Interim Manager Science Portfolio
About the role
Position: Interim Manager, Science Portfolio
Status: Temporary, Full Time
Duration: 1-year
Department: Institute for Better Health
Posted Date: Wednesday October 29, 2025 – Wednesday Nov 12, 2025 closing at 11:59pm EST
Base Rate : $109,600 - $164,450 (salary band placement to commensurate with experience)
Reports To: Director, Research Programs
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of Canada’s largest academic health sciences centres, serving one of the most diverse populations in the country. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, and Queensway Health Centre, THP is affiliated with the University of Toronto and committed to delivering high-quality, accessible, and sustainable care.
The Institute for Better Health (IBH) is THP’s engine for applied research and innovation. It plays a critical role in driving THP’s mission of delivering a new kind of health care for a healthier community by focusing on real-world research, health equity, system transformation, and innovation enabled by digital health.
THP is seeking an Interim Manager, Science Portfolio to join the Institute for Better Health. This position will report to and work with the Director, Research Programs as well as work alongside the Manager of Research Programs, Chief Scientist, and Executive Vice President of the Academic Division to lead a dynamic team of research support staff and to advance IBH’s goals in health research, innovation, and academic excellence.
Building an Anti-Racist, Equitable and Inclusive Team & Our Commitment to and Progress Towards Anti-Black Racism
THP and IBH have made a commitment to becoming a safer and more inclusive environment with a dedicated focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy. This commitment is in response to the recognition that Black people systemically experience the organization differently than their white and non-Black colleagues. Similarly, Black scientists and research staff experience the research ecosystem differently. Anti-Black racism is the starting point as Black individuals and communities are disproportionately impacted by the harms of systemic racism and white supremacy culture. In this work, we are committed to disrupting and reconstructing the processes, practices, and systems that contribute to anti-Black racism.
THP established its Equity Secretariat Office in 2020, providing education and training on anti-Black racism, and establishing a THP Circle on Anti-Racism and Inclusion. Today, the Equity Secretariat has become the Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion Office, with a specific focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy and advancing other dimensions of equity within THP. This office supported the completion of an externally led Anti-Black Racism Climate Review and resulting report, which includes recommendations and actions that are being integrated into THP’s operating plan. At IBH, the Anti-Black Racism Allyship Initiative (ABRAI) was established in 2020 to understand the experiences of Black staff within IBH and develop an action plan in partnership with Black staff to address anti-Black racism. The action plan has been translated into operational objectives that support the recruitment, retention, and career development of Black staff. As part of this plan, IBH has established an optional, monthly Black Excellence meeting for Black staff at IBH where the purpose is to provide a safe space where all hold power and attendees can connect, network, and support each other.
The Role
The Interim Manager, Science Portfolio is responsible for providing leadership, operational oversight, and financial management for a diverse team of research support staff across multiple research portfolios at IBH. This role requires a collaborative and people-focused leader with demonstrated experience in team development, program management, and driving operational efficiency within a research or academic environment.
Team & Talent Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of research support staff.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
- Work with scientific supervisors and principal investigators to support, guide, and develop research staff, fostering a cohesive and collaborative team environment while aligning operational and scientific priorities.
- Foster a high-performance, collaborative, inclusive, and equity-driven team culture.
Financial Management
- Support annual budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting for the program in alignment with departmental and organizational goals and funding requirements. Identify opportunities for cost optimization and resource allocation.
Operational & Program Management
- Oversee operations and human resource management for the team of research support staff.
- Cultivate strong, collaborative relationships with scientific faculty to expand research capacity and enable the academic mandate.
- Partner and work alongside the Manager, Research Programs to align operational processes across teams, identify and implement improvements, and provide leadership to IBH’s research support staff.
- Liaise with scientific, operational, and other internal partners to facilitate collaboration, resolve issues, and support navigation of systems and functions in pursuit of shared goals.
- Monitor program performance and assess impact, identify lessons learned, and inform continuous improvement.
- Support development and adoption of innovative tools, workflows, and practices to enhance program delivery and impact.
Strategic Planning & Direction
- Contribute to annual planning and performance cycles and align program activities and initiatives with departmental and organizational priorities.
- Cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with internal departments, external partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration of program initiatives.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a university degree in health sciences or related field. Scientific training in an appropriate specialization (e.g., MSc or MPH) is an asset.
- Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in a research environment.
- Understanding of scientific operations and academic research processes.
- Experience managing financial planning, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting in a hospital, research, or academic environment.
- Experience recruiting, onboarding, and managing research staff who work across multiple projects.
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills with a demonstrated ability to support multiple scientific investigators simultaneously.
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills and effective decision-making and problem-solving with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
- Ability to contribute to a cross-functional team environment, work collaboratively with others, and apply a team-based approach to meet shared goals.
- Demonstrated initiative, independence, organization, and productivity with a good track record for planning and executing projects on time.
- Effective communicator with ability to speak and write clearly, concisely, and with impact.
- Takes pride in his/her work, balancing quality, capacity and risk.
- Creative and innovative in translating ideas and concepts into practical solutions.
- Exceptional professionalism and sensitivity to others as well as a foundational understanding of health services research and public health.
- High level of proficiency using Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft Office 365 (e.g., Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word).
Notes to applicants
If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
Interim Manager Science Portfolio
About the role
Position: Interim Manager, Science Portfolio
Status: Temporary, Full Time
Duration: 1-year
Department: Institute for Better Health
Posted Date: Wednesday October 29, 2025 – Wednesday Nov 12, 2025 closing at 11:59pm EST
Base Rate : $109,600 - $164,450 (salary band placement to commensurate with experience)
Reports To: Director, Research Programs
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of Canada’s largest academic health sciences centres, serving one of the most diverse populations in the country. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, and Queensway Health Centre, THP is affiliated with the University of Toronto and committed to delivering high-quality, accessible, and sustainable care.
The Institute for Better Health (IBH) is THP’s engine for applied research and innovation. It plays a critical role in driving THP’s mission of delivering a new kind of health care for a healthier community by focusing on real-world research, health equity, system transformation, and innovation enabled by digital health.
THP is seeking an Interim Manager, Science Portfolio to join the Institute for Better Health. This position will report to and work with the Director, Research Programs as well as work alongside the Manager of Research Programs, Chief Scientist, and Executive Vice President of the Academic Division to lead a dynamic team of research support staff and to advance IBH’s goals in health research, innovation, and academic excellence.
Building an Anti-Racist, Equitable and Inclusive Team & Our Commitment to and Progress Towards Anti-Black Racism
THP and IBH have made a commitment to becoming a safer and more inclusive environment with a dedicated focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy. This commitment is in response to the recognition that Black people systemically experience the organization differently than their white and non-Black colleagues. Similarly, Black scientists and research staff experience the research ecosystem differently. Anti-Black racism is the starting point as Black individuals and communities are disproportionately impacted by the harms of systemic racism and white supremacy culture. In this work, we are committed to disrupting and reconstructing the processes, practices, and systems that contribute to anti-Black racism.
THP established its Equity Secretariat Office in 2020, providing education and training on anti-Black racism, and establishing a THP Circle on Anti-Racism and Inclusion. Today, the Equity Secretariat has become the Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion Office, with a specific focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy and advancing other dimensions of equity within THP. This office supported the completion of an externally led Anti-Black Racism Climate Review and resulting report, which includes recommendations and actions that are being integrated into THP’s operating plan. At IBH, the Anti-Black Racism Allyship Initiative (ABRAI) was established in 2020 to understand the experiences of Black staff within IBH and develop an action plan in partnership with Black staff to address anti-Black racism. The action plan has been translated into operational objectives that support the recruitment, retention, and career development of Black staff. As part of this plan, IBH has established an optional, monthly Black Excellence meeting for Black staff at IBH where the purpose is to provide a safe space where all hold power and attendees can connect, network, and support each other.
The Role
The Interim Manager, Science Portfolio is responsible for providing leadership, operational oversight, and financial management for a diverse team of research support staff across multiple research portfolios at IBH. This role requires a collaborative and people-focused leader with demonstrated experience in team development, program management, and driving operational efficiency within a research or academic environment.
Team & Talent Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of research support staff.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
- Work with scientific supervisors and principal investigators to support, guide, and develop research staff, fostering a cohesive and collaborative team environment while aligning operational and scientific priorities.
- Foster a high-performance, collaborative, inclusive, and equity-driven team culture.
Financial Management
- Support annual budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting for the program in alignment with departmental and organizational goals and funding requirements. Identify opportunities for cost optimization and resource allocation.
Operational & Program Management
- Oversee operations and human resource management for the team of research support staff.
- Cultivate strong, collaborative relationships with scientific faculty to expand research capacity and enable the academic mandate.
- Partner and work alongside the Manager, Research Programs to align operational processes across teams, identify and implement improvements, and provide leadership to IBH’s research support staff.
- Liaise with scientific, operational, and other internal partners to facilitate collaboration, resolve issues, and support navigation of systems and functions in pursuit of shared goals.
- Monitor program performance and assess impact, identify lessons learned, and inform continuous improvement.
- Support development and adoption of innovative tools, workflows, and practices to enhance program delivery and impact.
Strategic Planning & Direction
- Contribute to annual planning and performance cycles and align program activities and initiatives with departmental and organizational priorities.
- Cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with internal departments, external partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration of program initiatives.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a university degree in health sciences or related field. Scientific training in an appropriate specialization (e.g., MSc or MPH) is an asset.
- Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in a research environment.
- Understanding of scientific operations and academic research processes.
- Experience managing financial planning, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting in a hospital, research, or academic environment.
- Experience recruiting, onboarding, and managing research staff who work across multiple projects.
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills with a demonstrated ability to support multiple scientific investigators simultaneously.
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills and effective decision-making and problem-solving with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
- Ability to contribute to a cross-functional team environment, work collaboratively with others, and apply a team-based approach to meet shared goals.
- Demonstrated initiative, independence, organization, and productivity with a good track record for planning and executing projects on time.
- Effective communicator with ability to speak and write clearly, concisely, and with impact.
- Takes pride in his/her work, balancing quality, capacity and risk.
- Creative and innovative in translating ideas and concepts into practical solutions.
- Exceptional professionalism and sensitivity to others as well as a foundational understanding of health services research and public health.
- High level of proficiency using Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft Office 365 (e.g., Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word).
Notes to applicants
If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.