Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence

The City of Brampton is Canada’s 9th largest and fastest growing of Canada’s 25 largest cities. It is located northwest of Toronto, within close proximity to Toronto Pearson International Airport and is home to more than 75,000 businesses. The City’s major business clusters include manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade. S&P Global affirmed the City of Brampton’s Triple ‘A’ rating for 2021, the highest credit rating a municipality can receive, with a stable outlook. The City of Brampton is energized by its diverse communities, attracts investment, and is embarking on a journey to lead technological and environmental innovation. It partners for progress to build a healthy city that is safe, sustainable and successful, and boasts many festivals, arts events and access to nature trails, parks and unique geological locations like the Cheltenham Badlands. The City also offers access to family friendly sports programs, free fitness programs, fully equipped community centres and indoor/outdoor facilities.

Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer, the Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence is accountable for guiding the City of Brampton's responsible, secure, and value-driven adoption of artificial intelligence across the enterprise. Acting as a trusted strategic partner to the CIO, this role translates emerging AI capabilities into actionable opportunities while safeguarding data integrity, privacy, and organizational trust. The Senior Manager drives the development and execution of a comprehensive enterprise AI strategy, ensuring AI investments align with corporate priorities and delivering measurable outcomes across City services. A core responsibility includes establishing a robust AI governance framework and policies that promote ethical, compliant, and risk-informed use of AI technologies organization-wide. The role leads AI-driven organizational capability assessments, evaluating the City's readiness, talent, and infrastructure to adopt and scale AI solutions effectively. Serving as a senior technical and strategic advisor to the CIO, the Senior Manager also prepares and delivers executive briefings and recommendations that translate complex AI concepts into clear, actionable insights, positioning the City of Brampton as a forward-thinking leader in responsible public sector innovation.

The salary range for this position is $146,559 - $183,199.

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, data science, information technology, business technology, a related discipline or equivalent, as well as globally recognized AI certification(s). They will have three to five (3-5) years of experience in a senior advisory or consulting role in large corporations; three to five (3-5) years of experience in AI/ML, AI data strategy or AI digital transformation, Responsive, Generative and Agentic AI, AI orchestration; and five to ten (5-10) years of direct engagement with senior leadership (VPs, CIO/CTO, CAO level). The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of enterprise IT architecture; knowledge of AI governance, ethics and regulatory considerations; the ability to translate technical concepts into business value; and executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

To view the full Position Profile, including more information about the City of Brampton and the Ideal Candidate, please click here (Download PDF). 

If you wish to be considered for the role, please email your cover letter and resume in PDF format to Kartik Kumar at careers@lesp.ca by August 31st, 2026 @ 11:59 pm. Although, we appreciate all applications, only the ones that are the closest fit to the clients’ requirements will be contacted. Thank you very much!

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Legacy Partners and the City of Brampton are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and recognize that a diverse staff is essential to organizational excellence. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage women, members of racialized communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity to confidentially self-identify at the time of application. In accordance with provincial legislation, accommodations will be provided by Legacy Partners and the organization throughout the recruitment, selection, and/or assessment process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. If you would like to self-identify during the recruitment process, please fill out the IISD’s Voluntary Self-Identification Questionnaire and submit it with your application.