At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data governance initiatives and improve data quality across the organization.
- Company: Join Nutrien, a global leader in sustainable agriculture.
- Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage, retirement matching, and tuition assistance for your future.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in feeding the future while growing your career.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in data governance and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 114953 - 140498 $ per year.
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the SHE&S Data Governance Framework across the organization.
- Establish and maintain data governance policies, standards, procedures, and controls throughout the data lifecycle.
- Define and monitor data quality standards, governance metrics, and validation controls to ensure SHE&S data is trusted, accurate, and reliable.
- Lead conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling activities across SHE&S platforms and establish enterprise naming and modelling standards.
- Review and approve solution data models and support cloud data warehouse, data lake, analytics, and reporting architecture initiatives.
- Partner with Privacy, Legal, Cyber Security, Risk, and Technology teams to ensure compliance with privacy legislation, security requirements, and corporate policies.
- Oversee data classification standards, access controls, and governance practices related to confidential and regulated data, including personally identifiable information (PII).
- Support audits, compliance assessments, and regulatory reporting activities.
- Advocate for SHE&S data domain ownership and stewardship by defining responsibilities for Data Owners and Data Stewards.
- Maintain SHE&S business glossaries, metadata, and data lineage documentation to improve data accountability and discoverability.
- Promote secure, governed self-service analytics and trusted data products while balancing accessibility, privacy, and compliance requirements.
- Increase organizational data literacy through governance awareness, education, and collaboration with business stakeholders.
- Review system and data changes to ensure governance compliance and validate impacts to data models, reporting, integrations, and downstream systems.
- Participate in change advisory boards and establish governance checkpoints within project delivery lifecycles.
- Implement and monitor proactive controls for SHE&S data pipelines and integrations, including monitoring for failures, latency, completeness, schema changes, and data quality issues.
- Drive root cause analysis, remediation activities, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve data reliability and operational performance.
- Lead and mentor Data Governance Analysts, Data Modellers, and Data Stewards within the SHE&S function.
- Build strong relationships with business leaders, technical teams, and external partners to support enterprise data management objectives.
- Manage governance initiatives, roadmaps, budgets, and vendor engagements while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years’ experience in data governance, data architecture, data modelling, or enterprise data management.
- 3+ years leading governance or data management teams.
- Strong understanding of enterprise data management frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK).
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure or AWS.
- Experience with SQL and relational database design.
- Knowledge of metadata management, master data management, and data catalog solutions.
- Understanding of privacy regulations and information security principles.
- Experience with modern analytics platforms such as Power BI, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar technologies.
What You'll Get:
- Purpose-Driven Work – Make an impact as part of a global team feeding the future and support farmers locally and around the world.
- Excellent Benefits – Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a retirement program with generous employer matching for your future.
- Grow Your Career – Tuition assistance for future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathways across the organization.
- Support When it Matters – Employee Assistance Programs, inclusive leaves, and paid time for holidays, volunteering, vacation, and wellness.
- Thrive in a Strong Culture – Guided by our core values we put safety first, act with integrity, are stronger together, and deliver with excellence in a collaborative, high-performing environment.
This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.
SHE&S Data Governance & Modelling Manager employer: Nutrien (Canada) Holdings ULC
Nutrien is an exceptional employer that prioritizes purpose-driven work, allowing employees to make a meaningful impact in the agriculture sector while supporting farmers globally. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer comprehensive benefits, including tuition assistance and wellness programs, all within a collaborative culture that values safety, integrity, and excellence. Join us in a dynamic environment where your contributions are valued, and you can thrive both personally and professionally.
Contact Details:
Nutrien (Canada) Holdings ULC Recruitment Team