Senior Lead Strategist, Partner Relations - Faculty of Medicine

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

N/A

Job Family:

Business Strategy and Planning

# Of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Office of the Chief Operation Officer

Campus:

Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (Yyyy/Mm/Dd):

2025/10/09

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/11/03

Hours Per Week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NM2

Salary Range:

$115,781.00 - $144,726.00About Information Technology:

Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff. Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career. Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services. This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome.

In a nutshell: working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education. We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters.

Position Purpose

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving strategic partnerships in complex, high-impact environments? Join Information Technology as our Senior Lead Strategist, Partner Relations, for the Faculty of Medicine where you'll play a role in shaping the future of healthcare, research, and education. Acting as the bridge between Information Technology, faculty leadership, and hospital partners, you’ll influence decisions at the highest levels, guide transformative initiatives, and lead the development of integrated technology solutions that support clinical excellence, academic endeavors, and research competitiveness. If you're ready to make a lasting impact across institutions and help shape the digital future of the Faculty of Medicine, we want to hear from you.

Acting as the strategic partnership lead between the Faculty of Medicine and Information Technology (IT), this position serves as the bridge between IT, the faculty’s senior leadership, and hospital partners. It plays a critical role in aligning institutional, clinical, academic, and research priorities. The incumbent must leverage deep expertise in technological, regulatory, and organizational environments to translate complex, multidimensional issues into integrated strategies and action plans aligned with the goals of the University and its partners.
 

In a context marked by complexity, sensitivity, and divergent interests, the position uses the authority of its role to exercise active influential leadership by guiding governance committee decisions, negotiating strategic agreements, and building consensus among stakeholders with sometimes opposing priorities. Through its ability to analyze, arbitrate, and propose innovative solutions, the role directly shapes hospital performance, program accreditation, research competitiveness, and academic excellence.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Provide Strategic Leadership and Represent Institutional Interests: Leads the strategic partnership between the Faculty of Medicine and Information Technology (IT). Serve as the principal IT representative on faculty, hospital, and research institute executive committees. Shape the direction of discussions by presenting fact-based analyses, negotiating compromises among stakeholders, and proposing clear decision-making scenarios. Mobilize decision-makers around technology solutions aligned with clinical, academic, and research objectives, thereby influencing priorities, investments, and adopted policies.
• Guide and Support Decision-Making Bodies: Play a leading role within inter-institutional governance committees by defining technology priorities, arbitrating between divergent interests, and recommending strategic decisions. Translate complex issues into clear directions that directly influence policies, budgets, and technology investments.
• Develop and Manage a Strategic Portfolio of Solutions: Design, maintain, and govern a portfolio of technology solutions and services spanning multiple operational units. Ensure these solutions are secure, compliant, integrated, and deliver measurable value, including planning for their funding, modernization, or retirement.
• Ensure Financial Management and Accountability: Plan, oversee, and report on the use of an annual budget of $2–3M, including expenditure approvals, monthly monitoring, resource reallocation, and identifying cost-effective solutions. Report on financial results and ensure optimization of investments.
• Assess Feasibility and Guide Strategic Choices: Conduct technical, financial, and operational analyses of proposed solutions. Formulate evidence-based recommendations to support investment decisions, risk management, and project prioritization.
• Promote and Articulate the Strategic IT Vision: Define and communicate a clear picture of technological and organizational issues. Develop integrated action plans with timelines, expected results, and defined roles to guide leadership decisions and rally partners around a common vision.

What You Will Bring:

• University degree in computer science, management information systems, or a related field (graduate studies are considered an asset), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ten (10) years of experience in a complex and diverse IT environment, with proven expertise in project planning and management, risk analysis, and IT resource management.
• Significant experience in a strategic liaison or advisory role with senior executives or executive committees in complex and regulated environments (ideally in hospital, academic, or public sector settings).
• Bilingualism – French and English (spoken and written).
• Experience with various software development tools, methods, and techniques (systems analysis, data modeling, database design, systems design, programming, quality assurance, documentation, change and issue management, etc.).
• Experience working in hospitals, medical research, or other universities is an asset.
• Knowledge and experience in developing and applying IT policies, procedures, standards, and governance.
• Knowledge and experience in IT portfolio management.
• Knowledge and experience in business process evaluation and engineering, use of software metrics, formal estimation methods, defect measurement, etc.
• Proven ability to build partnerships and/or collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts diplomatically and successfully.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills.

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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