Manager, Research Integration

**Who We Are**:
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC is a world-class innovator in clinical care, research and teaching, delivering both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC has a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while working together to shape the future of health.

As a research-intensive teaching hospital, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has a rich legacy in health research, innovation and system leadership. These are core pillars of our mission. We have achieved more than 75 Canadian, North American and world firsts.

The diversity of care delivered at LHSC translates to a multifaceted research program. This consists of both discovery-based and clinical science. Our researchers are leaders in multiple fields such as paediatrics, cancer care, mental health, renal care, neuroscience and cardiac care. This work is accomplished through our own research enterprises (London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc. and Children’s Health Research Institute) and through a joint research venture (Lawson Health Research Institute).

Over the past year, we have been working to further develop our internal research opportunities at LHSC. A priority has been advancing the Academic Realignment Initiative, which aims to strengthen our academic mission and research capacity.

**Job Summary**:
**What the Role is**

Reporting to the Senior Director, Research Operations, the Manager, Research Integration is accountable for managing relationships and providing a broad base of clinical research expertise to support integration of research into clinical care pathways within LHSC and its regional partners. This aligns with LHSC’s long term Master Plan and strategic direction. This role works closely with hospital and clinical operations leaders on collaborative data driven efforts to bring to life research within the hospital, builds research and innovation capacity, engages patients and families in research and supports resolution of challenges. With a goal of equitable access to research opportunities, the Manager works with regional partners to embed research within regional care networks.

**Qualifications**:
**Who You Are**
- You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
- You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
- You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
- You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
- You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
- You create connections, build partnerships and networks
- You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
- You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
- You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
- You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills

**What Skills Are Needed**
- Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
- Strong business acumen
- Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
- Lead and drive system transformation
- Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
- Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making

**What You Will Bring with You**
- Successful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in life sciences required
- Related post-graduate education preferred
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospital
- Previous management experience in research administration preferred
- Preference and consideration will be given to active members of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program
- Demonstrated knowledge of compliance framework for clinical research
- Demonstrated experience including high quality and safe patient care and exceptional patient/family e