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#Team Lead, Data Strategy

Job ID:

241944

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of Transportation

Division:

Transportation Infrastructure Management / Asset Management Branch

City:

St Catharines

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary up to 12 months with possible extension

Job code:

7A008 - ProgPlanEval07

Salary:

$90,930.00 - $132,162.00 Per year

The Ministry of Transportation's (MTO) Transportation Infrastructure Management Division's (TIMD) mandate is to provide a safe, efficient, reliable transportation system through planning, engineering, construction and other functions for the provincial highway network. TIMD is the biggest producer of data in MTO and relies on it to make critical decisions, such as where to rehabilitate and expand our highways or how to manage the multi-billion-dollar capital budget.

It is an exciting time in TIMD. We unified our data across MTO, making it accessible to all and leveraging it to deliver our mandates, solve our business problems and make delivering our business easier. We are helping find insights and making informed, data-driven decisions.

This is a great opportunity to join TIMD's data team to showcase your experience, skills and knowledge. We are looking for a motivated professional to provide leadership and vision in data management and science to deliver our strategies and roadmap across the division.

If championing TIMD's transformation to a data-driven organization sounds like the position for you, read on!

##About the job

In theBusiness Planning and Data Management Office, Infrastructure Data Management Section, you will:

• lead, plan and deliver the division's data vision, strategies and roadmap and uphold its data management and analytics framework
• standardize and optimize service delivery and processes to meet the division's data needs
• lead data teams in implementing data projects related to data unification, analytics and integration
• develop and deliver communications and change management for the division's adoption of the data management and analytics frameworks and mindset
• build data literacy and capability across the division for self-serve analytics
• lead and manage the data team, including coaching, assigning work, and overseeing completion
• develop and maintain positive collaborative relationships with the data team, business clients and data community across the division and ministry
• provide direction, advice, and support to divisional teams, partners, and senior management on data management and analytics

##What you bring to the team

###Technical knowledge and business acumen

• you have knowledge of data management and governance, quantitative analysis to research, develop and evaluate business solutions and information management needs
• you have knowledge of business lifecycle management, business modelling, process methodology, prototyping methodologies and reengineering methods
• you can align strategic directions and business objectives to projects

###Project and performance management skills

• you have experience leading complex projects that recommend business frameworks, processes, products, systems, and reporting improvements
• you have experience leading project teams, ensuring deadlines, budget and deliverables are met
• you can plan and coordinate the design of business solutions or of performance measurements and reporting

###Research, analysis and issues management skills

• you can conduct research, analysis, evaluation and problem-solving to assess information management, data assets and demand for data assets, and business solutions' impact on program and service delivery
• you can apply multiple statistical and analytical techniques to identify impacts and develop recommendations
• you have experience identifying and ensuring the effective resolution of issues

###Interpersonal and communication skills

• you have facilitation and relationship building skills to build partnerships and deliver advice and information with internal and external stakeholders
• you have persuasion and consulting skills to gain cooperation and promote projects and initiatives
• you can effectively write and deliver various products, including presentations, and communicate with a variety of audiences

##Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

##How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario'sHuman Rights Codeand the*Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.*We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

##Additional information:

Apply by:

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 301 St Paul St, St Catharines, West Region

Compensation group:

Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Consulting and Planning

Posted on:

Monday, March 23, 2026

Note:

• The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
• C-MT-241944/26

##How to apply:

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