Interim Director, Business Intelligence & Automation

The University Health Network, where "above all else the needs of patients come first", encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of ground breaking firsts and a purpose of "Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning", the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

Union: Non-Union
Site: Toronto General Hospital
Department: UHN Data & Analytics
Reports to: Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Work Model: Hybrid
Grade: M0:09
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: $62.67 to $78.34 per hour (To commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN compensation policy)
Status: Temporary Full-Time, 12 - 14 Months
Closing Date: October 16, 2024

Position Summary

UHN Data & Analytics drives UHN's demand for data and insights, ensuring the needs of the patient come first. Our mission is to become a data-driven organization, advancing patient care, research, and education through data use. We lead initiatives in decision-making, data literacy, automation and performance improvement, while building innovative technologies to drive change.

The Interim Director, Business Intelligence & Automation works under the Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) to lead UHN's business intelligence and automation initiatives. This role offers the chance to learn about groundbreaking analytics work and contribute to projects shaping the future of healthcare analytics.

WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE: This interim position offers a chance to lead a transformative journey in healthcare analytics. You will guide a team driving operational improvements through insights and automation. A key focus will be advancing a new decision-making strategy, embedding data and analytics into how decisions are made at UHN. Additionally, you will oversee the launch and development of best-in-class analytics products, and in collaboration with Data Engineering, help shape UHN's data fabric, a key component of our enterprise data management strategy.

Duties

• Strategic Leadership & innovation: Provide strategic leadership, lead the BI Subcommittee work, support a new strategic approach to decision-making, champion innovation and support efforts to solve critical data management challenges through data fabric.
• Operational Excellence & Product Leadership: Oversee the development, launch and enhancement of strategic data products, lead efforts to develop & promote data visualization best practices, and support advancement of UHN's intelligent automation capabilities
• Team leadership & collaboration: Lead a team of professionals by fostering a positive & innovative work environment, work closely with UHN leadership teams and provide mentorship, coaching and growth opportunities
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Implement continuous quality improvement initiatives within our team and services and evaluate the success and quality of ongoing products

• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g. health management, analytics, data science)
• 10-15 years of related experience, with a proven track record of leading data-driven initiatives
• Extensive experience in business intelligence, data analytics, data visualization and process automation
• Proven experience in implementing data fabric architectures, including expertise in Microsoft Fabric capabilities e.g. data integration, data engineering, data warehousing, data science, BI and data activator, within large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience with healthcare systems and a deep understanding of clinical and operational workflows
• Familiarity with automation technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA), document understanding and Power Automate
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, ambiguity, and change
• Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with various internal and external stakeholders

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.