Job Description

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The Director, Data Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and executing the data strategy for Walmart Canada. This position leads the maturation of data engineering practices, standards, and skills, and acts as a subject matter advisor for big data initiatives. The Director fosters cross-functional collaboration across Canadian, International, and Global teams, ensuring data governance, privacy, and security compliance, and driving innovation in data products and analytics.
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Strategic Leadership:

Formulate and execute plans to mature the data engineering team, practices, standards, and skills.

Data Strategy:

Develop and implement data strategies to improve data accuracy, speed, and flow across all business processes, leveraging international assets and methodologies.

Alignment & Collaboration:

Ensure alignment of Data Analytics plans and operational activities with business priorities and stakeholder groups in Canada, the US, and internationally.

Business Intelligence & Analytics:

Lead the creation and evolution of business intelligence, analytics, and data science capabilities in collaboration with other teams.

Relationship Management:

Manage relationships and synergies with business teams consuming data, implementing consolidation, quality assurance, and distribution of data assets.

Innovation & Data Science:

Envision and create new business capabilities through extended data analysis and science, including data enrichment from internal and external sources.

Governance & Compliance:

Oversee and ensure data protection, privacy, and security at operational and process levels, in alignment with cybersecurity teams.

Data Literacy:

Increase data literacy across critical business roles and functions, supporting better use of data to drive value.

Technical Leadership:

Advise on architecture decisions, technical design, and relevant technologies for future deliveries; provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team.

Team Development:

Assist in determining practice priorities and support the development and career growth of team members.

Cross-Team Communication:

Foster communication and collaboration across Canadian, International, and Global data teams.

Empowerment & Ownership:

Cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate strong ownership and self-management.
Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Education:

University degree required (B.Sc. or Master's in Computer Science or related field preferred).

Work Experience:

15+ years in designing, developing, and deploying high-quality solutions at scale.

Supervisory/Management Experience:

7-10 years in engineering leadership and strategy.

Technical & Job-Specific Skills

Expertise in Big Data and Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS). Experience with CI/CD and scalable data architecture. Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities. Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and security frameworks. Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Certifications in cloud architecture or data engineering (e.g., Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer, AWS Certified Data Analytics). Experience in retail or large-scale consumer data environments.

Other Attributes

Passion for fostering good engineering practices and processes. Strong attention to detail, planning, and organization. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience mentoring Data Analysts, Data Engineers, and Quality Engineers.
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Age - 16 or older

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Comme requis par la loi, Walmart offrira des accommodements pour les besoins des associes avec des incapacites.

Emplacement Principal...

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada