About the role
Résumé des fonctions...
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.
Ce que vous ferez...
Job Description
- 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.
Compétences minimales...
Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences minimales requises pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences minimales.
Age – 16 or older
Compétences recherchées...
Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences recherchées facultatives pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences recherchées.
Comme requis par la loi, Walmart offrira des accommodements pour les besoins des associés avec des incapacités.
Emplacement Principal...
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada
About Walmart
Sixty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. When you join our Walmart family of brands, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world.
We are ecstatic to have been named a Great Place to Work® Certified May 2023 – May 2024, Disability: IN 2023 Best Places to Work, and Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2023.
This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and build a career you’re proud of.
About the role
Résumé des fonctions...
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.
Ce que vous ferez...
Job Description
- 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.
Compétences minimales...
Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences minimales requises pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences minimales.
Age – 16 or older
Compétences recherchées...
Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences recherchées facultatives pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences recherchées.
Comme requis par la loi, Walmart offrira des accommodements pour les besoins des associés avec des incapacités.
Emplacement Principal...
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada
About Walmart
Sixty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. When you join our Walmart family of brands, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world.
We are ecstatic to have been named a Great Place to Work® Certified May 2023 – May 2024, Disability: IN 2023 Best Places to Work, and Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2023.
This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and build a career you’re proud of.