Manager, Data Governance Technology Job Details

Date: Jan 5, 2026

Location:

To Be Determined, ON, CA

Type of Position: Permanent ( Standard Req Only)

Type of Position:

Number of Positions: 1

Salary Min: $108,208.00

Salary Max: $135,259.00

Description:

Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand?

Become a Manager, Data Governance Technology with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

MPAC is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. We are taking important steps towards ensuring that all voices are respected, valued and being heard. MPAC is dedicated to fostering an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves and are inspired to do their best work.

Job Description

What makes you great for this role?
You are an innovative data leader who shapes and evolves MPAC’s unified framework for enterprise metadata, lineage, and platform interoperability. (such as Collibra). You excel at overseeing configuration, steward engagement, governed dataset creation, and system integrations. You collaborate effectively with Data Governance, vendors and technology teams to operationalize data standards, enhance metadata usage, strength control framework, and elevate data quality to drive adoption across the organization. You confidently guide the intake and prioritization of new data sources and ensure effective use of technology to enable MPAC’s data governance, quality, and transformation goals.

We have:

A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
Leadership that supports you
An enterprise that embraces change
A work environment that has flexible work locations (including hybrid), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

Post-secondary education in computer science, data science, information systems, or a related field
A minimum of 5 years of experience in data management, metadata, analytics, or governance, including 3 years in a leadership role overseeing people, platforms, or strategic initiatives
Experience leading enterprise data platform implementations and shaping metadata structures that support business needs
Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, metadata standards, data quality practices, and compliance requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven ability to lead teams, coordinate issue and change management, and deliver cross-functional data initiatives
Strong relationship building and collaboration skills
Familiar with Java Application Programming Interface (API) architecture
Proficiency with analytics tools (SAS, R and/or Python), database SQL queries, and enterprise data governance tools such as Collibra
Knowledge of emerging data and metadata management trends
Willingness to travel occasionally to head office, field offices, and corporate events across Ontario as needed

Nice to have:

Experience within a public sector environment

What you will do:

Lead the evolution of MPAC’s Collibra platform, including roadmap development, governance model updates, vendor management, platform enhancements, and onboarding of new data sources
Champion automation, integrations, and scalable platform use cases while monitoring KPIs and ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy
Drive enterprise metadata practices by supporting stewards, maintaining key metadata assets, standardizing definitions, and promoting transparency
Oversee development of certified datasets and data marketplace assets
Foster a collaborative, accountable team culture through performance management, staffing, training, scheduling, and career development
Ensure processes and expectations are clearly documented and understood
Support annual planning by monitoring budgets, managing contracts, approving expenditures, and developing business cases to improve efficiency and effectiveness

MPAC has a number of office locations throughout Ontario. As part of the hiring process, the successful candidate may be placed at the MPAC office in closest proximity to an individual’s residence or a location as determined by MPAC.

Additional Information:

Requisition ID: 2820
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Job Type: Non-Union Staff
Closing Date: January 16, 2026

Ready to apply?

Please note, only applications submitted through the Applicant Tracking System will be accepted.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background verification with Mintz Global Screening. By applying to this job posting, you are providing your consent to MPAC to share your name, email address and phone number with Mintz, to conduct the criminal and driver abstract check and for Mintz to disclose the results to MPAC, should you be the successful incumbent.

MPAC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflect the diversity of the public and communities we serve.

Persons with disability who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may email their request to careers@mpac.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that MPAC prohibits employees from holding a current/valid real estate license and successful applicants must at least suspend their real estate licenses during their period of employment at MPAC as outlined in our Employee Code of Conduct.

Job advertisements for positions that have been designated bilingual will be posted in both English and French on our website. Positions that are not designated bilingual are not translated and are only posted in English on the English version of our website.

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