Analyst, Data Governance - Canadian Tire, Oakville

Position summary

Are you looking for administration jobs in Oakville? Canadian Tire is hiring an Analyst, Data Governance for their Oakville, ON location. This role supports the development, maintenance, and enforcement of data governance standards, policies, procedures, and controls to ensure adherence to regulatory and legal requirements.

Who we're looking for

Candidates seeking these Canadian Tire careers should bring the following education, experience, and skills:

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience with corporate data environments supporting cross-functional governance.
• Proficient in PL/SQL with 2+ years of experience and confident working in a structured data environment.
• Knowledge of business intelligence, modern data warehousing techniques, cloud solutions such as Azure or GCP.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and modern integration frameworks like API and event streaming.
• Experience in IBM Cloud Pak for Data and/or Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Expertise in creating/enforcing data governance policies to ensure data integrity, privacy, compliance, security.
• Ability to work with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Risk partners.
• Hands-on experience with data analysis, quality assessment, metadata management.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to problem-solve and handle ambiguity.
• Effective stakeholder management; ability to build trusted relationships and influence decision-making.
• Experience in process design/improvement initiatives and leveraging automation.
• CDMP certification is an asset.

Day-to-day

In this data governance role, you will be responsible for supporting the broader data ecosystem through various key activities:

• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of data governance standards, policies, procedures, and controls to ensure adherence to privacy, compliance, risk, regulatory, and legal requirements, including AI Governance.
• Collaborate with leadership, IT departments, business units, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Risk teams, data producers and consumers, and IT data platform teams to align on data governance goals.
• Promote data literacy by developing materials and conducting training on best practices.
• Assist in the creation and enforcement of data management policies to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to shaping the data governance accountabilities and operating model and enable data stewardship.
• Contribute to the enhancement and implementation of robust data quality frameworks and conduct regular audits to maintain high data standards.
• Support the development and evolution of data governance metrics and KPIs; monitor and measure the overall efficacy of the data governance program.
• Proactively monitor data, metadata, and reference data to ensure quality across the CTB data lifecycle.
• Implement and leverage data governance tools and platforms to enable capabilities; manage and maintain metadata and other data governance artifacts.
• Identify potential risks related to data governance and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support data sharing and collaboration across teams and departments; ensure proper data access, usability, and monitoring of data sharing agreements.
• Contribute to large-scale data governance projects from inception to completion.
• Stay updated on industry trends, standards, and regulatory requirements related to data governance; recommend appropriate modifications to existing policies and practices.

About the company

At Canadian Tire Services Limited/Canadian Tire Bank, our mandate is to continue to create innovative and rewarding financial solutions for our customers. Our success is driven by a strong vision, loyal customers, and our ability to build teams that reflect the diverse customers and communities in which we live and work.

In addition to competitive pay within the $53,000 – 88,000 broadband salary range, Canadian Tire offers comprehensive perks and benefits supporting employee growth and well-being:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts