Delivery Lead - Data & AI

Raise; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is hiring a Delivery Lead - Data & AI in Mississauga, hybrid (3 days on-site). The role owns end-to-end delivery of data, analytics and AI initiatives, coordinating Epics from planning through warranty.

You’ll lead agile ceremonies, manage risks, and align stakeholders to deadlines in a complex, regulated environment. The candidate will drive delivery plans with Product Managers and Data Engineers, optimize throughput, and ensure robust release readiness using Azure DevOps, Power BI and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology delivery leadership.
• Experience leading data, analytics, BI or AI delivery.
• Ability to manage Epics and features end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery Ownership and Milestone Control across Epics and Features.
• Agile, Sprint and Release Leadership with cross-functional teams.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration, risks and blockers removal.
• Delivery Performance tracking and continuous improvement.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile governance

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/CS/Engineering

Master's or MBA (preferred)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Azure Fabric

Job description

Delivery Lead - Data & AI

• Location: Mississauga, ON - Hybrid (3 days onsite)
• Contract Length: 6 Months

We at Raise are hiring a Delivery Lead - Data & AI for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested,

Responsibilities:

End-to-End Delivery Ownership and Milestone Control 30%

• Take clear accountability for delivering assigned business Epics and Features from approved backlog through design, build, test, production transition and warranty. Translate priorities into an integrated delivery plan covering milestones, resources, dependencies, constraints, quality activities, release steps and decisions. Maintain the authoritative schedule and forecast, communicate variance early and drive recovery plans when commitments are at risk.

Agile, Sprint and Release Leadership 25%

• Lead forward-looking sprint and release planning with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Functional Managers, and developers using evidence-based capacity and estimation. Facilitate refinement, planning, daily coordination, reviews and retrospectives; ensure every sprint has a clear goal and work meets the Definition of Ready before commitment. Protect team focus, control work in progress, and ensure delivery commitments are met.

Cross-Functional Orchestration, Risks and Blocker Removal 25%

• Lead through influence, credibility and disciplined follow-through across teams and vendors that do not report to the role. Own the risk, assumption, issue, dependency and decision log; establish owners and due dates and drive items to closure. Anticipate technical, data, vendor, governance, security, business-readiness and environment constraints before they threaten a milestone, and escalate with a clear recommendation and decision required.

Delivery Performance and Continuous Improvement 10%

• Keep Azure DevOps delivery data current, auditable and useful for decisions. Track milestone predictability, sprint say/do, cycle time, blocker age, work in progress, forecast variance and release readiness. Use retrospectives and delivery evidence to improve estimation, planning, collaboration and the delivery playbook.

Other10%

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualification:

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree inTechnology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and senior delivery experience.
• Preferred: Master's degree, MBA or graduate education in technology management, analytics, engineering or business transformation.

Delivery Experience

• Minimum 10+ years of progressive technology delivery, program, project or agile leadership experience, including 5+ years leading complex data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, machine learning or AI delivery across multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated accountability for business Epics and Features from planning through build, testing, production transition and warranty. Proven ability to lead senior developers, data scientists, and AI engineers and vendors without formal authority and to recover work that is off plan.
• Preferred: Experience delivering on Microsoft Fabric or comparable platforms. Experience in an airport, transportation, infrastructure, operational or regulated 24/7 environment. Experience coordinating production releases and transition to a managed-service provider.

Agile and Delivery Methods

• Minimum: Expert knowledge of agile and lean delivery, sprint and release planning, estimation, flow metrics, dependency management, risk and issue management, quality gates and change control.
• Advanced experience using Azure DevOps or a comparable platform for backlogs, capacity, sprint planning, milestones, dependencies, RAID and auditable delivery reporting.
• Data and AI Technical Fluency
• Minimum Practical technical literacy in data pipelines, lakehouse and medallion patterns, data and semantic modelling, Power BI, analytics, ML model lifecycles, MLOps, APIs, CI/CD, data quality and production support.
• Able to challenge a delivery plan constructively.

Leadership and Communication

• Minimum: Exceptional organization, structured problem solving, judgment, facilitation, negotiation and concise executive communication. Calm, credible leadership under pressure; relentless follow-through; ability to influence without authority; and a strong bias toward transparent evidence rather than optimistic reporting.

Certifications and Other Assets

• Preferred: PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Professional, SAFe, PRINCE2 or equivalent delivery certification.
• Microsoft Azure, Fabric, Power BI or Azure AI certifications are assets. Knowledge of responsible AI, data governance, privacy, security and audit expectations is preferred.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and retain a Transportation Security Clearance.

Looking for meaningful work? We can help!

Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/

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