Job number:

J0626-0851

Job title:

Project Lead, Health System Performance, Indicator Research and Development

Job Type:

Contract

Vacancy Type:

Replacement

Location:

Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Number of positions:

1

Contract Duration :

Until March 2028

Date posted:

August 4, 2026

Closing date:

August 18, 2026

Compensation:

$108,739.00 - $127,928.00/year

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 eceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the advantages of working at CIHI include

- HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
- Retirement Planning Program
- Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
- Work-life balance
- Career Planning Program
- Learning and Professional Development Program
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- ible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts

Why is this role important?

CIHI’s Indicator Research and Development team develops and reports on new indicators of health system performance for jurisdictions across the country. This includes work on the d Health Priorities portfolio, with a focus on the Aging with Dignity project aimed at reporting a suite of 6 indicators for this priority area.

The Project Lead provides leadership and oversight for comple, 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 eternal 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

What you'll do

1. 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.
2. Lead and coordinate all aspects of the data lifecycle for assigned products including intake, validation, linkage, remediation, documentation and secure delivery (private and public reporting).
3. 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.)
4. Apply and champion methodological rigour: develop and review analytic plans, indicator specifications and validation approaches; coordinate reproducible analysis and QA processes.
5. Advance data standards and interoperability: lead or contribute to content/EMR/standards activities, vendor engagement, pilots and implementation planning.
6. Drive stakeholder engagement and client support: liaise with jurisdictions, data providers, clinicians, academics, vendors and other stakeholders; lead consultations, working groups and advisory committees.
7. Ensure governance and privacy compliance: apply disclosure control, privacy and CIHI information security policies; incorporate Indigenous Data Sovereignty and culturally safe practices where relevant.
8. Represent CIHI eternally: 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 eperience.
- Minimum 5 years relevant eperience in health data/analytics, data management, health services research / policy, or health information projects.
- Minimum 1–3 years of supervisory eperience.
- Domain eperience relevant to portfolio (e.g., health system performance and analytics, primary care, specialized care, case mi, ependiture, workforce,



Indigenous health).
- Proficiency with project tools (MS Project/Gantt), analytics and data tools (R, Python preferred) and visualization tools (Tableau, Qlik or equivalent)
- Practical eperience with large administrative/clinical datasets and data quality practices.
- Thorough understanding of quantitative research and the ability to analyze and synthesize comple 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 matri 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.

Additional Requirements

- Primary locations: Toronto or Ottawa.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Must comply with all CIHI workplace policies, including privacy and confidentiality.
- Fluency in English is required, bilingualism in both official languages is an asset.

To find out more about this role and other eciting 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.

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.

Please note the CIHI Recruiting Team uses to communicate with applicants. Please make sure your profile has an updated address that is checked regularly, including the junk/spam mail folder, as we send time sensitive s (i.e. testing and interview bookings).

Data Privacy and Record Retention Notice

In accordance with Ontario’s legislation, CIHI is required to retain copies of this job posting and all associated application materials for a minimum of three (3) years from the date the posting is removed from public view.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that your personal information and application data will be stored securely in our systems for this mandatory retention period to ensure compliance with provincial employment standards.

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