Top Benefits
About the role
As Director, Business Data and Analytics, you play a key role in the major Business Sector transformation by overseeing its data governance, data valorization strategy and analytics maturity. Your leadership is key to building a data-driven culture that supports Desjardins’s major strategic directions. Reporting to the Vice-President, Business Operations and Risk Management, you’re responsible for the sound governance of sector data, including quality, accessibility, compliance and security. You also serve as a delegate business data and analytics officer and provide influential leadership to your 1LOD partners, as well as 2LOD and 3LOD partners. You draw on your ability to rally teams around a common vision, navigate complexity, embody efficiency in your work and foster interdisciplinary collaboration to be an ambassador of the transformation and position data as a strategic asset that helps in decision making and creates value for members and clients. More specifically, you will be required to :
- Be responsible for developing and operationalizing the Business data strategy, with the goal of grounding our business practices in data and analytics.
- Be a leader in understanding business needs for governance and data valorization to optimize business value, data quality and compliance with modern technology.
- Recommend and implement advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to improve the member/client experience, increase organizational efficiency, support growth and manage risks.
- Provide leadership in the development of modern analytical foundations, including data marts and self-service solutions in the Desjardins Group data platform.
- Coordinate Business sector transformation projects requiring data expertise.
- Implement a clear governance framework to enable responsible data management and ensure data quality.
- Manage changes and maintain our publication portfolio, particularly through production cycles and contributions to the business plan.
- Establish management and communication practices that support change management, talent attraction and retention, skills development, employee engagement and diversity, in keeping with Desjardins’s values.
- Promote Desjardins’s cooperative values
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
- Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
What you bring to the table
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of ten years of relevant experience, including at least six years of management experience in a similar role
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Significant experience in program and project management
- Management experience in a context of transformation
- Significant experience implementing business intelligence environments and capabilities
- Knowledge of French is required
- Intermediate advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
- In-depth knowledge of data governance, management and valorization
- In-depth knowledge of the various Business sector activities
Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Complexity, Customer Focus, Develops talent, Differences, Drive results, Engagement, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset, Teams
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Trade Union (If applicable)
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Job Family
Management (FG)
Unposting Date
2025-10-22
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.
Top Benefits
About the role
As Director, Business Data and Analytics, you play a key role in the major Business Sector transformation by overseeing its data governance, data valorization strategy and analytics maturity. Your leadership is key to building a data-driven culture that supports Desjardins’s major strategic directions. Reporting to the Vice-President, Business Operations and Risk Management, you’re responsible for the sound governance of sector data, including quality, accessibility, compliance and security. You also serve as a delegate business data and analytics officer and provide influential leadership to your 1LOD partners, as well as 2LOD and 3LOD partners. You draw on your ability to rally teams around a common vision, navigate complexity, embody efficiency in your work and foster interdisciplinary collaboration to be an ambassador of the transformation and position data as a strategic asset that helps in decision making and creates value for members and clients. More specifically, you will be required to :
- Be responsible for developing and operationalizing the Business data strategy, with the goal of grounding our business practices in data and analytics.
- Be a leader in understanding business needs for governance and data valorization to optimize business value, data quality and compliance with modern technology.
- Recommend and implement advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to improve the member/client experience, increase organizational efficiency, support growth and manage risks.
- Provide leadership in the development of modern analytical foundations, including data marts and self-service solutions in the Desjardins Group data platform.
- Coordinate Business sector transformation projects requiring data expertise.
- Implement a clear governance framework to enable responsible data management and ensure data quality.
- Manage changes and maintain our publication portfolio, particularly through production cycles and contributions to the business plan.
- Establish management and communication practices that support change management, talent attraction and retention, skills development, employee engagement and diversity, in keeping with Desjardins’s values.
- Promote Desjardins’s cooperative values
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
- Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
What you bring to the table
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of ten years of relevant experience, including at least six years of management experience in a similar role
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Significant experience in program and project management
- Management experience in a context of transformation
- Significant experience implementing business intelligence environments and capabilities
- Knowledge of French is required
- Intermediate advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
- In-depth knowledge of data governance, management and valorization
- In-depth knowledge of the various Business sector activities
Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Complexity, Customer Focus, Develops talent, Differences, Drive results, Engagement, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset, Teams
Curious about Desjardins ? Click here
#LI-Hybrid
Trade Union (If applicable)
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Job Family
Management (FG)
Unposting Date
2025-10-22
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.