Allied is a leading owner-operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities. Our work is grounded in a clear purpose: to provide knowledge-based organizations with distinctive urban environments that support creativity, connectivity and human wellness.
Our vision is more expansive. We seek to make a continuous contribution to cities and culture that elevates and inspires the humanity in all of us. This vision informs how we operate, how we design and how we lead.
Real estate, for us, is not a passive investment. It is a profoundly human endeavour, one that must promote wellness, sustainability, diversity and creativity—today and for generations to come.
Allied is also a place to build a career of consequence. If you are looking for work that is thoughtful, tangible and enduring—work that contributes meaningfully to cities and the people who inhabit them—you will find purpose here.
For more information on Allied’s approach to city-building, visit our Insights page.
Purpose
Drive the execution of Allied’s AI and Data Strategy by translating an established foundation into a coordinated, scalable, and results-driven enterprise program. As the Senior Manager, Data Strategy and Technology Transformation, you will lead the delivery of data, AI, and technology initiatives, ensuring they are effectively prioritized, governed, and implemented to generate measurable business value.
Reporting to the Vice President, Technology, you will partner across business, Technology, Cybersecurity, and external partners to advance practical use cases from concept to production, while strengthening data governance, improving adoption, and enabling informed decision-making across the organization.
Responsibility
- Own and maintain the AI and Data Strategy roadmap, priorities, milestones, and delivery plan.
- Bring data, AI, automation, and technology innovation initiatives into one coordinated program.
- Track use cases, risks, dependencies, decisions, adoption, and business value.
- Provide clear progress updates and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Partner with the Data Solutions Architect to mature data models, reporting structures, governance standards, and platform direction.
- Identify and help resolve data quality, ownership, access, and lifecycle issues.
- Support practical governance practices that improve confidence in enterprise data.
- Ensure data initiatives are usable, sustainable, and aligned to business needs.
- Partner with the Manager, Enterprise Transformation to advance AI use cases, adoption, and business engagement.
- Support the intake, assessment, delivery, and scaling of AI-enabled and automation solutions.
- Help reduce unmanaged or shadow AI by creating clear pathways for approved experimentation and adoption.
- Evaluate new tools and vendors while balancing innovation, security, privacy, and operational fit.
- Define and maintain the operating model for use case intake, prioritization, approval, delivery, measurement, and retirement.
- Clarify roles, accountabilities, and decision points across business, Technology, Cybersecurity, and vendor teams.
- Maintain visibility into intelligent tools, platform access, permissions, and solution lifecycle controls.
- Ensure new solutions are introduced in a controlled, documented, and supportable way.
- Lead, coach, and support the Data Solutions Architect and Manager, Technology Transformation.
- Build on the work already completed and help the team operate as one integrated function.
- Translate technical roadmaps into plain-language business cases, updates, and decisions.
- Manage vendor relationships and hold partners accountable for delivery, quality, timelines, and knowledge transfer.
AI and Data Strategy Execution: Lead the program forward from the foundation already established.
Data Strategy and Governance: Strengthen the enterprise data foundation.
AI and Technology Innovation: Deliver practical, governed solutions.
Program Governance and Delivery: Create structure without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management: Align people around one strategy.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in data, AI, technology transformation, digital innovation, enterprise platforms, or related roles.
- Experience leading or coordinating data, AI, automation, analytics, or technology-enabled transformation initiatives.
- At least 2 years of people leadership, team lead, or program leadership experience.
- Strong ability to execute an existing strategy, improve it where needed, and move work forward without unnecessary reset.
- Strong practical knowledge of data is required, including data governance, data quality, access management, reporting, integration, and platform lifecycle concepts.
- Experience working with senior business stakeholders and translating technical work into business outcomes.
- Strong vendor management, communication, prioritization, and delivery management skills.
- Comfort working with Technology, Cybersecurity, business teams, and external partners in a governed enterprise environment.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure, or related Microsoft platforms.
- Exposure to Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Bedrock, or related AWS data and AI services.
- Experience with responsible AI, AI governance, data privacy, cybersecurity controls, or enterprise risk management.
- Experience delivering business use cases from concept to pilot to production.
- Experience creating roadmaps, dashboards, intake processes, governance frameworks, or executive status reporting.
- Experience in commercial real estate, property management, operations, finance, or other asset-intensive environments.
- Experience supporting change management, adoption planning, training, and measurement for new technology solutions.
Must have:
Would be an asset:
At Allied, total rewards are designed with the same perspective that shapes our operations. They are intended to support sustained contribution, creativity and a genuine sense of ownership in the work we do.
In practice, this includes:
Shared financial success and an ownership mindset
Eligible employees participate in performance-based bonus programs and a retirement savings program, with the option to invest in traditional funds or Allied units. This approach aligns individual effort with Allied’s long-term performance and reinforces a sense of ownership at every level of the organization.
Intentional presence and time off
In addition to vacation, employees receive six personal days and half-days before statutory holidays. Allied supports flexibility while maintaining a strong, in-person culture. This reflects how we collaborate most effectively and how we operate as a business.
Health, wellbeing and support
Comprehensive, company-paid health benefits include vision and dental coverage, along with a healthcare spending account. An employee assistance program is available to provide confidential support when it is needed.
Growth through leadership and exposure
Allied believes in leadership at every level. Employees are encouraged to contribute beyond the boundaries of their role, collaborate across disciplines and develop a broad understanding of the business. For those drawn to real estate, this includes uncommon exposure to how buildings, organizations and cities evolve through hands-on experience and shared responsibility.
Professional development grounded in practice
Learning at Allied is both formal and experiential. Ongoing professional development and a mentorship program support growth through structured learning and day-to-day engagement with experienced colleagues across the organization.
Purpose and connection beyond work
Each year, employees are provided with a paid volunteer day to contribute time and effort to a cause that is personally meaningful to them, reflecting our belief that contribution extends beyond the workplace.
If you are motivated by the role real estate plays in shaping cities and culture, and want your work to contribute to that effort, we encourage you to apply.
More insight into life at Allied, including our ESG and EDI initiatives, can be found in our annual ESG report.
*Temporary or contract roles may not qualify for all the benefits listed, and some roles may follow a modified total rewards structure. We will confirm what benefits you qualify for during the recruitment process.
We value human connection and experience. While Allied uses technology, including AI-enabled tools, to support administrative efficiency, all screening, assessment and hiring decisions are made by people.
We are committed to hiring the most qualified candidates with a dedication towards supporting diversity, equity and inclusion across our organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, origin, sexual orientation, disability and socioeconomic background. Diverse perspectives strengthen our organization and help us deliver better outcomes for our tenants, partners and communities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
We strive to provide an accessible recruitment experience and welcome reasonable accommodation requests at any stage of the recruitment process. Please reach out to [email protected] if support is needed.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Allied Properties REIT Toronto, Ontario, CAN Office
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