Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada\'s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.Ready to Make an impact?Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Manager Data Standards Quality & Governance. This role can be based out of one our main offices including: Stellarton, NS; Mississauga, ON.Here\'s where you\'ll be focusing:As a Manager Data Standards Quality & Governance with Sobeys you will:

• Lead team to improve Domain data through established Data Governance, data quality measurement, improved Data quality and redesign of business/technical process to maintain data integrity.
• Conduct ongoing prioritization and road-mapping with the functional business teams for Data Quality and Governance program.
• Conduct formal annual reviews of program progress and establish targets for following year.
• Identify opportunities for Data Quality improvement initiatives with business partners to address quality trouble areas.
• Track adoption of Data Governance processes and compliance with established standards.
• Help business teams define new processes or update existing processes to build and maintain integrity in their data assets.
• Establish cadence and communication strategy to share progress with Business leaders.
• Design and implement Data Ownership program including training and onboarding for new data owners; drive adoption and active engagement in the business.
• Ensure completion of investigation of Data Quality root causes and get remediation strategies in place.
• Track and measure overall progress in Data Quality improvement, active Data Governance and establishment of standards and policies.
• Engage and direct Data Governance and Data Engineering for required tasks.
• Identify business owners to execute data correction activities; engage correct business teams who may need to update their business processes to mediate data quality issues.
• Liaise with IT Product owners if data cleansing tasks require their involvement.
• Communication of approach, dependencies, risks and progress of data tasks.
• Support business data owners and stewards in Data Governance and quality tracking tasks.
• Works with business teams to define data standards and policies, business teams to implement any process changes needed within their processes.
• Business data owners to complete data cleansing tasks to implement standards defined together with EDO team.

#LI-HybridWhat you have to offer:What you have to offer:

• 4+ years leading large, diverse teams (coaching, mentoring, guidance and support, creating an engaging work environment).
• Experience leading or supporting program development including experience partnering with multiple stakeholders across an organization, such as various lines of business, information technology, architecture and operations.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) and the ability to align with teams across business areas while influencing decisions with more senior level audiences.
• The ability to translate ambiguous business problems into a clear concise business case and structured project/program.
• Able to identify and proactively consider opportunities outside of conventional thinking to resolve problems and address gaps.
• Demonstrable knowledge of privacy or data governance concepts.
• Experience with reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).

Great-to-haves

• Industry experience working in Data Lifecycle Management (Records Management), Data Governance, program delivery and development in a large organization.
• Experience with Informatica Data Quality (IDQ), including development & sustainment of IDQ mappings, rules, profiles, and scorecards or equivalent experience with similar platforms. As well as experience with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) and Axon would be a great asset.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure ADLS, Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica or similar with knowledge of data modeling, data architecture and data structures.
• Understanding of Retail Merchandising data including Article, Planogram.
• Experience working in a large retail organization.
• Knowledge of effective data management practices (governance, data quality, data engineering, data standards)
• Bilingualism in English & French, verbal and/or written.
• The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development, development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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