Description

Application Deadline: 09/04/2025

Address: 100 King Street West

Job Family Group: Data Analytics & Reporting

Join a forward-thinking financial institution where your expertise in data management will drive real impact. As a Senior Data Management Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing our data ecosystem by leading the administration and adoption of industry-leading platforms like Alation. This is more than just managing data – it’s about empowering the organization with accurate, accessible, and actionable insights to fuel strategic decisions.

This is a HYBRID role in our downtown Toronto office.

Why This Role Matters:

• Strategic Impact: Your work will directly influence the way our enterprise accesses and utilizes data, fostering a data-driven culture.

• Innovative Platforms: Take charge of cutting-edge data management tools, including Alation and Manta, and shape how they are integrated and optimized across the business.

• Leadership Opportunity: Build and nurture relationships with senior stakeholders, including CDAOs and Data Management Leads, to drive engagement and adoption of data best practices.

• Professional Growth: Join a dynamic team where your expertise in data catalogue administration, metadata management, and data governance will be recognized and valued.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead adoption efforts for enterprise data management frameworks (e.g., data governance, metadata, data lineage, data quality).

• Partner with CDAOs, Data Management Leads, data owners, stewards, and technology teams to embed data management practices into day-to-day operations.

• Design and execute training, awareness, and communication campaigns to improve data literacy and accountability across business units.

• Develop metrics to track adoption, identify friction points, and drive continuous improvement.

• Align implementation with regulatory expectations (e.g., OSFI, PIPEDA, CCPA, BCBS 239).

• Collaborate with Enterprise data teams, Risk, Compliance, and Technology teams to harmonize data-related initiatives.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• 5+ years of experience in driving adoption of data management programs and practices at an enterprise level (e.g., enterprise data governance, metadata management, data quality frameworks).

• 5+ years of experience in data management, data governance, or data strategy roles within large financial institutions (preferably banks or capital markets).

• Proven change management expertise, particularly in influencing data culture and behaviors

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Experience in building user-centric onboarding and training strategies (e.g., role-based training, guided walkthroughs, workshops)

• Ability to establish and monitor success metrics and KPIs to measure catalog adoption, metadata completeness, and user engagement

• Experience with enterprise data management tools (e.g., Alation, Manta, Collibra, Informatica, or similar platforms).

• Good understanding of financial services regulatory requirements related to data (e.g., OSFI E-23, BCBS 239, PIPEDA, CCPA, GDPR).

Join us and be part of a team that is transforming data into one of our most valuable assets. Your expertise will not only enhance our data capabilities but also empower the business to make smarter, faster decisions.

Additional Information:

Designs, builds and operates ETL and pipeline development activities and modeling solutions that facilitate data storage, integration, management, data quality, validation and security, supporting the entire data asset lifecycle. Designs, implements and maintains data flow channels and data processing systems that support the collection, storage, batch and real-time processing, and analysis of information in a scalable, repeatable and secure manner. Manages corporate apps and data in the cloud and technical tasks involved in planning, architecting, migrating, monitoring, and management of enterprise cloud systems.

• Supports the creation and enforcement of policies for effective data management.
• Formulates techniques for effective data management, quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy of data.
• Devises and implements efficient and secure procedures for data handling and analysis with attention to all technical aspects.
• Supports the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards. Establish rules and procedures for data sharing.
• Monitors and analyzes information and data systems and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)
• Ensures digital databases and archives are protected from security breaches and data losses.
• Troubleshoots data-related problems and authorize maintenance or modifications.
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

Advanced level of proficiency:

• Data management.
• Enterprise Data Management.
• Master Data Management.
• Metadata Management.

Intermediate level of proficiency:

• Critical thinking.
• Data Fabric.
• Data governance.
• Data integrity.
• Data Privacy.
• Data quality.
• Ontology Design.
• Semantic Layer.
• Systems thinking.
• Analytical acumen.
• Complex problem solving.
• Verbal & written communication skills.
• Collaboration & team skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Influence skills.
• Data driven decision making.
• Typically between 5 - 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.