN), artificial intelligence technologies may be used to assist in the screening, assessment, and selection of candidates for this position.\nPlease 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.\nUHN 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. 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