Business Analyst, Transformation and Innovation
Role Overview
Business Analyst reporting to the Senior Manager, Transformation and Innovation, focused on artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and rapid prototyping.
Works across organizational initiatives, translating complex challenges into actionable insights and building prototypes to demonstrate emerging technologies.
The posting identifies Toronto General Hospital as the site and lists 37.5 hours per week and permanent full-time status.
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Position summary
Business Analyst reporting to the Senior Manager, Transformation and Innovation, focused on artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and rapid prototyping.
Works across organizational initiatives, translating complex challenges into actionable insights and building prototypes to demonstrate emerging technologies.
The posting identifies Toronto General Hospital as the site and lists 37.5 hours per week and permanent full-time status.
Strategy and analysis
- Break complex, ambiguous problems into clear analytical approaches and support strategic plans, business cases, and transformation roadmaps.
- Identify AI and analytics opportunities; develop analyses and recommendations for senior leadership.
- Synthesize complex topics into concise narratives that support decision-making.
- Analyze clinical, operational, and corporate data and provide actionable recommendations beyond standard reporting.
- Use data analysis and visualization tools, including SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau, to communicate findings.
AI prototyping and experimentation
- Develop and test agentic AI workflows and tools that support decision-making and operations.
- Rapidly prototype ideas with emerging platforms such as AI agents, LLMs, and APIs; create tangible demonstrations for stakeholders.
- Apply AI/LLM tools and prototyping workflows to real-world problems.
- Lead short-cycle experiments from idea through prototype and iteration; evaluate technologies through hands-on testing.
- Document learnings and create reusable frameworks.
Collaboration and organizational support
- Support executive discussions, workshops, and strategy sessions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across strategy, data, and clinical domains.
- Identify decisions and problems, work with others to evaluate issues, and propose solutions using established procedures and decision authority.
- Resolve normal business problems using alternative methods or resources when obstacles arise; approach problems proactively and consider others’ ideas.
Education and experience
- Undergraduate degree in Business/Health Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a recognized equivalent; a graduate degree such as an MBA, MHA, or MSc is an asset.
- At least 1–3 years of management consulting, strategy, advanced analytics, or related experience; healthcare experience is preferred.
- Working proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Experience with business intelligence and visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
Technical and analytical qualifications
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and their APIs, including prompt design.
- Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks and techniques such as LangChain, LangGraph, and retrieval-augmented generation, plus low-code or rapid prototyping tools.
- Evidence of building working prototypes, demos, or AI tools through a portfolio or project examples.
- Sound knowledge of statistical methods and analytical modelling.
- Experience preparing business cases, strategic plans, or executive-level presentations.
Preferred qualifications
- Understanding of hospital data sources and the Ontario healthcare system is preferred.
- Knowledge of healthcare privacy, data governance, and responsible AI considerations such as PHIPA is preferred.
- Familiarity with Agile, Lean, or design thinking methods is an asset.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, structured problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills; self-directed, quick to learn, and attentive to detail.
Compensation
- Annual salary is CAD 72,404–CAD 90,505.
Location and schedule
- Site is Toronto General Hospital; the description does not specify a remote or hybrid arrangement.
- The position is listed at 37.5 hours per week.
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