HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates' resumes must include first and last name. This role commences December 15, 2025

Description

Background Information

The purpose of this request is to acquire resources with experience in FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standards and awareness of applicable Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components related to specifications on the Digital Health Standards Program Workplan.

The purpose of this request is to acquire a resource who will work with others to provide Project Management support for Digital Health Standards initiatives.

Must haves:

• Certification or experience in adult learning, content design and/or technical e-learning
• Minimum 10-15 years' experience in digital health standards
• Extensive experience in partner engagement and facilitation for digital health initiatives
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR, clinical terminologies (e.g., SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine), LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes)) and their application within Ontario Health with applicable terminology tools (e.g., Ontoserver)
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and terminology tooling/technologies
• Experience and/or knowledge implementing terminology services and solutions
• Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
• Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written, and strong partner engagement skills
• Time Management, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects

Responsibilities:

• Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies
• Conducts requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducts partner engagement
• Work with different partners and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, and technical).
• Interacts with the business partners and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Products, with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g., Microsoft Office 365).
• College/University undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related discipline from a recognized institution or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario
• Ability to readily identify, assess and mitigate implementation and adoption issues
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Required Skills:

• Standards assessment, selection, development, and maintenance processes including Reference sets/Map sets/Subset development
• Research and analysis
• Communication and collaboration
• Partner management

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:

• 10+ years of work experience as a Project Manager on highly complex IT projects with internal and external stakeholders, clients, and partners, ideally in the public sector.: 20 Points
• Demonstrated experience leading and overseeing projects and multiple workstream delivery from inception through to project close-out, including delivery activities by multiple vendors and business process re-engineering activities related to direct care, data analytics, system planning and research.: 20 Points
• Knowledge and implementation experience with clinical data, terminology and technical standards such as SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA, LOINC/pCLOCD, HL7 v2, HL7 FHIR and related asset management tools (e.g., Apelon DTS, Term Works, Ontoserver, Shrimp).: 20 Points
• Experience in developing provincial standards strategies and implementation plans including engagement with partners/front end users. : 10 Points
• Experience with interoperable digital health solutions, including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the EHR.: 10 Points
• Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the Digital Health standards landscape (Ontario Health, Canadian/pan-Canadian, and international standards), and Digital Health initiatives in other jurisdictions (local, regional, provincial) is an asset.: 10 Points
• Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional electronic health record projects, interoperability services and integration with healthcare initiatives within regional healthcare organizations for clinical data repositories, and other associated healthcare information systems in use within a jurisdiction.: 10 Points

Total evaluation criteria: 100 Points

Deliverables

Deliverables:

The Sr. Project Manager will work collaboratively with the DHS Program on deliverables related to standards:

• Environmental scans, Data Standards research and presentation of results
• Data Standards assessments and analysis for harmonization and interoperability
• Specification Development and Maintenance for data standards (end to end support for Terminology & Data Exchange)
• Data Standards Orientation
• Testing Support from a data standards perspective
• Consultation and collaboration with other partners (within and external to Ontario Health)
• Terminology Services Redesign:
• Current and future state end to end workflows for Enterprise Terminology Services Management to support and validate the operational model for the Digital Health Standards Program

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 10 years' experience in digital health standards
• Minimum 10 years' Extensive experience in partner engagement and facilitation for digital health initiatives
• Minimum 10 years' Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR, clinical terminologies (e.g., SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine), LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes)) and their application within Ontario Health with applicable terminology tools (e.g., Ontoserver)
• Minimum 10 years' Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and terminology tooling/technologies
• Public Sector Experience