Engineering Manager – Applications, BI & AI Enablement

Ranked a Best Employer in Canada for 25 years, Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to 500 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, and offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. Serving clients since 1922, we are proud to be the firm that businesses trust with their most complex legal matters.

We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Toronto office:

Engineering Manager – Applications, BI & AI Enablement

The Role:

We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager who combines technical leadership, people management, and delivery accountability across application development, business intelligence, and AI-enabled engineering practices. This is a player-coach role responsible for building strong engineers and analysts, owning solution quality end-to-end, and embedding modern, AI-assisted ways of working into everyday delivery.

Essential Functions:

People & Team Leadership

• Directly manage application developers and a BI analyst, including coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Build a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear expectations for quality, delivery discipline, and AI-assisted ways of working.

  Technical & Solution Ownership

• Own the technical architecture and design of applications and BI solutions.
• Ensure high standards for code quality, data quality, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point while strengthening team autonomy and local decision-making.

BI & Analytics Leadership (Applied)

• Own data models, reporting quality, and analytics reliability.
• Ensure BI solutions are insight-driven, governed, and aligned to business needs.
• Work hands-on with the BI analyst when required, without becoming a reporting factory.

AI-Enabled Engineering & Process Improvement

• Embed AI tools (e.g., Copilot) into development and analytics workflows as default practice.
• Improve SDLC efficiency through better patterns for testing, review, documentation, and delivery.
• Turn AI experimentation into repeatable, safe, and scalable engineering practices.

Delivery Partnership

• Partner with PMO on delivery execution while retaining ownership of how solutions are built.
• Translate business needs into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Reduce delivery risk by strengthening local ownership and decision-making

Qualifications:

• College diploma or university degree in computer science, information systems, and 5+ years of management experience.
• Prior people leadership experience managing software engineers and/or BI/analytics professionals.
• Strong background in application development and solution architecture.
• Practical experience delivering BI and analytics solutions (data models, reporting, governance).
• Comfort being hands-on when needed, without defaulting to personal delivery.
• Experience improving engineering processes and embedding modern delivery practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Additional Details:

• Compensation: $121,120-181,680 per annum
• Vacancy: This position is for an existing vacancy

Apply To:

Human Resources
Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership
3400 One First Canadian Place
P.O. Box 130
Toronto, ON M5X 1A4
E-mail: hrdeptcal@bennettjones.com

All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory verification of a Canadian criminal record check and social media search. Determination of the factors that constitute satisfactory verification is within the sole discretion of Bennett Jones.

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

Bennett Jones is committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act, 2005.  If you require accommodations, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.