Director, Data Governance Enablement

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation seeks a Director, Data Governance Enablement to drive enterprise governance practices across the organization. You will operationalize frameworks, embed ownership and accountability, and guide strategic decision-making for scalable, compliant data use.

In this role, you will lead ownership models, integrate governance into data products and platforms, and establish robust metrics and scorecards while collaborating with business, technology, and risk leaders to optimize

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise-wide governance frameworks in complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of data risk, regulatory, and compliance considerations.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change.
• Hands-on experience implementing and improving governance processes and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the implementation of data ownership and stewardship models across enterprise domains.
• Drive and own the integration of governance requirements into data products, platforms, and initiatives.
• Own the establishment and ongoing management of governance metrics, scorecards, and reporting.
• Lead cross-functional alignment with business, technology, and risk leaders to ensure governance supports delivery.
• Own continuous improvement of governance processes and operating models.
• Serve as the accountable escalation point for governance gaps and ownership issues.
• Ensure governance practices enable, rather than impede, enterprise value creation.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Regulatory compliance

Data risk management

Governance frameworks

Job description

What You'll Do

Director, Data Governance Enablement is an enterprise subject matter expert in enterprise data governance, bringing deep expertise to drive best practices in governance frameworks, resolving complex ownership and compliance challenges, and guiding strategic decision-making across the organization. This role is responsible for operationalizing enterprise data governance frameworks. This role embeds ownership, stewardship, and accountability into daily operations and priority initiatives, ensuring governance supports trust, compliance, and scalable data usage.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and own the implementation of data ownership and stewardship models across enterprise domains.
• Drive and own the integration of governance requirements into data products, platforms, and initiatives.
• Own the establishment and ongoing management of governance metrics, scorecards, and reporting.
• Lead cross-functional alignment with business, technology, and risk leaders to ensure governance supports delivery.
• Own continuous improvement of governance processes and operating models.
• Serve as the accountable escalation point for governance gaps and ownership issues.
• Ensure governance practices enable, rather than impede, enterprise value creation.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise-wide governance frameworks in complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of data risk, regulatory, and compliance considerations.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change.
• Hands-on experience implementing and improving governance processes and capabilities.
• Exceptional understanding of change management best practices and the ability to implement meaningful change management practices across large organizations.
• Strong understanding of data risk, privacy, regulatory, and compliance requirements, and the ability to establish practical controls that balance risk management with business needs.
• Experience in the retail industry is preferred.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies.

We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward.

We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.