Business Application Specialist

Union: Non-Union

Number of vacancies: 1

New or Replacement Position: New

Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 620 University Ave.

Department: Research Application Development (UHN Digital)

Reports To: Senior Manager

Salary Range: $38.01 - $57.01 per hour

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

Shift: Day

Status: Temporary Full-time (6 months contract)

Closing Date: July 30, 2026

The Technical Business Analyst will be a Development team member that develops customized software applications for UHN Research. As a member of this team, the Analyst should have prior experience in working on medium to large enterprise projects in the areas of requirements gathering, and application testing activities, including documentation of test cases, review of requirements documentation, review of design documentation, system-level, and validation test plans, issue/bug reporting and management, data migration activities, internal audits;

and recommending process improvements.

• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, site visits, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, tasks/ workflow analysis.
• Ability to deliver the following artifacts as needed:
  Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements, Use cases, Initial Design Documents.
• Ability to successfully translate business processes, systems specifications, and requirements into well-written test plans
• Execute, document, and evaluate test cases and report test results.
• Accurately report and track application bugs; verify bug fixes while ensuring other areas of functionality aren’t compromised
• Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team.
• Be a liaison between business, project managers, database engineers, and technical operations.
• Generate new ideas, identify opportunities, and develop appropriate business solutions.
• Other duties may be assigned consistent with job classification.

• At minimum, Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Health Informatics, Business Administration, IT-related discipline or recognized equivalent required.
• At minimum, 4-6 years ofof project experience in software development environment and change management required
• Working towards Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
• Sound knowledge of Project and Software development life cycles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Excellent analytical planning, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication, user-client relationship, and support skills
• Sound IT technology background
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio
• Ability to perform multiple tasks among various projects while maintaining deadlines as per the given standards
• Self-motivated team player who can work with minimal supervision on simple to moderately complex tasks.
• Able to work with multidisciplinary teams positively and productively.

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP )
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.