Digital Health Data Manager (Research Institute)

Job title: Digital Health Data Manager (Research Institute)

Company: McGill University Health Centre

Job description: Job Number:

J0421-1725

Job Title:

Digital Health Data Manager (Research Institute)

Organisation:

Research Institute of the MUHC

Work Location:

SITE GLEN

Job Category:

Research and teaching

Job Type:

Temporary full time

Shift:

Day

Open Positions:

1

Job Description

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHC
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The RI-MUHC is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS).

Position summary
Reporting to the Director of MHCC and working directly with the Technical Director, the Digital Health Data Manager is responsible for co-managing the development of the application and overseeing its rollout to the Canadian market. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, which allow them to translate business requirements and user needs into a functional and intuitive application.

The Digital Health Data Manager will work with multiple stakeholders including the core leadership team, and external partners, alongside the Technical Director.

The MHCC Program is housed within the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), and is based on the MyHeart Counts US app, a successful venture launched by Stanford University.
MHCC, an AI-driven mobile application in the development stage, will use personalized behavioural nudge strategies to encourage individuals to move more. In addition to encouraging healthy habits, daily health and lifestyle information will be transmitted to researchers at the MUHC as part of a national study into improving the cardiovascular health of Canadians.

MHCC aims to target all Canadians 18+, taking a strong health equity lens to ensure participation among equity-seeking population groups.
The app will be free and available for both Android and iOS devices, to overcome accessibility barriers and ensure it reaches the maximum number of Canadians.

General Duties

• Co-lead programming and documentation development,
• Create and maintain databases, and ensure data quality and integrity,
• Conduct data analysis, data cleansing, data harmonization and data manipulation,
• Extract datasets from databases,
• Lead system testing and validation procedures,
• Develop a robust code review process,
• Analyze code, report on style guide mismatches, code churn, etc., and identify areas for improvement,
• Collaborate with various stakeholders involved in the project,
• Work in collaboration with the technical director in the planning process from development to implementation,
• Execute each stage of the project and ensure they are completed on time,
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation and communicate project updates to key stakeholders via status reports.

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Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field,
• Experience in digital services (database creation, data analytics, mobile applications) or adjacent fields would be an asset,
• Proficiency with data analytics tools such as Python, SQL for data analytics, MySQL queries for scripting, data analysis, data cleansing and manipulation, JSON, REDCap, and Jupyter Notebook,
• Proficiency with mobile app deployment on Apple/Google app stores, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) compute, storage, database, and networking services,
• In-depth understanding of the entire mobile app development process,
• Experience working within, or leading agile teams,
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline,
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities,
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget and timelines,
• Strong organization, planning, and time management skills,
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills,
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills,
• Detail oriented,
• Experience with health apps and handling of medical data would be considered an asset,
• Knowledge of healthcare industry and its digital services (analytics, mobile applications) would be considered an asset.

Additional information

Status: Full-time
Pay Scale: According to experience
Work Shift: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Work Site: RI-MUHC, Glen Site, Bloc E, 1001 Décarie Boulevard.

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THIS IS NOT A HOSPITAL POSITION.

NOTE: The masculine gender has been used for brevity and includes the feminine gender.

Equal Opportunity Employment Program

Le CUSM applique un programme d’accès à l’égalité en emploi et invite les femmes, les Autochtones, les minorités visibles, les minorités ethniques et les personnes handicapées à présenter leur candidature. Des mesures d’adaptation peuvent être offertes aux personnes handicapées qui en font la demande en fonction de leurs besoins.

Expected salary:

Location: Montreal, QC

Job date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 04:41:42 GMT