Manager, Analytics

Job Overview

Take charge of analytics for complex and impactful transit initiatives within the Partnerships and Analytics Branch, which integrates data, partnerships, and policy insights to guide transit and community planning across Ontario. This team operates at the nexus of analytics and decision-making, empowering leaders with clarity on complicated information to advance major projects.

Key Responsibilities

As the Manager of Analytics, you will oversee a professional team that transforms data into actionable insights, directing how information is gathered, structured, and interpreted. You will simplify technical analyses into understandable advice for executive leadership and collaborate widely across branches and partner organizations to ensure analytics inform real-world decisions.

Impact and Purpose

Your role shapes the evolution of transit-oriented communities across Ontario by influencing housing, transit usage, and community growth. Enhancing data utilization—ranging from modeling to performance measurement—supports well-informed, consistent, and outcome-focused decisions that matter to citizens.

Leadership and Culture

This position embodies values of authenticity, integrity, and courage in leadership, aiming to cultivate a team culture rich in innovation, cooperation, and inclusiveness. You will foster a work environment that is diverse, anti-racist, accessible, and safe, enabling everyone to thrive.

Team and Development

You will guide a small, skilled team with expertise in data analysis, modeling, and program insight, working closely with internal and external partners towards shared goals. Opportunities exist to clarify roles and processes and promote consistent, connected workflows.

Reporting

The role reports to Luke Fraser, a people-oriented leader with a track record of building inclusive, high-performing teams rooted in kindness and trust. He emphasizes coaching and employee growth within supportive environments and advocates for mental health and work-life balance. Luke holds a land use planning degree from Toronto Metropolitan University.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven leadership experience with accountability for results, team growth, and performance management, fostering learning and development opportunities.
• Ability to lead through change, communicate clearly, and maintain focus amid shifting priorities.
• Sound judgment and political insight when handling complex and sensitive matters.
• Expertise in analyzing program, financial, and project data to detect patterns and provide clear, strategic advice to senior management, including outlining choices and impacts.
• Experience establishing metrics to monitor initiative progress, identifying risks and gaps, enabling leaders to adjust strategies promptly.
• Strong relationship-building skills to cultivate collaboration with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders through transparent communication and reliability.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams and organizations to align efforts and promote coordinated delivery.
• Capability to manage expectations, address priorities, and resolve issues with practical solutions that advance work and decisions.

Additional Information

This leadership position offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully within a supportive government environment dedicated to inclusive leadership and impactful public service.

Application Deadline

Please submit your application by Thursday, July 23, 2026, 11:59 pm EDT.