Lead, Enterprise Data Enablement & Cross-Unit Insights

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

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.