GIS Manager

SYSTRA

$130K — $170K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in GIS management or a related field.
  • Proven expertise in developing and implementing GIS strategies and governance frameworks.
  • Strong familiarity with Esri technology stack, including ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro.
  • Experience with GIS integration into enterprise systems and asset management platforms.
  • Excellent project management skills, with proficiency in tools like Jira and Microsoft Teams.
  • Strong leadership and mentoring abilities, particularly with GIS teams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership for GIS aligning with organizational goals.
  • Develop and execute the enterprise GIS roadmap and governance framework.
  • Lead administration and evolution of ArcGIS Enterprise environments.
  • Establish GIS data governance and quality standards.
  • Oversee integration of GIS with corporate data sources and engineering systems.
  • Manage GIS application development and deployment of field solutions.
  • Identify and implement automation and AI opportunities for improved processes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Access to modern technology and tools in a collaborative workplace.
  • Supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.
Full Job Description
Context

Looking for 2 GIS Managers for Go Expansion Program

Missions/Main Duties
  • Provide strategic leadership for the GIS function, aligning GIS capabilities with Metrolinx business, operational, infrastructure, and asset-management objectives.
  • Develop and implement the enterprise GIS roadmap, governance framework, standards, and operating model.
  • Lead the administration, architecture, security, and evolution of ArcGIS Enterprise and related GIS environments.
  • Establish GIS data governance, quality standards, metadata, security, access, and data lifecycle management practices.
  • Lead integration of GIS with enterprise systems, asset-management platforms, engineering systems, and other corporate data sources.
  • Oversee development and implementation of enterprise GIS applications, dashboards, web maps, and field solutions.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage GIS, automation, spatial analytics, and AI to improve business processes and decision-making.
  • Manage GIS resources, priorities, work plans, budgets, deliverables, risks, and stakeholder relationships.
  • Establish GIS project management and delivery processes using Jira, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
  • Define and monitor GIS KPIs, service performance, adoption, data quality, and business value.
  • Lead change management, user adoption, training, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to GIS Specialists and GIS Technicians.
Profile/Skills

Key Tools & Technologies:

 

  • Esri: ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server
  • Web & Applications: Experience Builder, ArcGIS Dashboards, Web AppBuilder, ArcGIS Instant Apps
  • Field GIS: Field Maps, Survey123, QuickCapture
  • Data & Automation: Python, ArcPy, Arcade, FME / FME Flow
  • Enterprise Integration: REST APIs, Feature Services, Web Services, SQL databases
  • Project & Collaboration: Jira, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint
  • Reporting & Analytics: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric
  • Architecture & Governance: GIS standards, metadata, data governance, security and access management

Salary Range : CAD 130,000 - CAD 170,000

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].

Workplace TypeOn-site

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