Job Specifications
Company Description
UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. 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.
UHN’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.
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Job Description
Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Western Hospital. Travel to other UHN sites may be required.
Department: Digital PMO - Digital Infrastructure, Hospital Redevelopment
Reports to: Senior Project Manager
Hours: 37.5 per week
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: December 19, 2025
Position Summary
The Digital Project Management Office (PMO) team plans and implements key strategic Digital programs and projects to deliver outcomes benefiting UHN and the health system. We apply best practices for managing projects, change, and risk to ensure high quality deliverables, effective coordination of resources, and transparent progress reporting. Members of the PMO work in close partnership with a broad range of stakeholders, bringing the right teams together to streamline the demand, end-to-end delivery, and operational services in order to mobilize change and achieve value.
An exciting opportunity is available to showcase your talents as a Project Manager on Project Aspire – a multi-year project to build a new state-of-the-art 15-storey surgical and patient tower at the Toronto Western Hospital, enabled by digital solutions.
You will be a part of the Digital team planning and implementing leading-edge information, communication, and automation technology (ICAT) which benefits both patients and clinicians. Examples of solutions include network infrastructure, building management systems, real-time location systems (RTLS), integrated bedside terminals (IBT) for smart patient rooms, audio/visual systems, and expansion of UHN’s core health information and business applications throughout. This position will require accountability to lead projects independently by applying project management best practices, building relationships, and delivering sustained value.
Duties
Create detailed project charters, plans and schedules in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders to establish project scope, schedule, budget, accountabilities, risk, monitoring and controls, and post project audit/evaluation as part of a program roadmap
Apply rigorous project management, change management, and effective communication across the project lifecycle to manage schedule and milestones using appropriate tools, anticipating and troubleshooting issues to minimize the hospital’s exposure to risk
Manage and maintain project budget and other project documentation following project management best practices
Collaborate with Digital and business areas to prioritize upcoming projects, develop project budgets and ensure available resources
Deliver progress reports, requirements documentation, and presentations to project stakeholders, sponsors and executive-level leaders
Manage procurement of goods and services, vendor contracts, relationships and delivery
Apply breakthrough design ideation, integrating emerging technologies, and incorporating subject matter expertise and data-driven evidence to create holistic solutions that meet business requirements and establish best practices and standards
Collaborate and facilitate requirements gathering, testing and solution implementation within a multi-disciplinary team environment, including executives, managers, clinicians, business teams, technical stakeholders and vendors
Drive business insight and demonstrate benefits of implemented initiatives to the organization by applying sound data analysis, data quality, data reporting and visualization
Effectively implement and sustain organizational change by applying rigorous change management and communication practices
Facilitate development of operational model and plans for transitioning to a sustainable state
Coach and manage project teams
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years project management experience or equivalent required.
Undergraduate Degree required in Health Informatics, Technology, Engineering, Administration, Science, Business, or related field; Mast
About the Company
University Health Network (UHN) is Canada's largest research hospital, which includes Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute for Education at UHN. The scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN has made it a national and international source for research, education and patient care.
UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, with major research in cardiology, transplantation, neuroscienc...
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