Senior Manager Analytics Enablement

City of Vancouver; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Vancouver is seeking a Senior Manager Analytics Enablement to oversee data and analytics practices. This role involves developing frameworks, managing diverse teams, and ensuring strategic alignment across departments. The ideal candidate will have extensive IT experience, particularly in analytics enablement, and strong leadership skills. The position supports hybrid work arrangements, promoting flexibility and innovation.

Benefits

Flexible Work Program

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience, with 7+ years in analytics enablement.
• 7+ years in program management, business analysis, or change management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the City's analytics framework.
• Create and execute data governance policies.
• Develop strategic roadmaps for open data.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technology management

Bachelor’s degree in business administration

Tools

DataOps

Data Architecture

AI

MLOps

Job description

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Organization

Requisition ID: 43923

The City of Vancouver, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples, is committed to reconciliation. Vancouver is renowned for its livability and sustainability, and is recognized among Canada's Top 100 Employers, BC's Top Employers, and Canada's Greenest Employers. We seek colleagues dedicated to sustainability, reconciliation, equity, and quality of life for all residents.

Consider joining our team to be part of an innovative, inclusive, and engaging workplace. Working at the City offers a rewarding career where you can influence societal outcomes through impartial and equitable service delivery, ethical governance, and citizen-centric initiatives.

Main Purpose and Function

The Senior Manager Analytics Enablement oversees and delivers holistic data, analytics, and governance practices for the City. Responsibilities include developing frameworks, engagement models, and standards for data and analytics, aligning business users, and supporting strategic initiatives like establishing Data & Analytics Centres of Excellence.

Key Contacts and Reporting Relationships

Reports to the Director of Enterprise Data and Analytics. Manages diverse teams of staff, contractors, and vendors, and collaborates with senior leadership across departments to ensure strategic alignment and effective delivery of data initiatives.

Responsibilities

1. Analytics Centre of Excellence: Design and implement the City's analytics framework, manage data requests, set reporting standards, and develop DataOps models.
2. Data Governance: Create and execute data governance policies, train staff, develop data catalogs, and support governance councils.
3. Open Data: Develop strategic roadmaps, manage data delivery, and collaborate on data security.
4. Data Service Management: Oversee workflow management, knowledge bases, and service catalogues.
5. Innovation Lab: Establish data science frameworks, foster partnerships, and develop AI and MLOps practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technology management, business administration, or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
• 10+ years IT experience, with 7+ years in analytics enablement or methodology deployment.
• 7+ years in program management, business analysis, or change management, including managing cross-functional teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Leadership in multidisciplinary teams and complex projects.
• Extensive knowledge in analytics, data science, and related disciplines.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in data architecture, DataOps, and strategic information planning.
• Ability to foster collaboration, professional development, and strategic alignment across the organization.

The City of Vancouver supports a Flexible Work Program, allowing hybrid work arrangements. The position is eligible for this program.