Senior Associate Strategist (Healthcare Social Scientist) in Toronto

Throughline Strategy is a leading healthcare consultancy firm dedicated to helping Life Sciences organizations improve experiences and outcomes for people living with illness and those who care for them. Our global clients seek our strategic counsel, behavioural and system insights, and implementation science focus.

We are seeking experienced health researchers eager to grow in their consulting expertise to support our behavioural and implementation science team. In this role, you will be staffed onto high-impact quality improvement, research and strategy projects with a cross-functional and highly collaborative team, and contribute in the following ways:

• Designing and executing high impact quality improvement projects for scaling across healthcare systems in the United States.
• Designing social science-informed project and grant proposals, recommendations, meetings and workshops leveraging an in-depth understanding of healthcare research frameworks and methods.
• Executing qualitative and/or mixed methods primary research, co-creation and consulting projects (developing materials for IRB submission, developing interview guides, qualitative coding, analysis and synthesis, developing synthesis of meeting and workshop outputs etc.).
• Project managing the day-to-day execution of primary research and consulting projects (e.g., developing screeners, managing recruiting, document management, building and managing timelines, identifying risks, solving project-related challenges as needed etc.).
• Developing summaries and strategic communications to socialize findings from primary research and communicate complex concepts to a non-academic, business audience.
• Facilitating meetings and workshops.
• Contributing to the development of case studies and new practice tools and processes informed by social science.
• Helping improve workplace culture and space.
• Other duties as required.

At Throughline, we firmly believe that culture is as important as the work we do. We hire for values alignment first and foremost. Our values are centred around what it takes to be a great partner:

• Move It Forward: Our people make things happen to create meaningful change and solve challenging strategic problems. They bring strong attention to detail while balancing a big picture perspective.
• Know Yourself: Our team assesses what we do well, increasing vulnerability and removing uncertainty in how we operate, creating a dynamic and sustainable culture of trust, innovation, and teamwork.
• Kindness and Candor: We share the truth with one another in a way that allows people to quickly act on feedback and deliver their personal best work.

We'd love for you to apply to join us if you have:

• Successful completion of a PhD degree in social science (for example: Implementation Science, Psychology, Sociology, Behavioural Science etc.).
• Strong critical thinking, qualitative analysis, writing, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience conducting primary research and/or quality improvement with health care providers, patients, and caregivers in various settings.
• Passion for working in a health-related field.
• Excitement to work in a fast-paced environment where projects move with urgency.
• Fluent written and spoken English; second and third language skills are a plus!
• Technical literacy, including experience using G-Suite and MS-Office products and working in a cloud-based virtual environment.
• Experience using qualitative coding software such as MaxQDA, NVivo, Atlas.ti, or Dedoose.
• Experience integrating AI tools into planning day-to-day activities with judgment.

Applicants must be legally able to work in Canada. This is a full-time role with 10 – 15% travel to client sites, conferences and other meetings over the course of the year. Throughline operates with a hybrid work model, requiring employees to work onsite at Yonge and St. Clair for one day a week and remotely for the remainder of the time. Please note, this role is not available as a fully remote role.

Inclusion: We acknowledge and honour the value and dignity of all individuals. We pledge ourselves to creating and maintaining a culture that welcomes and respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.

Accommodations and Accessibility: At any time during the interview and onboarding process, let us know if you require accommodation. Please contact us at hr@throughlinestrategy.com and we will work with you to provide the support you need.

Expected start date is December 2026 or January 2027. We do not use AI to screen or select applicants for this position. Humans review all applications. We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for next steps will be contacted.