Artificial Intelligence Integration Lead

Date: Feb 5, 2025
- Location: Pickering, ON, CA
- Type of Position: Permanent ( Standard Req Only)
- Type of Position:

- Number of Positions: 1
- Salary Min: $107,341.00
- Salary Max:

- Description:

- Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand? Do you have a passion for big data and cloud computing - and know the benefit of using data to improve business practices?

**Become a**Artificial Intelligence Integration Lead** with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

**Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism**

MPAC is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. We are taking important steps towards ensuring that all voices are respected, valued and being heard. MPAC is dedicated to fostering an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves and are inspired to do their best work.

Our Information Technology team works closely with each department across the business to design, build and deliver innovative solutions that help make MPAC an international leader in the property assessment industry. The way we think about technology is different, and our teams are proud to share their knowledge and contribute to meaningful, technology-enabled success stories that enhance operational intelligence and customer service delivery. We tackle complex problems collaboratively in an agile environment, and are committed to ensuring MPAC technology is consistently available, scalable, performance-based and secure. We’re a group of forward-thinking and talented professionals who stay ahead of the game by using open source technology, cutting-edge cloud computing, advanced analytics and predictive and machine learning models.

**What makes you great for this role?**

To lead the identification, development and implementation of AI models and algorithms, and ML solutions to meet business requirements. This position collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business needs, select, and adopt leading AI technology frameworks that best meets project requirements and fits within the existing infrastructure, taking into consideration opportunities for AI/ML to scale and meet future needs. To deliver senior-level technical expertise and guidance to management and stakeholders/customers, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to meet program and service delivery goals and objectives.

**We have**:

- A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
- Leadership that supports you
- An enterprise that embraces change A work environment that has flexible work locations (including remote), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

**You have**:

- Completion of a university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/Data Science, or a related field
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive development and/or IT project management experience in a senior technical role. AI/ML experience considered an asset
- Experience creating and using artificial intelligence / machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc.
- Advanced knowledge of various IT technologies; theory and principles of systems design and development; the SDLC and related AI/ML methods/techniques/standards
- Analytical and interpretative reasoning to assess client IT needs, interpret AI blueprints, determine appropriate technical requirements, and develop AI solutions that are cost-effective and improve client program/service delivery
- Advanced knowledge of systems (Windows, Linux), relational and non-relational database structures, cloud systems, AI/ML frameworks, security, storage, and fault management
- Knowledge and understanding of AI ethics, data privacy, and model bias mitigation
- Effective interpersonal, conflict resolution, team building, and client relationship management skills Oral and written communication skills to liaise with clients, vendors, project team, and peers, and to prepare project reports, briefing reports, AI model documentation, and systems documentation

**Nice to have**:

- Certification, or working towards certification in Agile, AI/Data Science, AI/ML frameworks
- Understanding of AI/ML delivery cycles, product/service lifecycles, and DevOps

**What you will do**:

- Consults with stakeholders on identifying artificial intelligence capabilities and business opportunities and defines AI/ML Models roadmaps and schedules
- Develops project plans and work task breakdowns, estimating effort and costs of development, enhancement, maintenance, and support activities, and identi