Supervisor, Enterprise GIS

Position Details

• Department: Information Technology
• Salary Range: $108,726.80 - $135,908.50 per year
• Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time Vacancy
• Work Location: City Hall, 1 Carden Street (Hybrid)
• Posting Period: August 4, 2026 till the position has been filled
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Position Availability: 1 existing vacant position(s)

Job Summary

When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of over 2000 employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment. As a single tier municipality, we offer a variety of occupations and career specialities within our organization. Guided by the goals and objectives of the Future Guelph: Strategic Plan and committed to the Corporate Values of integrity, service, inclusion, wellness and learning, the candidate will aid in the achievement of the Community Vision for an inclusive, connected, prosperous city.

What we offer

• Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
• Paid personal days;
• Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
• Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
• Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Parental leave top up program;
• Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
• Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview

Resumes are being accepted for the strategic position of Supervisor, Enterprise GIS within the Information Technology department. This transformational leadership role will manage the corporate GIS team through a critical modernization phase, spearheading the City’s migration from ArcGIS Enterprise 10 to a modern, service-based ArcGIS Enterprise 11.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in establishing ArcGIS as the City’s authoritative system of record for Asset and Location Master Data. You will champion the seamless integration of spatial data with enterprise asset management (EAM) platforms and corporate business systems. Balancing technical vision with operational excellence, you will implement robust data governance framework standards and ensure high availability of geospatial services to empower diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Guided by the goals and objectives of the City of Guelph Corporate Strategic Plan, and committed to the Corporate Values of integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning, the successful candidate will contribute to achieving the Community Vision for an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Provide visible, positive leadership to the corporate GIS team (including GIS Analysts, Specialists, and project/contract resources) to foster a high-performing, collaborative, and service-oriented environment.
• Lead the planning, delivery, and sustainment of the Enterprise GIS roadmap, advancing GIS governance and analytics in alignment with the Corporate Asset Management program.
• Develop a comprehensive GIS strategic framework that aligns diverse business and application stakeholder groups while safeguarding reliable service delivery to the Guelph community.
• Lead an inclusive culture by resolving internal conflicts, mediating team disputes, and enforcing collaborative problem-solving.
• Evaluate GIS software, hardware, and geospatial asset need to recommend strategic procurements and lifecycle replacements that support GIS service delivery.
• Drive the organizational transition from custom, legacy GIS application development toward standardized, enterprise-wide geospatial data services and integrations.
• Spearhead the technical evolution and user impact mitigation of the ArcGIS Enterprise v10 to v11 upgrade, guiding workflows through critical modernizations such as migrating from geometric networks to ArcGIS Trace Networks.
• Oversee GIS platform administration and establish comprehensive operational documentation, including backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning to guarantee system resilience.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Application teams to align spatial data models and services, ensuring flawless consistency and integrity in Asset Master Data management and reporting.
• Ensure the long-term integrity, quality, and lifecycle management of geospatial data in strict alignment with corporate data governance and asset data standards.
• Incorporate and deeply integrate GIS services with major corporate systems, explicitly optimizing spatial workflows connected to the Trimble Unity Maintain EAM solution.
• Deliver advanced spatial analysis, data modeling, and transformation services to support day-to-day business operations, long-term planning, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Expand and champion the City's GIS Community of Practice to strengthen cross-departmental collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the broad adoption of enterprise geospatial tools.
• Promote data transparency and operational tracking across the organization and to external stakeholders by building interactive dashboards and publishing open data initiatives via ArcGIS Hub.
• Build and maintain effective strategic partnerships with municipal peers, technology vendors, and industry contributors to exchange best practices, foster innovation, and build a broader regional community of practice.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and extensive experience may be considered.