Lead High-Impact Technology Partnerships and Modernization Initiatives Are you a strategic technology leader who excels at building partnerships, influencing decision-making, and driving digital transformation? As the Senior Manager, Sector Technology Partnerships, you will serve as a key technology liaison between OPS IT organizations, partner ministries, and Ontario's broader digital health sector, leading technology partnerships that support government priorities and service modernization. Working at the intersection of technology strategy, governance, and stakeholder engagement, you will provide executive-level advice, help align sector initiatives with government technology direction, and identify opportunities for interoperability, technology reuse, shared services and integration. This is a unique opportunity to influence complex transformation initiatives, strengthen cross-sector collaboration, and deliver lasting public value.
The Ontario Public Service: Strengthening Ontario, Together.A career in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) is driven by purpose. We're building a stronger Ontario by delivering programs and services that make a real difference in people's lives. If you share this ambition, you'll find a workplace that reflects the diversity of the people we serve and empowers you to lead with confidence.
Why Your Leadership Belongs Here - Purpose that drives you: Lead work that matters. Your leadership will shape policies, programs, and services that improve lives across the province—every day.
- A culture that supports you: Thrive in a flexible, inclusive, and respectful workplace that values your well-being and empowers you to bring your whole self to work.
- A career that grows with you: Explore leadership opportunities across ministries and sectors. With access to mentorship, learning, and mobility, your career can evolve here.
- Recognition that reflects your impact: We value the difference you make. You'll receive competitive pay, a defined-benefit pension, and benefits that support your well-being—plus meaningful recognition for your contributions.
About the job
We believe great leadership starts with high standards and strong support. In the OPS, that means showing up with authenticity, acting with integrity, and having the courage to do what's right, even when it's hard.
As a leader, you'll shape a team culture that sparks innovation, supports collaboration, and champions inclusion. You'll help build a workplace that is diverse, anti-racist, and accessible, where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to thrive.
You won't be doing it alone. We invest in our leaders through mentorship, learning opportunities, and cross-ministry networks that help you grow your impact and connect with peers across the organization.
Leadership is about impact, and in this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful one.
You will:
- Lead sector technology partnerships and provide strategic advice by representing MPBSDP in governance forums, steering committees, and delivery tables, and advising ministries and sector partners on government technology directions, priorities, investment decisions, risks, dependencies and emerging opportunities.
- Drive technology strategy, governance, and architecture alignment by providing expert guidance on technology architecture, procurement, and delivery approaches, while ensuring compliance with government legislation, policies, standards, interoperability frameworks, and integration requirements and promoting alignment with enterprise technology directions and approved government technology standards
- Advance interoperability, integration and technology modernization by identifying opportunities for shared services, technology reuse, common platforms, and coordinated technology approaches across government and sector organizations.
- Support executive decision-making and portfolio oversight by providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior leaders, preparing executive briefings and decision-support materials, and monitoring sector technology portfolios to identify risks, dependencies, opportunities, value realization outcomes and performance outcomes.
- Lead and develop high-performing teams and partnerships by fostering collaboration across government and sector organizations, managing priorities and resources, coaching staff, driving continuous improvement, and promoting a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence while strengthening interoperability, governance, and service delivery outcomes.
Your ability to align your team's efforts with broader organizational goals will be key to your success, and to the success of the people we serve.
Meet Your New TeamThe Health and Human Services Solutions Division is a technology organization that delivers digital solutions, platforms and services that support some of the most essential and people-centred services government provides. Its work spans complex health and human services environments where people often interact with multiple programs, organizations and technology systems at important moments in their lives. The division brings these environments together through technology strategy, digital modernization, interoperability and integrated solutions that support better service delivery and outcomes for Ontarians.
Successful candidates will report to
Kelly Garant, Director of Digital Technology Strategy. With 20 years of experience leading strategy, governance, portfolio management, technology planning, and organizational transformation in the OPS, Kelly works closely with division leadership to help shape priorities, investments, and modernization efforts across the organization. She is seeking a collaborative leader who enjoys working through complexity, building trusted relationships, and identifying opportunities to improve technology outcomes through partnership, innovation, interoperability, and strategic thinking.
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What you bring to the team
Leadership and People Management
- Leadership & Team Development: Experience leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and results-driven culture.
- Strategic Leadership: Ability to set direction, develop strategic plans, translate organizational priorities into actionable outcomes, and lead complex initiatives in dynamic environments.
- Influence & Change Management: Proven ability to build consensus, manage competing priorities, and influence decision-making across diverse stakeholder groups.
Digital & Technology Acumen and Digital Health Sector Knowledge
- Technology Strategy & Governance: Knowledge of IT strategy, enterprise architecture, interoperability, technology governance, investment planning, and portfolio management within complex organizations.
- Digital Innovation & Service Modernization: Experience leveraging cloud technologies, digital platforms, shared services, interoperability frameworks, and emerging technologies to support modern, client-centred service delivery.
- Digital Health Expertise: Understanding of Ontario's digital health landscape, sector governance, policy and legislative considerations, and technology solutions that support interoperability, information sharing, and integrated service delivery across complex service environments.
Relationship Management, Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory Skills
- Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with senior executives, ministries, agencies, health sector organizations, and external partners.
- Strategic Advisory Services: Experience providing strategic advice and recommendations on complex business, policy, investment, operational, and technology matters to support executive decision-making.
- Communication, Negotiation & Influence: Strong communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable recommendations and achieve consensus among diverse stakeholders.
Financial & Portfolio Management Skills
- Investment & Portfolio Management: Experience supporting technology investment planning, governance, prioritization, resource allocation, and portfolio oversight to maximize organizational value and alignment with government priorities.
- Performance & Risk Management: Ability to assess financial, operational, and performance information, identify risks and opportunities, and support evidence-based decision-making.
- Governance & Accountability: Knowledge of public sector governance, accountability, compliance, and approval frameworks, with the ability to ensure alignment with organizational and government priorities.
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!
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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
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