Manager, GO Analysis

Metrolinx • Toronto, ON

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our GO Transit Infrastructure and Service Development team in Planning is seeking an experienced Manager to lead ridership, benefit, revenue and impact analysis for GO Transit. The Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management and professional development of a team technical professionals, ensuring quality and fit for purpose of analytic deliverables that respond to internal client requests. This includes responsibility for the provision of frameworks, tools and analytics to forecast ridership and impacts over the medium to long-term (i.e. 5-20+ years) and support the planning and appraisal of major investment decisions.

Requirements

• University degree in economics, planning, engineering or a related discipline or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of related experience in progressive leadership roles managing planning tools, analysis, standards and research that drive investment decision-making across an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and lead staff and project teams.
• Knowledge of principles, theories, concepts and practices of economic cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, and ridership forecasting.
• Knowledge of principles, theories, concepts and practices of transportation planning, including transit planning, public policy, urban planning, and transport economics.
• Problem solving skills to resolve conflicting priorities and to facilitate collaborative approaches to address analytical requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal skills to manage internal and external relationships, deliver presentations, and lead report writing activities.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree and/or professional experience with strong emphasis on quantitative analysis, ridership forecasting, economic cost benefit, financial analysis and other transportation analytics methods and application would be an asset

Responsibilities

• Provides senior leadership and expertise in the development of robust ridership, benefit, revenue, and impact analysis to inform Metrolinx project planning and investment decision making.
• Manages the integration of long-term ridership, economic, and financial impact analysis with on-the-ground data to ensure the quality and continuous improvement of analytic deliverables.
• Promotes the integration of analysis best practices to accelerate and facilitate the adoption of these analysis practices in the team’s work products.
• Determines scope of analysis projects, deliverables and prioritizes competing requests. Evaluates requirements to ensure data and other resources are available and adaptable to meet client needs.
• Builds strong working relationships with counterparts in business units across the organization, as well as industry peers, government officials, academia, and other external stakeholders, to understand and communicate research and analytical requirements, and advance the state of analysis.
• Creates a culture of innovation by leading the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of analytical frameworks, standards and planning tools.

Benefits

• Accommodation: Metrolinx is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are also committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants in accordance with applicable legislation. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point during the hiring process, please contact us at: 416-202-5601 or email [email protected]

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager