Director, Business Analysis
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description At Arterra Wines Canada, we love inspiring the big and small moments that happen when our products are shared and enjoyed. For us it’s not just about what’s in and on the bottle, it’s what happens in people’s lives when we’re a part of them that keeps us thirsting for more and not resting on our laurels as Canada’s largest and most enjoyed wine company. We put the consumer at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for people who do the same.
The Director, Business Analysis is accountable for aligning IT initiatives with business goals and ensuring the effective implementation of technology solutions, working with cross-functional development teams and business stakeholders to define and implement business strategies, product roadmaps and new features.
Overseeing the business analyst team, this role focuses on driving the quality, consistency and strategic alignment of business requirements for technology initiatives. The Director will translate stakeholder needs into clear, actionable requirements for technical delivery, aligning with IT strategy and enterprise architecture and collaborate with CIO, technical leadership, and external resources, on solution design and architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Business Analysts, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Establish and maintain a standardized approach to requirements gathering, documentation, solutioning and stakeholder communication.
- user-centered design, business process design, and data analytics.
- Collaborate with product owners, project managers, business stakeholders and technical teams to develop roadmaps and build business cases including benefits and costs to ensure that business needs are effectively translated into technology solutions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders, acting as a bridge between IT and other departments.
- Identify and analyze business needs and opportunities, translating them into IT requirements.
- Contribute to the design of solutions and future state processes, ensuring they meet business requirements and address identified issues.
- Develop detailed solution design documents, including BRD, process documents, and quick reference guides.
- Provide guidance to stakeholders to ensure prioritization is driven by business value.
- Partner with the PMO, architecture, QA and development teams to ensure smooth project execution.
- Serve as a liaison between business units and IT, fostering strong relationships and a deep understanding of organizational priorities.
- Ensure that all business analysis activities support compliance, security and internal governance standards.
- Understand and keep up to date with emerging technologies, trends and innovative solutions across the industry.
- Monitor and analyze IT performance, identifying areas for improvement and suggesting solutions.
Skills And Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience: 10+ years experience in business analysis or IT project delivery with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of IT systems, software development lifecycles, agile and waterfall methodologies and enterprise IT environments.
- Leadership Skills: Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide a high-performing team.
- Collaboration Skills: Excellent relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills to build and maintain strong supportive relationships with stakeholders across the organization.
- Critical thinking skills: Proven ability, using logic and reasoning, to evaluate alternative solutions, recommendations, summarize conclusions and approaches to mitigate risks. Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven experience in retail analytics, e-commerce, or consumer-focused environments, ERP and commercial platforms.
- Strong expertise in BI platforms, SQL, and modern data architectures.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and bonus
- Benefits and Pension Plan
- Product Allowances
- An organization that cares about Corporate Social Responsibility
- Tuition reimbursement
- Training & Development Programs
- An opportunity to learn about the world of wine
COMPENSATION: Budgeted Range – ($149,555.00 - $193,542.00)
The budgeted range takes into account several factors and qualifications that are considered in making compensation decisions including experience, education, training, licenses, certifications, and other business and organizational requirements. Base pay is only one component of the total rewards offering at Arterra.
We are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that reflects the diverse population it serves and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are also committed to preventing and removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and we invite you to inform us should you have any accessibility or accommodation needs.
About Arterra Wines Canada
As the country’s leading producer and marketer of award-winning, globally recognized Canadian and imported wines, our core purpose is what drives why we do what we do: we believe creating wine is a shared passion. Enjoying wine, a shared pleasure.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY
Our mission is simple – to build brands people love. In fact, seven of the top 20 brands in Canada are proudly part of the Arterra Wines Canada family: Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Sawmill Creek, Wallaroo Trail, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, Ruffino and Kim Crawford.
We have more than 140 years of experience in the Canadian wine industry, with five estate wineries across the country and over 1,700 acres of premium vineyards. We have our pulse on viticulture and its latest innovations and most importantly, an understanding of what Canadian consumers are looking for in a bottle of wine.
En tant que premier producteur et distributeur de vins canadiens et importés primés et reconnus dans le monde entier, notre objectif principal est ce qui nous pousse à faire ce que nous faisons : nous pensons que la création de vin est une passion partagée. Apprécier le vin, un plaisir partagé.
OÙ NOUS EN SOMMES AUJOURD'HUI
Notre mission est simple : créer des marques que les gens aiment. En fait, sept des 20 marques les plus importantes au Canada font fièrement partie de la famille Arterra Wines Canada : Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Sawmill Creek, Wallaroo Trail, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, Ruffino et Kim Crawford.
Nous avons plus de 140 ans d'expérience dans l'industrie vinicole canadienne, avec cinq domaines viticoles à travers le pays et plus de 1 700 acres de vignobles de première qualité. Nous connaissons la viticulture et ses dernières innovations et, surtout, nous savons ce que les consommateurs canadiens recherchent dans une bouteille de vin.
Director, Business Analysis
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description At Arterra Wines Canada, we love inspiring the big and small moments that happen when our products are shared and enjoyed. For us it’s not just about what’s in and on the bottle, it’s what happens in people’s lives when we’re a part of them that keeps us thirsting for more and not resting on our laurels as Canada’s largest and most enjoyed wine company. We put the consumer at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for people who do the same.
The Director, Business Analysis is accountable for aligning IT initiatives with business goals and ensuring the effective implementation of technology solutions, working with cross-functional development teams and business stakeholders to define and implement business strategies, product roadmaps and new features.
Overseeing the business analyst team, this role focuses on driving the quality, consistency and strategic alignment of business requirements for technology initiatives. The Director will translate stakeholder needs into clear, actionable requirements for technical delivery, aligning with IT strategy and enterprise architecture and collaborate with CIO, technical leadership, and external resources, on solution design and architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Business Analysts, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Establish and maintain a standardized approach to requirements gathering, documentation, solutioning and stakeholder communication.
- user-centered design, business process design, and data analytics.
- Collaborate with product owners, project managers, business stakeholders and technical teams to develop roadmaps and build business cases including benefits and costs to ensure that business needs are effectively translated into technology solutions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders, acting as a bridge between IT and other departments.
- Identify and analyze business needs and opportunities, translating them into IT requirements.
- Contribute to the design of solutions and future state processes, ensuring they meet business requirements and address identified issues.
- Develop detailed solution design documents, including BRD, process documents, and quick reference guides.
- Provide guidance to stakeholders to ensure prioritization is driven by business value.
- Partner with the PMO, architecture, QA and development teams to ensure smooth project execution.
- Serve as a liaison between business units and IT, fostering strong relationships and a deep understanding of organizational priorities.
- Ensure that all business analysis activities support compliance, security and internal governance standards.
- Understand and keep up to date with emerging technologies, trends and innovative solutions across the industry.
- Monitor and analyze IT performance, identifying areas for improvement and suggesting solutions.
Skills And Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience: 10+ years experience in business analysis or IT project delivery with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of IT systems, software development lifecycles, agile and waterfall methodologies and enterprise IT environments.
- Leadership Skills: Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide a high-performing team.
- Collaboration Skills: Excellent relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills to build and maintain strong supportive relationships with stakeholders across the organization.
- Critical thinking skills: Proven ability, using logic and reasoning, to evaluate alternative solutions, recommendations, summarize conclusions and approaches to mitigate risks. Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven experience in retail analytics, e-commerce, or consumer-focused environments, ERP and commercial platforms.
- Strong expertise in BI platforms, SQL, and modern data architectures.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and bonus
- Benefits and Pension Plan
- Product Allowances
- An organization that cares about Corporate Social Responsibility
- Tuition reimbursement
- Training & Development Programs
- An opportunity to learn about the world of wine
COMPENSATION: Budgeted Range – ($149,555.00 - $193,542.00)
The budgeted range takes into account several factors and qualifications that are considered in making compensation decisions including experience, education, training, licenses, certifications, and other business and organizational requirements. Base pay is only one component of the total rewards offering at Arterra.
We are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that reflects the diverse population it serves and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are also committed to preventing and removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and we invite you to inform us should you have any accessibility or accommodation needs.
About Arterra Wines Canada
As the country’s leading producer and marketer of award-winning, globally recognized Canadian and imported wines, our core purpose is what drives why we do what we do: we believe creating wine is a shared passion. Enjoying wine, a shared pleasure.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY
Our mission is simple – to build brands people love. In fact, seven of the top 20 brands in Canada are proudly part of the Arterra Wines Canada family: Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Sawmill Creek, Wallaroo Trail, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, Ruffino and Kim Crawford.
We have more than 140 years of experience in the Canadian wine industry, with five estate wineries across the country and over 1,700 acres of premium vineyards. We have our pulse on viticulture and its latest innovations and most importantly, an understanding of what Canadian consumers are looking for in a bottle of wine.
En tant que premier producteur et distributeur de vins canadiens et importés primés et reconnus dans le monde entier, notre objectif principal est ce qui nous pousse à faire ce que nous faisons : nous pensons que la création de vin est une passion partagée. Apprécier le vin, un plaisir partagé.
OÙ NOUS EN SOMMES AUJOURD'HUI
Notre mission est simple : créer des marques que les gens aiment. En fait, sept des 20 marques les plus importantes au Canada font fièrement partie de la famille Arterra Wines Canada : Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Sawmill Creek, Wallaroo Trail, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, Ruffino et Kim Crawford.
Nous avons plus de 140 ans d'expérience dans l'industrie vinicole canadienne, avec cinq domaines viticoles à travers le pays et plus de 1 700 acres de vignobles de première qualité. Nous connaissons la viticulture et ses dernières innovations et, surtout, nous savons ce que les consommateurs canadiens recherchent dans une bouteille de vin.