CGEn - Chief Executive Officer

at  SickKids

ABOUT SICKKIDS

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

As CGEn’s leading executive, the CEO role is to drive CGEn’s Strategic Vision and continue to shape CGEn as a high-performing, service-oriented organization that is driven by a culture of excellence and collaboration and will enable Canada’s genomics research community to remain competitive on the national and international stage. The CEO will work with the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee to create and operationalize its strategic plan that will result in significant multi-year research infrastructure investment in CGEn.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written English language communication and presentation skills, and an ability to explain complicated genomics concepts to non-specialist or lay audiences including potential funders, stakeholders, and government. French language fluency will be considered an asset. CGEn is comprised of a diverse set of individuals with backgrounds in the biological and computer sciences, the biotechnology industry, and other fields. The ability to integrate inputs from all of these individuals, recognize and capitalize on individual strengths and assist development of key individuals will be foundational to long-term success in this position.
Employment Type: Fulltime, Permanent. Hybrid work environment.

• Act as CGEn’s principal representative, advocate, and voice in all matters pertaining to the genomics research in Canada.
• Foster a productive relationship with ISED, CFI, Genome Canada and other funders to meet all requirements of any Contribution Agreement in place.
• Support activities at the regional level to advocate for additional investment in research infrastructure