Director, Enterprise Data Enablement

TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, London Economic Development Corporation; London; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Health & Wellness

Time Off

Financial Security

Rewards and Recognition

Emphasis on Community

Job summary

Canada Life in London, ON is seeking a Director, Enterprise Data Enablement to drive cross‑business insights and align COBE with the Enterprise Data Strategy. You will partner with executives to identify high‑impact data use cases and govern data standards across the organization.

This leadership role focuses on risk‑aware, data‑driven decision making, implementing enterprise data governance tools, and enabling scalable data assets while ensuring regulatory compliance and ethical use.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data management, data governance, data enablement, or enterprise data roles.
• Strong ability to bridge business needs and technology, with ability to provide data insights that will enable decision‑making
• Exceptional stakeholder leadership and partnership skills, with confidence engaging senior business, technology, risk, and compliance leaders
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills
• Senior leadership experience at the Director level within data governance, data enablement, risk, or related functions in complex, highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Work with business leaders to identify and prioritize cross-business unit data insights and potential business benefits.
• Partner with Technology to understand the One Canada Life view of data and work with stakeholders to identify insights with the biggest impact.
• Guide business teams on the responsible use of customer data to enable data-driven insights while balancing innovation with regulatory requirements and providing leadership oversight.
• Act as a connector across business, technology, and enablement teams to identify data risks early and enable informed decision making.
• Establish strong enterprise data governance across classification, retention, and access, and lead the implementation and ongoing management of the Enterprise Data Governance tool.
• Enable and facilitate the utilization of enterprise data governance practices across Canada Operations & Business Enablement, ensuring alignment with policies and risk appetite.
• Align COBE needs with enterprise data capabilities to enable scalable, reusable data assets.
• Contribute to data literacy and awareness through education, forums, and guidance translating data into timely business decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder leadership

Data governance

Data enablement

Strategic thinking

Communication

Change management

Tools

Data catalogs

Lineage tooling

Metadata management

Stewardship platforms

Job description

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As the Director, Enterprise Data Enablement, you will be responsible for enabling cross-business insights and will own the Canada Operations and Business Enablement’s (COBE) alignment to the Enterprise Data Strategy.

The Director will operate as an enabler, and will partner with our Business Leaders to identify and prioritize cross-business unit data use cases that will deliver measurable value for the organization. Success in this role will be measured by value realization through these insights, which will be achieved through influence, strong stakeholder relationships, and a deep understanding of both business outcomes and data capabilities.

In addition, this role ensures enterprise data standards, governance, and policies are adopted consistently, connects COBE data owners and sources with enterprise data platforms, and represents COBE priorities across enterprise data forums.

What you will do

• Work with business leaders to understand, identify and prioritize cross-business unit data insights and potential business benefits.
• Partner with Technology to understand the One Canada Life view of data and would work closely with the Business stakeholders to identify insights that would enable the biggest impact.
• Guide business teams on the responsible use of customer data to enable data‑driven business insights and decision‑making, while balancing innovation with ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements, and providing leadership oversight.
• Act as a connector across business, technology, and enablement teams to identify data risks early, surface issues, and enable informed decision‑making.
• Establish strong enterprise data governance across classification, retention, and access, and lead the implementation and ongoing management of the Enterprise Data Governance tool.
• Enable and facilitate the utilization of enterprise data governance practices across Canada Operations & Business Enablement, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, regulatory expectations, and risk appetite.
• Enable scalable, reusable and insightful data assets by aligning COBE needs with enterprise data capabilities.
• Contribute to data literacy and awareness by enabling education, forums, and guidance that translate data into informed, timely, and impactful business decisions across leaders and teams.

What you will bring

• 10+ years of experience in data management, data governance, data enablement, or enterprise data roles.
• Strong ability to bridge business needs and technology, with ability to provide data insights that will enable decision‑making
• Exceptional stakeholder leadership and partnership skills, with confidence engaging senior business, technology, risk, and compliance leaders
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills
• Senior leadership experience at the Director level within data governance, data enablement, risk, or related functions in complex, highly regulated environments.
• Deep knowledge of data governance, risk, and control frameworks, including data quality, metadata management, access controls, retention, and privacy.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise data strategies and operating models, including implementing and running data governance tooling such as data catalogs, lineage, metadata, or stewardship platforms.
• Strong systems‑thinking capability, balancing data protection and risk management with enabling analytics, AI, and insight‑driven decision‑making.
• Comfort operating in highly matrixed organizations, using influence, education, prioritization, and relationship‑building to define value, manage stakeholders, and drive outcomes
• Reliability Status Security Clearance – this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. This is a personal security status that is required as a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website. The cost of submitting these checks will be covered by Canada Life.

The base salary for this position is between $135,100 - $185,100 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grow with Canada Life

We’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial,physicaland mental well‑beingof Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers,communitiesand each other.Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you!

What we offer

We’re committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here’s what you can expect as a full‑time or part‑time permanent team member:

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry‑leading learning programs and up to$2,000 annuallytowardseducation reimbursement.
• Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits,plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well‑being.
• Time Off:In addition to regular vacation andpersonal days,we support communityinvolvement with avolunteer day.
• Financial Security:Company‑matching pension plan,share ownership program andadditionalinvestment options.
• Rewards and Recognition:Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis onCommunity:We provide aworkplace whereemployeesfeel connected and supported throughEmployee Resource Groups (ERGs),mentorshipprograms,socialclubsandevents.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact [e-mail]. All information provided will be handledin accordance withapplicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted

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Requisition ID: 6003

Category: Corporate Functions

Location: London, ON, CA Winnipeg, MB, CA Toronto, ON, CA

Date: Sep 30, 2026