Director, Data Engineering

Bed Bath & Beyond • Brampton, ON

1h • CA$170,000 - CA$200,000

About The Position

Sleep Country Canada is looking for a Director, Data Engineering to play a critical role in leading the enterprise data platform strategy across all business units. This role ensures standardized, reliable, and scalable data to support reporting, analytics, and decision-making, while driving consistency across data models, KPIs, and tools. This role enhances team efficiency through modern data practices and oversees reporting platforms, including governance, vendor management, and cost optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Business, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years progressive experience in business intelligence, analytics, reporting, data engineering or data enablement. Experience in retail is a definite asset.
• 5+ years of experience leading and developing BI, reporting, or analytics teams.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to coach and scale teams fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Strong experience with BI tools, including PowerBI, & Qlik; experience with Domo or other modern BI platforms is an asset.
• Experience working with retail data domains, including sales, inventory, customer, finance, digital, and supply chain.
• Strong understanding of data models, data warehousing, data pipelines, and how BI depends on trusted data engineering practices.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks, data quality management and solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate business needs into scalable data solutions.
• Experience managing vendor relationships including contract negotiation, performance management, and cost optimization.
• Excellent communication, organization, influencing, negotiation, and time management skills with ability to work in fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in retail is a definite asset.
• experience with Domo or other modern BI platforms is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and mentor a high-performing team, setting clear expectations and providing ongoing development to ensure alignment and achievement of key business objectives.
• Own and evolve enterprise data platforms across all business units, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment to business and technology strategies.
• Define and enforce standardized data models, KPI definitions, and business logic across all reporting and analytics platforms, enabling a consistent and trusted view of business performance.
• Own the enterprise reporting platform strategy, including tooling, platform governance, vendor relationships, and cost management, ensuring solutions are standardized, cost-effective, and aligned with business needs.
• Improve data delivery velocity by establishing scalable engineering practices, development standards, and automation across data teams.
• Establish and maintain pragmatic data quality, governance, and monitoring practices to ensure data is accurate, reliable, and transparent across the organization.
• Partner with Business Intelligence (Store Operations), Digital, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to deliver high-quality data products aligned to business needs.
• Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Improve reporting delivery processes, data quality monitoring, issue resolution, and service levels for reporting availability and accuracy.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental benefits
• Deferred Profit Sharing Program
• Annual Wellness Credit of up to $250.00 for any products/services that improve your health and well-being, i.e., health assessments, nutrition counselling, hiking shoes, a yoga outfit or fitness equipment!
• Associate Discount Program where you will be able to enjoy some of the world’s best sleep products
• Maternity/Parental leave top up benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement Program that covers professional AND personal development
• Long service awards, celebrations and other social events
• Associate Referral Program
• Paid day off to volunteer at your local charity of choice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director