IM Lead

SYSTRA•Toronto, ON

About The Position

The Information Manager Lead is responsible for leading information management and BIM management practices across transit projects, ensuring that project information, digital models, and asset data are structured, governed, secure, and aligned with delivery and operational needs. The role sits within the Digital Engineering team and supports the successful delivery of projects through robust Common Data Environment (CDE) management, integrated digital workflows, compliance with industry standards, and effective stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

Strong leadership in information management, BIM governance, and digital delivery within complex infrastructure or transit environments.
Strong understanding of CDE principles, information standards, metadata structures, and multidisciplinary digital coordination.
Ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.
Ability to define practical governance frameworks.
Ability to drive adoption of consistent processes.
Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Experience in managing digital risk, compliance, and quality assurance.
Familiarity with project delivery environments involving multiple consultants, contractors, and suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Advanced understanding of BIM integration with GIS, document control, asset information, and enterprise project systems.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and optimization of an integrated Common Data Environment, ensuring standardized interfaces and reliable data exchange across platforms to provide a single source of truth for project information.
Establish and maintain governance rules, approval workflows, and control points to support efficient and compliant information flows across the project lifecycle.
Define and implement the project information management strategy in alignment with business, project, and asset objectives.
Develop metadata structures, naming conventions, and information schemas to support retrieval, coordination, traceability, and integration.
Develop and deploy processes to ensure data quality, integrity, security, and controlled access based on user roles and responsibilities.
Lead the BIM management approach across projects, ensuring alignment with digital engineering objectives, client requirements, and delivery needs.
Define and lead the BIM Strategy and the BIM Execution Plan (BEP), establish BIM governance frameworks.
Translate Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR), Asset Information Requirements (AIR), and project-specific information requirements into clear BIM processes, deliverables, and responsibilities.
Oversee model validation, clash detection, data completeness checks, and compliance reviews to ensure that BIM information containers meet project, asset, and organizational requirements.
Ensure BIM models and associated data are effectively integrated with design, construction, GIS, document management, and asset management systems to support decision-making, digital delivery, and operational readiness.
Support digital transformation by promoting adoption of information management and BIM processes across project teams and stakeholders.
Provide guidance, training, and support to ensure effective use of the CDE and associated digital tools.
Act as the key liaison between technical teams, project delivery teams, and stakeholders, translating business and operational needs into practical digital and information management requirements.
Ensure compliance with project requirements, organizational policies, and relevant industry standards, including ISO 19650 and applicable data protection regulations.
Conduct audits and assurance reviews to identify gaps, areas for improvement, and compliance risks.
Support the development of mitigation measures, recovery plans, and contingency processes for critical information assets and digital systems.