Showcase your expertise in business analysis, IT consulting and leadership as a Development Lead and help drive innovation!Become a valuable member of the Payment and Registration I&IT Solutions Branch, where your skills will lead the analysis, design, development, and implementation of large-scale IT solutions. This role provides expert consulting to address diverse client needs, oversees development activities—including unit testing and troubleshooting production incidents—supports audit activities, and drives modernization initiatives. Collaborate with clients to gather requirements, lead cross-functional teams, and champion continuous improvement to deliver high-quality, value-driven solutions.
About the job
As part of our team, you will:
• Lead development teams through the full software lifecycle for complex ministry applications.
• Analyze business requirements and assess cross-portfolio impacts.
• Provide expert consulting to clients to align IT solutions with business goals.
• Oversee system design, documentation, testing, and maintenance.
• Guide quality assurance, including audit readiness and compliance activities and production support.
• Drive modernization efforts, including Mainframe and OHIP system optimization.
• Support critical systems like the 24/7 Medical Claims Payment System and OHIP integration.
What you bring to the team
Business Analysis, Client Liaison and Communication Skills
You have:
• proven experience in analyzing and providing advice and recommendations to business clients at all levels on IT solutions to meet business requirements, including approaches to development and testing.
• demonstrated knowledge of the client's business to develop recommendations on appropriate solutions.
• written and speaking skills to convey, fully grasp and explain detailed information and to present, discuss, and explain highly complex information
• proven experience in reviewing development strategies in response to client business requirements and facilitating communications with the business and development team
• interpersonal skills necessary to encourage compliance, promote acceptance and secure cooperation for a course of action, recommendation, or proposal
Leadership skills
You have:
• experience in planning and directing complex IT systems development, unit testing, and implementation tasks as part of large development teams
• experience in providing leadership, coaching/mentoring, guidance and technical expertise to other members of the IT development and test team
• experience in leading IT system responses to business requirements, and in facilitating communications regarding requirements with the business stakeholders
• experience in managing external vendor relationships
• proven teamwork and collaborative skills
Analysis and Research skills
You have:
• demonstrated knowledge of standard methods and techniques for complex IT systems analysis, including process and data modeling, and design and development methodologies
• proven ability to analyze business requirements, interpret client environments and legislation (e.g., FIPPA, AODA, PHIPA), and provide strategic advice and recommendations to business clients
• experience in facilitating and reviewing client business requirements to ensure alignment with technical solutions and organizational goals
• skills in providing technical direction, mentoring, and training to team members, and offering application-level guidance to development and testing teams
• knowledge in commonly used business software such as Microsoft Office for documentation, analysis, and IT testing support
Technical Skills
You have:
• experience in guiding quality assurance processes, including audit readiness, compliance activities, and production support within IT environments
• experience facilitating IT development, testing, promotion, implementation of web-based and mainframe applications.
• knowledge of IT development methodologies, industry-standard IT development and test tools and techniques
• knowledge of industry-standard SDLC methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Iterative, Agile and UPM), and other techniques for the analysis, testing and implementation of complex solutions
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
What we offer
What we offer
The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for 29 ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:
• a career that can grow across ministries and job functions.
• flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs.
• many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups.
• comprehensive benefits that look after your holistic wellness needs
• base salary that aligns to market trends with scheduled salary progression
• tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more.
• a modern, friendly, and accessible physical work environment