SHE&S Data Governance & Modelling Leader

Nutrien (Canada) Holdings ULC; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purpose-Driven Work

Excellent Benefits

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Programs

Strong culture of care

Job summary

Nutrien is seeking a SHE&S Data Governance & Modelling Manager to lead the development and continuous improvement of our data governance framework across the organization. You will establish policies, controls, and metrics to ensure trusted data, while coordinating with Privacy, Legal, Cyber Security, Risk, and Technology teams.

The role requires 8+ years in data governance and related fields, plus leadership of data teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years’ experience in data governance, data architecture, data modelling, or enterprise data management
• 3+ years leading governance or data management teams
• Strong understanding of enterprise data management frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK)
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Experience with SQL and relational database design
• Knowledge of metadata management, master data management, and data catalog solutions
• Understanding of privacy regulations and information security principles
• Experience with modern analytics platforms such as Power BI, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar technologies

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the SHE&S Data Governance Framework across the organization
• Establish and maintain data governance policies, standards, procedures, and controls throughout the data lifecycle
• Define and monitor data quality standards, governance metrics, and validation controls to ensure SHE&S data is trusted, accurate, and reliable
• Lead conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling activities across SHE&S platforms and establish enterprise naming and modelling standards
• Review and approve solution data models and support cloud data warehouse, data lake, analytics, and reporting architecture initiatives
• Partner with Privacy, Legal, Cyber Security, Risk, and Technology teams to ensure compliance with privacy legislation, security requirements, and corporate policies
• Oversee data classification standards, access controls, and governance practices related to confidential and regulated data, including PII
• Support audits, compliance assessments, and regulatory reporting activities
• Advocate for SHE&S data domain ownership and stewardship by defining responsibilities for Data Owners and Data Stewards
• Maintain SHE&S business glossaries, metadata, and data lineage documentation to improve data accountability and discoverability
• Promote secure, governed self-service analytics and trusted data products while balancing accessibility, privacy, and compliance requirements
• Increase organizational data literacy through governance awareness, education, and collaboration with business stakeholders
• Review system and data changes to ensure governance compliance and validate impacts to data models, reporting, integrations, and downstream systems
• Participate in change advisory boards and establish governance checkpoints within project delivery lifecycles
• Implement and monitor proactive controls for SHE&S data pipelines and integrations, including monitoring for failures, latency, completeness, schema changes, and data quality issues
• Drive root cause analysis, remediation activities, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve data reliability and operational performance
• Lead and mentor Data Governance Analysts, Data Modellers, and Data Stewards within the SHE&S function
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, technical teams, and external partners to support enterprise data management objectives
• Manage governance initiatives, roadmaps, budgets, and vendor engagements while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement

Skills

Data governance

Data modelling

Data architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory privacy knowledge

Cloud data platforms

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related

Tools

Azure

AWS

SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Nutrien is seeking a SHE&S Data Governance & Modelling Manager to lead the development and continuous improvement of our data governance framework across the organization. You will establish policies, controls, and metrics to ensure trusted data, while coordinating with Privacy, Legal, Cyber Security, Risk, and Technology teams.

The role requires 8+ years in data governance and related fields, plus leadership of data teams.