Director, Project Delivery and Innovation
Top Benefits
About the role
Apply by: Sunday, June 28, 2026 11:59 pm EDT
Connecting places and people.
The Major Highway Projects Division is looking for an infrastructure delivery leader with sophisticated stakeholder engagement experience who can lead high profile highway initiatives beginning to end. Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, as Director, Project Delivery and Innovations Branch, you will lead a team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Highway 413.
The Director will lead a high performing team in the planning, design, and delivery of Highway 413 and innovative highway project delivery frameworks, working collaboratively with external partners, other levels of government and internal partners across the ministry and the OPS. The Director will also work with the divisional leadership team and staff to advance innovation, creative problem-solving, and best practices for highway project delivery. As a member of the ministry's senior leadership team, this Director will be accountable for advancing employee engagement and wellbeing, while upholding a diverse, inclusive, accessible, and respectful workplace where every employee has a voice and the opportunity to fully contribute.
About the job
Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, you will: Provide strategic and technical leadership and direction for the development and implementation of transportation sector, ministry and multi-ministry strategies, provincial projects and programs that drive and influence the highway development needs for Ontario. Champion change and lead creative solutions and alternative delivery methods to transform the project delivery for highway government priorities in Ontario. Build and promote effective relationships and partnerships with transportation sector stakeholders, across the ministry and with other ministries. Create strong team structures and processes to ensure efficient and effective delivery for a dynamic portfolio. Provide briefings and strategic advice to the Minister, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister on project options, analysis, and recommendations. Advance a culture among colleagues and staff that prioritizes collaboration, engagement, inclusion, equity, accessibility, excellence, and well-being.
What you bring to the team
Executive Leadership You are a seasoned people leader with proven abilities in: Delivering large, complex infrastructure projects and knowledge of alternative delivery models (e.g. Progressive Design Build) Leading through transformational change with a track record of championing the adoption of innovative methods and technologies that drive true transformative business practices and solutions while taking measured and appropriate risks related to innovation Leading and diverse teams, while promoting improved project delivery and development Creating a culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism, and equity in the workplace Demonstrating resiliency, leading, and motivating high-performing and multi-functional teams in a fast-paced, highly visible, and demanding environment, while promoting employee wellbeing and engagement
Relationship Management and Political Acuity You are an effective communicator, negotiator, and consensus builder with proven abilities in: fostering collaborative internal and external relationships to promote a seamless integration of project design and service delivery demonstrating political acuity while delivering strategic and confidential advice to the senior leaders and other various stakeholders working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to advance shared priorities and manage complex issues building and managing relationships with external partners and stakeholders based on transparency, accountability, and trust managing complex, politically sensitive issues within the context of multiple interests, with high public profile and scrutiny
Job Knowledge You are a dynamic leader with proven: experience in project management methodologies ability to determine long-term issues, problems and opportunities and develop sound strategies and plans to address project challenges experience in engagement, consultation, and negotiation methods, techniques, and best practices; new and emerging trends to manage the development and implementation of stakeholder, and key partner relations and communications strategies and to support ministry initiatives ability to translate subject matter expertise to plain language for senior decision makers
An engineering background (e.g. P.Eng.) is an asset.
Don't meet every qualification? If you're excited to work for the Ontario Public Service but don't think you meet all the criteria, please still consider applying. We recognize no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives accessibility Anti-Racism Policy
What we offer The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer: a career that can grow across ministries and job functions flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more
Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package includes: a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement) 100% employer-paid group health, dental, life and disability benefits a $750-per-year health and wellness spending account 25 days' vacation, increased after 15 years parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services
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Director, Project Delivery and Innovation
Top Benefits
About the role
Apply by: Sunday, June 28, 2026 11:59 pm EDT
Connecting places and people.
The Major Highway Projects Division is looking for an infrastructure delivery leader with sophisticated stakeholder engagement experience who can lead high profile highway initiatives beginning to end. Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, as Director, Project Delivery and Innovations Branch, you will lead a team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Highway 413.
The Director will lead a high performing team in the planning, design, and delivery of Highway 413 and innovative highway project delivery frameworks, working collaboratively with external partners, other levels of government and internal partners across the ministry and the OPS. The Director will also work with the divisional leadership team and staff to advance innovation, creative problem-solving, and best practices for highway project delivery. As a member of the ministry's senior leadership team, this Director will be accountable for advancing employee engagement and wellbeing, while upholding a diverse, inclusive, accessible, and respectful workplace where every employee has a voice and the opportunity to fully contribute.
About the job
Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, you will: Provide strategic and technical leadership and direction for the development and implementation of transportation sector, ministry and multi-ministry strategies, provincial projects and programs that drive and influence the highway development needs for Ontario. Champion change and lead creative solutions and alternative delivery methods to transform the project delivery for highway government priorities in Ontario. Build and promote effective relationships and partnerships with transportation sector stakeholders, across the ministry and with other ministries. Create strong team structures and processes to ensure efficient and effective delivery for a dynamic portfolio. Provide briefings and strategic advice to the Minister, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister on project options, analysis, and recommendations. Advance a culture among colleagues and staff that prioritizes collaboration, engagement, inclusion, equity, accessibility, excellence, and well-being.
What you bring to the team
Executive Leadership You are a seasoned people leader with proven abilities in: Delivering large, complex infrastructure projects and knowledge of alternative delivery models (e.g. Progressive Design Build) Leading through transformational change with a track record of championing the adoption of innovative methods and technologies that drive true transformative business practices and solutions while taking measured and appropriate risks related to innovation Leading and diverse teams, while promoting improved project delivery and development Creating a culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism, and equity in the workplace Demonstrating resiliency, leading, and motivating high-performing and multi-functional teams in a fast-paced, highly visible, and demanding environment, while promoting employee wellbeing and engagement
Relationship Management and Political Acuity You are an effective communicator, negotiator, and consensus builder with proven abilities in: fostering collaborative internal and external relationships to promote a seamless integration of project design and service delivery demonstrating political acuity while delivering strategic and confidential advice to the senior leaders and other various stakeholders working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to advance shared priorities and manage complex issues building and managing relationships with external partners and stakeholders based on transparency, accountability, and trust managing complex, politically sensitive issues within the context of multiple interests, with high public profile and scrutiny
Job Knowledge You are a dynamic leader with proven: experience in project management methodologies ability to determine long-term issues, problems and opportunities and develop sound strategies and plans to address project challenges experience in engagement, consultation, and negotiation methods, techniques, and best practices; new and emerging trends to manage the development and implementation of stakeholder, and key partner relations and communications strategies and to support ministry initiatives ability to translate subject matter expertise to plain language for senior decision makers
An engineering background (e.g. P.Eng.) is an asset.
Don't meet every qualification? If you're excited to work for the Ontario Public Service but don't think you meet all the criteria, please still consider applying. We recognize no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives accessibility Anti-Racism Policy
What we offer The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer: a career that can grow across ministries and job functions flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more
Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package includes: a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement) 100% employer-paid group health, dental, life and disability benefits a $750-per-year health and wellness spending account 25 days' vacation, increased after 15 years parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services