Lead, Data Governance, Information & Corporate Security

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Lead in Data Governance, where your expertise will shape the strategic direction of data analysis. In this impactful role, you will collaborate with diverse teams to ensure data integrity and governance standards are met, while also simplifying and scaling data solutions. This position offers a stimulating work environment that values integrity and high performance, allowing you to make a significant contribution to the organization's mission of sustainability and excellence. If you are passionate about data and thrive in a collaborative culture, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Accelerated exposure and responsibility

Culture of integrity and partnership

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data analysis and governance.
• Strong knowledge of data lifecycle, modeling, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for data analysis and governance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance data products.

Skills

Data Analysis

Data Governance

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Undergraduate degree or college diploma

Tools

Amazon DataZone

Lake Formation

ETL Tools

Visualization Software

Job description

Lead, Data Governance, Information & Corporate Security

• Full-time
• Function: Information Technology

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here.

As a Lead, Data Governance, Information & Corporate Security you are responsible for setting the strategic direction for data analysis within the organization. This role involves collaborating on the design of Data Products, ensuring data trust and adherence to data governance standards, and the maintenance of the data catalogue. The Lead ensures that Data Products are reusable, interoperable, and meet organizational standards. You will directly contribute to achieving business objectives by collaborating with stakeholders to understand their data needs and leading pieces of work to simplify and scale up our data solutions and capabilities.

Accountabilities:

• Manage the data incident insights and metrics, including the underlying technology automation process for Data Governance that is shared with data owners, stewards, and technology partners across the fund.
• Accountable for maintaining the Data Governance Standard, as well as organizing roadshows for stakeholders to communicate updates and changes.
• Provide consultation to business and tech groups to advance their data products’ maturity and improve the experience for data users.
• Support Data Governance communication contents such as reports and monthly newsletters to stakeholders, and maintain the new Data Governance site with recent updates on Data Governance activities.
• Offer guidance and support on best practices for Amazon services, including DataZone, Lake Formation, and S2, to assist the Data Governance team.
• Regularly connect with business partners to build strong relationships, comprehend their data challenges, and collaborate with tech teams for solutions.
• Work with the vendor data team to develop standards for vendor datasets.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand business requirements, align analytical efforts with organizational goals, and ensure the relevance and impact of data analysis initiatives.

Minimum Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience working with a variety of analytical tools and visualization software.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the data lifecycle, including experience with data modeling, metadata, and data quality and governance.
• Experience in analyzing, manipulating, transforming, and interpreting datasets, and building data products in a data mesh architecture.
• Exposure to data modeling, data architecture, data engineering, data analysis, and data science (familiarity with ETL tools, data warehousing, big data architecture, and cloud constructs).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters, or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement, or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.