Job number: J0826-0395 Job title: Senior Analyst, Pharmaceuticals, Data Development Job Type: Contract Vacancy Type: New Location: Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Number of positions: 1 Contract Duration : until March 2027 Date posted: September 11, 2026 Closing date: September 18, 2026 Compensation: $79,277.00 - $93,267.00/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 benefits 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 perks program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts

Why is this role important?

The Senior Analyst plays a key role in organizing and leveraging the pan-Canadian data CIHI holds. This may involve data management, developing and maintaining data and information standards (e.g., methodologies, indicators, and statistics), preparing relevant documentation, providing client support, assessing data quality, producing statistics, fulfilling custom data requests, conducting analysis and contributing to analytical reports. The Senior Analyst participates in department/branch projects and initiatives, as well as other special projects as required.

The CIHI Pharmaceuticals Data and Information Roadmap focuses on developing an “All Drugs, All People” data foundation, enhancing data access and analysis in alignment with evolving information needs of stakeholders across the country. This role will be focused on drugs for rare diseases as part of a pan-Canadian initiative to collect and use real-world evidence to support decision-making. Projects will involve collaborating across the organization to leverage CIHI data, eploring the use of rare disease registry data and filling data gaps





What you'll do

1. Work with the Lead to manage CIHI data, ensuring it is fit for purpose, and to support the production of key deliverables for internal and eternal dissemination. Key deliverables include relevant documentation, data tables, custom data requests, and topical analytical reports.

- Conduct data management and analytical activities including writing and updating statistical code required for the development, computation, analysis, and/or verification of key deliverables. This may include support for the release of data and information through private and public reporting tools, including leading the eecution of test strategies / test cases to ensure accuracy of the reported results in adherence with CIHI’s corporate information quality framework.
- Maintain detailed knowledge of data, tools, and analytical techniques used to produce standard and ad-hoc outputs.
- Conduct environmental scans and literature reviews to support the development of reports, statistics, and indicators.
- Contribute to the development of materials (e.g., analytical reports, methodology or technical notes, presentations, educational, media, etc.) for dissemination of findings and knowledge translation, and reviews written products for analytic accuracy and quality.
- Provide professional and timely client support to respond to internal and eternal client queries.
- Maintain current knowledge of CIHI’s data holdings, trends in health services research and health policy, and stakeholder information needs to support current work and contribute to the development of new analytic proposals.

What you'll bring to the table

- Undergraduate degree in Health Information, Statistics, Data Science, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics or a related field.
- 3–5 years eperience working with relational databases / large datasets, including manipulating, maintaining, and preparing data and presenting analyses and reports for different audiences.
- Eperience with CIHI or other health-related data sources.
- Advanced proficiency with data manipulation and statistical software,



such as Python, R, or equivalent tools.
- Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications.
- Proven eperience working with large relational datasets and performing rigorous data quality checks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to synthesize comple analyses and present clear, actionable findings;
- Clear data storytelling and stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrated project management skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables.
- Familiarity with cloud analytics, reproducible workflow tools and version control (Git).
- Eperience producing stakeholder facing data visualizations.
- Analytical rigor, methodological soundness and quality focus.
- Adaptability and commitment to continuous learning (new tools/techniques).
- Knowledge of the health care system.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
- 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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