HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates' resumes must include first and last name.

Description

Background Information:

Ontario Health is hiring a Health Data & Platform Architect to help drive the alignment of digital products, data ecosystems, and modernization efforts across the provincial health system. This role is for a strategic systems thinker who sees the big picture—someone who can connect clinical priorities, product modernization, and data governance into a clear and actionable strategy. Rather than drawing abstract diagrams, the resource will lead real-world conversations about how to bring platforms together, reduce fragmentation, and move from siloed operations to an integrated, data-first health ecosystem. This position bridges technology, data, and public policy, with influence across programs such as drug, medical imaging and immunization, and more. This team will be interacting with the Architecture Program team, Health System Solutions Designer, and Communications & Visualizations Designer. The purpose of this procurement is to procure one Health Data and Platform Strategist required to form a dedicated team for the Ontario Health Digital Blueprint.

Must haves:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in solution design, system integration, or platform delivery within complex digital environments (public health or government preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to create delivery-ready technical designs that align with broader organizational and ecosystem strategy
• Fluency in interoperability standards and integration methods (e.g., RESTful APIs, HL7 FHIR, secure messaging)
• Experience working across cross-functional teams—including clinical, product, and development stakeholders
• Strong modelling, documentation, and facilitation skills—able to co-design in collaborative sessions and communicate clearly with non-technical partners
• Familiarity with modern delivery practices (Agile, CI/CD, DevOps) and their interaction with government delivery environments
• Broad knowledge on a variety of architectural disciplines (e.g., Business, Application, Infrastructure, Network, Privacy & Security)
• Knowledge of PHIPA and privacy legislation and how it applies to healthcare IT solutions
• Experience dealing in a complex multi private/public stakeholder environment

Responsibilities:

• Lead the solution design process for high-impact health modernization projects, ensuring architectural alignment with enterprise goals and system strategy
• Translate policy and clinical needs into implementable technical designs that harmonize with Ontario Health's data and platform standards
• Collaborate with product owners, vendors, and internal delivery teams to co-design and validate integration strategies across multiple systems
• Act as a bridge between project delivery and long-term sustainability—balancing timelines with system coherence
• Contribute to the evolution of internal design patterns, solution review practices, and platform reuse
• Ensure alignment with semantic standards {(e.g., Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)} and support consistent application across programs

Desired Skills:

• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-level data governance frameworks
• Expertise in conceptual architecture for complex digital ecosystems, particularly in health, government, or regulated sectors
• Strong working knowledge of semantic interoperability standards (e.g., HL7 FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10, ISO 21090)
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic alignment across multiple programs and platforms, ensuring consistency in architecture, data standards, and delivery approaches across diverse health system initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to work across policy, clinical, and technology domains to frame architecture recommendations that support real-world outcomes
• Knowledge of data utility models, privacy-by-design frameworks, and patient-oriented access controls
• Proven ability to collaborate with architecture teams, data stewards, and delivery leads to integrate strategy into execution
• Excellent strategic thinking, facilitation, and communication skills, including ability to translate complex architecture into plain-language visuals or briefings
• Familiarity with public-sector program planning, governance structures, and initiative sequencing
• Understanding of Information Management principles, metadata structures, reference vocabularies, and data classification schemes
• Experience producing architectural models, system maps, and modernization roadmaps that influence funding and policy decisions
• Awareness of emerging health system architecture trends (e.g., federated identity, consent orchestration, zero-trust models)
• Experience working with external organizations (e.g., Ministry of Health, Canada Health Infoway) on data and platform alignment
• Ability to build trust and model alignment with peers, bringing humility, curiosity, and shared mission orientation

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria

• Minimum 10 years' experience as a solution Architect on electronic health-related projects in Canada, preferably in Ontario.: 20 Points
• Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario.: 20 Points
• Experience working in the health care industry, specifically in health care administration/health care IT.: 20 Points
• Experience defining governance, principals, policies and procedures and leading business and/or IT transformation initiatives.: 20 Points
• Knowledgeable of PHIPA and privacy legislation and how it applies to healthcare IT solutions.: 10 Points
• Experience dealing in a complex multi private/public stakeholder environment.: 10 Points

Total evaluation criteria - 100%

Deliverables

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Health Data Governance Framework - Establishes foundational rules, roles, and responsibilities for data sharing, stewardship, and system integrity across Ontario Health.
• Conceptual Architecture for the Health Data Utility - Provides the high-level, integrated design vision that aligns all modernization efforts and platform evolution.
• Strategic Roadmap for Platform and Data Modernization - Sequences initiatives across programs to ensure timing, dependencies, and investments align. Crucial for planning and funding justification.
• End-to-End Data Flow Models (Clinical, Public Health, Population Health, Research) - Ensures that the Health Data Utility supports real-world data use scenarios across care domains, analytics, and system planning.
• Consent and Patient-Oriented Access Framework - Defines how patient-controlled access and digital identity standards integrate into system design and delivery.
• Program Execution Structure - Outline the teams, streams, and governance needed to carry out the roadmap with clarity and cross-program alignment.
• Architecture Collaboration and Alignment Plan - Coordinates alignment with existing Ontario Health architecture frameworks.
• Explore an External Engagement Strategy (MOH, Infoway, Federal/Provincial Partners) - Explore a shared voice and coordinated engagement plan for pan-Canadian alignment.
• Executive Briefings and System Interdependency Maps - Visuals and short briefing decks to show strategic progress and surface risk or misalignment across programs.

Knowledge transfer details:

• The resource will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement. Some of this might occur at the end of the engagement but will also be shared as information is obtained/consolidated. Key deliverables will be shared with team.
• The resource must provide all related documentation as part of knowledge transfer protocol. Documents will be reviewed by the appropriate leads and signed off by manager/director.
• The resource will work collaboratively with the Ontario Health team throughout the assignment and ensure key deliverables, milestones, and documentation are shared.
• A walkthrough of any demos, development, etc. will be required before the end of the engagement.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in solution design, system integration, or platform delivery within complex digital environments (public health or government preferred)
• Minimum 7 years of experience Fluency in interoperability standards and integration methods (e.g., RESTful APIs, HL7 FHIR, secure messaging)
• Minimum 7 years of experience Strong modelling, documentation, and facilitation skills—able to co-design in collaborative sessions and communicate clearly with non-technical partners
• Minimum 7 years of experience of PHIPA and privacy legislation and how it applies to healthcare IT solutions