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With nearly 300 retail locations, we proudly employ nearly 30,000 team members.\nWe have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Team Lead, Data & Analytics to join our Data & Analytics team in Langley, BC.\nReporting to the Senior Manager, Data & Analytics, the Team Lead, Data & Analytics provides day-to-day people and technical leadership for a small team that leads to delivery of trusted, reusable data and analytics solutions. The role focuses on creating semantic and contextual layers, shared metrics, metadata, and ontology-informed structures on the enterprise Lakehouse to support consistent reporting, self-service analytics, and emerging AI-enabled experiences.\nWorking with business stakeholders, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and IT, the Team Lead translates business concepts into governed data products and helps ensure solutions are secure, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with organizational standards. \nYou will be responsible for:\nLeading the design, development, and continuous improvement of semantic layers, contextual data models, and reusable data products within the enterprise Lakehouse environment.\nTranslating business concepts, KPIs, definitions, hierarchies, and relationships into standardized semantic models, shared metrics, and governed datasets to ensure consistency across reporting and analytics.\nPartnering with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand complex business challenges, and translate operational needs into practical, scalable technical solutions.\nGuiding the development of metadata, business glossaries, data lineage, and ontology-informed structures to improve data discovery, interpretation, governance, and AI readiness.\nLeading data and analytics projects from requirements gathering and solution design through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.\nProviding day-to-day leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to a small team of Data Analysts and Data Engineers, with opportunities for team growth.\nOverseeing the development of scalable data models, certified datasets, dashboards, and reporting solutions supporting large-scale enterprise data environments.\nCollaborating with Data Engineering, IT, Architecture, and business teams to establish reusable data structures, improve data quality, and support enterprise self-service analytics.\nEnsuring solutions meet established standards for data governance, security, documentation, performance, and production readiness.\nSupporting the evaluation and adoption of modern data technologies, including Databricks capabilities, semantic modelling tools, and AI-enabled analytics solutions.\nProviding technical oversight and support for complex production issues, system enhancements, and business-critical deployments, including occasional after-hours support as required.\nYou have:\nA degree in STEM or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.\n7+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, business intelligence, data engineering, analytics engineering, or a related field.\nExperience leading technical projects, workstreams, or small teams, including coaching and mentoring technical professionals.\nStrong SQL and data modelling skills, including dimensional modelling, semantic modelling, analytical structures, and governed business metrics.\nExperience 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and career progression.\nIf you’re looking to join a team that puts people first, you’re in the right place. 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