At the CGEn - Canada's national platform for genome sequencing & analysis - the Director, Programs & Partnerships will lead all CGEn activities focused on CGEn led programs and help build partnerships with national and international projects and organizations to enhance CGEn’s ability to support and impact the Canadian genomics eco-system. The position reports to the CGEn Chief Executive Officer and works closely with the CGEn’s Operational Management team.

Reporting to the President, and as a member of the senior leadership team, among other areas, the VPR-P is accountable for the strategic oversight of the Scientific Institutes and serves in various capacities at key executive level governance committees. The VPR-P joins a senior leadership team consisting of the President, Executive Vice President and the Vice President Research – Learning Health Systems Research in the development of science initiatives, strategies, and policies. The incumbent also works closely with the Scientific Directors of CIHR’s 13 Institutes, and plays a key role in helping to guide the implementation of the Strategic Plan and accompanying Annual Action Plans.

The Health Sector Information, Analysis and Reporting Division (HSIAR) sets the foundation for the delivery of high-quality health sector information, analytics and reporting. The Division leads key information management functions including data stewardship, governance, security, access, analytics and reporting, quality assurance, performance measurement and evaluations functions. HSIAR sets out to exercise effective governance over secondary use data resources, while enabling timely and secure access to data, supporting an integrated, modernized model of information sharing across the health sector. The Division leads the overarching provincial analytic strategy and approach, and performs comprehensive, robust and integrated analytics, research and evaluation of health sector performance. To ensure a consistent and timely approach to health system evaluation and continuous improvement, the Division is responsible for the development of the overarching policy framework and monitoring of outcomes and impacts of health system policy direction.

The Director Methodologies and Cross Sector is responsible for leading, directing and providing oversight for the development and implementation of methodologies that apply to statistics, methodologies and classifications. In the Director role, you will oversee the production of reports analyzing methodology and integration of analysis in planning documents from across the health sector that inform decision making.