Project Manager - Temporary Part Time (0.5 FTE) - CHEO Research Institute

About the role

Please send your resume with a cover letter to Jennilea Courtney at researchadmin@cheo.on.ca with the position title in the subject line. Although we appreciate the interest of all candidates, only candidates invited for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please. JOB DESCRIPTION Posting #RI-26-031 Posting Period - June 11 to June 25, 2026 TITLE: Project Manager Office of Research Services New Position TERM: Part-time (0.5 FTE), 18-month Contact SALARY: $50.00-56.00/hour, will be commensurate with skills and experience REPORTS TO: Director, Research Operations Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute Inc. ("CHEO RI") is the research arm of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre ("CHEO") and an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa. We acknowledge that Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabek territory. The Algonquin Anishinabek Nation have lived on this territory for millennia and we honour them and this land. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. CHEO RI also honours all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and their valuable past and present contributions to this land. CHEO is a beloved institution and workplace that is widely recognized for being an anchor in our community. CHEO RI works to create new knowledge and evidence to support CHEO in its provision of world-class care to our children. Our mission at CHEO RI is to connect exceptional talent and technology in pursuit of life-changing research for every child, youth and family in our community and beyond. We are looking for a highly organized, strategic and experienced Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and implementation of a new enterprise research system designed to support research administration, compliance, operations, analytics, and data management. Reporting to Director, Research Operations, the Project Manager will provide structured project management, change management, and coordination leadership for the implementation of a new Research Lifecycle Management System at CHEO RI. This role is responsible for ensuring that the project is well planned, risks are actively managed, stakeholders are engaged, and change is supported across the organization. The Project Manager will work in close partnership with an internal Implementation Lead, who will provide subject‑matter expertise and decision‑making authority related to CHEO RI's research workflows and practices. The Project Manager brings strong project delivery discipline, cross‑functional facilitation skills, and experience supporting complex system implementations in research or healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Delivery
• Lead the day-to-day project management of the new system implementation, including project planning, scheduling, dependency tracking, and delivery coordination.
• Maintain the integrated project plan, milestone schedule, risk register, and issue log across all implementation phases.
• Coordinate internal resources, ensuring the right stakeholders are engaged at the right time based on the implementation phase.
• Monitor progress against agreed milestones and escalate risks, delays, or capacity issues as needed.
• Ensure alignment with CHEO RI governance, privacy, and digital delivery standards in partnership with internal leads.
• Vendor & Cross ‑ Functional Coordination
• Serve as CHEO RI's primary operational liaison with the project team for planning, scheduling, and delivery coordination.
• Coordinate internal activities related to configuration review, UAT, training, go‑live readiness, and stabilization.
• Work closely with IT, privacy, data governance, and external partners to support integrations, access management, and data migration activities.
• Track action items, decisions, and deliverables across vendor and internal teams.
• Change Management & Adoption
• Develop and execute a structured change management plan to support organizational readiness and system adoption.
• Support the identification of stakeholder groups, change impacts, and communication needs.
• Coordinate training schedules, learning resources, and knowledge‑transfer activities in collaboration with the internal Implementation Lead and vendor trainers.
• Provide structured support during go‑live and post‑go‑live stabilization phases, ensuring issues are triaged and addressed efficiently.
• Communication & Reporting
• Prepare and deliver regular project status reports, dashboards, and briefings for leadership and governance committees.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and checkpoint reviews.
• Ensure timely, clear communication of project updates, risks, and decisions across stakeholder groups.
• Post-Implementation Support
• Coordinate post‑implementation review activities and lessons learned.
• Support transition to steady‑state operations, including documentation handover and governance

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