Project Overview

Our client (Government Agency) is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to project manage the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform end to end and drive it into production at enterprise-grade quality. This role is accountable for delivery outcomes, not simply for tracking them. The Technical Project Manager owns the plan, drives execution across every team, vendor and partner involved, and is measured on whether the platform reaches production responsibly with the architecture artefacts, ARB gates, Threat Risk Assessment (TRA), Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and enterprise standards satisfied. Due diligence is not administrative overhead in this role. It is the core of what responsible technology adoption means, and this role is accountable for completing it. The role focuses on the technical elements of delivery and ensuring the solution meets agency IT and Security standards and policies, while supporting the Data and Analytics team as business owners. The core outcome is a governed, adopted, sustainable Collibra product that solves real business problems and continues to improve after production implementation.

Key Responsibilities

- Owning the end-to-end delivery plan and driving the initiative to Iteration 1 production go-live and beyond.
- Working backwards from the target production date to sequence development and ETL completion, integration and configuration, UAT/QA, TRA and ARB approvals, cutover and early-life support.
- Producing and defending realistic, evidence-based estimates, and challenging optimistic or unsupported timelines wherever they arise.
- Driving completion of critical milestones across all parties - internal teams, vendors and partners - not merely reporting on them.
- Ensuring full technical due diligence for responsible adoption: architecture artefacts, ARB gates, Threat Risk Assessment (TRA), security and privacy assessments, and enterprise production-readiness criteria.
- Ensuring the solution meets Enterprise Technology standards, policies,



architectural decisions and data sensitivity requirements.
- Supporting the Data and Analytics team as business owners of the platform, while holding the solution to appropriate Security and Technology standards.
- Establish and enforce a single authoritative source of truth for requirements and user stories.
- Operationalizing the agreed RACI and guarding accountability boundaries so responsibilities are not silently shifted.
- Leading vendor and partner engagement, holding them to scope, deliverables and timelines, and catching misalignment early.
- Reporting status, risk and required decisions honestly and clearly to senior leadership.
- Driving delivery discussions toward facts and ownership - what is missing, who owns it, when it will be resolved.
- Product vision, strategy, roadmap, release plan, success measures, and adoption metrics.
- Prioritized use-case catalogue, stakeholder needs map, product backlog, and acceptance criteria.
- Implementation plan, delivery governance, RAID/decision logs, and executive reporting.
- Configured Collibra operating model, workflows, roles, responsibilities, and access model.
- Metadata ingestion, catalogue, glossary, lineage, data quality, and priority-domain onboarding outputs.
- Integration specifications, testing approach, release readiness, and production sign-off.
- Stakeholder engagement, training, communications, adoption, and business-readiness materials.
- Product operating model, support procedures, documentation, knowledge transfer, and handover package.

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS

- Must be able to work 3 days onsite per week.




- 5-10 years of relevant product management, product ownership, data governance, or enterprise technology experience.
- Experience owning product vision, roadmap, backlog, prioritization, delivery outcomes, and stakeholder alignment.
- Experience implementing or operating Collibra, data intelligence, metadata management, data catalogue, data quality, lineage, or comparable platforms.
- Strong understanding of data governance operating models, workflows, stewardship, ownership, and decision rights.
- Ability to translate business needs into use cases, requirements, backlog items, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes.
- Experience coordinating SaaS platform configuration, integrations, testing, releases, and operational transition.
- Solid vendor, stakeholder, executive communication, facilitation, and decision-management skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in complex, multi-stakeholder, regulated environments.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

- Collibra certification, formal Collibra implementation training, or product management certification.
- Hands-on experience with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform - Ultimate, Data Quality, Observability, workflows, communities, domains, and asset models.
- Knowledge of metadata connectors, APIs, Edge, Jobserver, lineage, and integration architecture.
- Experience with Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Purview, or comparable data platforms.
- Public-sector experience, including procurement, architecture review, cybersecurity, privacy, accessibility, or governance processes.
- Relevant certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Prosci, DAMA/CDMP, DCAM, Agile, or equivalent.

Key Skills & Competencies

Collibra, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Purview, APIs, Edge, Jobserver, metadata connectors, lineage, product management, stakeholder alignment, vendor management, communication, facilitation, decision-management

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📌 Intermediate Technical Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 GovTech Talent Solutions
📍 Toronto