Data Design Lead, Richmond Hill

Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Data Design Lead with strong technical skills in data governance implementation, data modelling, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud data platforms. This role partners closely with Data Engineers, BI teams, and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality, well-governed data is available for reporting, analytics, and operational use across Staples Canada’s retail and e-commerce systems.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support retail analytic workloads.

Partner with analytics teams to expose clean, accurate, governed datasets in BigQuery, Power BI, and Looker.

Work daily with data engineers to ensure data pipelines meet governance, quality, and modelling standards.

Contribute to the design of ETL/ELT pipelines for onboarding new datasets.

Support architecture/design reviews for new data integrations and Power BI semantic models as required.

Continuously improve modelling practices, governance processes, and data reliability.

Some Of What You Need

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, or related field.

7+ years in data management, data modelling, data governance, or data engineering support roles.

Experience working in a retail or e-commerce environment is strongly preferred.

Strong SQL expertise across RDBMS (MS SQL Server, BigQuery) and exposure to NoSQL environments.

Hands-on experience with dimensional modelling, analytical modelling, and retail data structures.

Working knowledge of GCP data products (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Dataplex, etc.).

Understanding of ETL/ELT concepts and pipeline design.

Familiarity with BI tools: Power BI, Looker.

Experience with data governance or data quality tools and principles.

Strong understanding of retail and e-commerce data flows and KPIs.

Physical Demands / Working Conditions

Office environment– Hybrid, with 4 days onsite in Richmond Hill, subject to the hybrid policy.

Some travel may be required.

Some Of What You Will Get

Associate discount

Health and Dental benefits

RRSP/DPSP

Performance bonuses

Learning&Development programs

And more...

About Us We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

About The Team At Staples Canada we are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live. As The Working and Learning Company, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day. We’re looking for curious, approachable, and passionate individuals who love finding solutions. If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together.

Staples Canada is continuously working towards creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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