Data Analyst II, Data AI Analytics

Position Title: Data Analyst II, Data AI Analytics
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43381
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
The Data Analyst II plays a critical role in strengthening McCain's enterprise data foundation as part of our digital transformation journey. This role is responsible for ensuring data is accurate, trusted, secure, and well-governed across the organization. By leading data quality initiatives, supporting metadata management, and operationalizing governance tools and policies, the Data Analyst II enables business teams to confidently leverage data for operational, reporting, and strategic decision-making.
What you'll be doing.

• Support and maintain enterprise data quality frameworks, ensuring accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness of data
• Perform data profiling, cleansing, and monitoring using modern tools, including AI-enabled anomaly detection
• Investigate data quality issues and contribute to root-cause analysis and remediation efforts
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to define and track data quality KPIs and validation processes
• Document business rules, validation logic, and exception handling procedures for critical datasets
• Maintain enterprise data catalog and lineage, ensuring alignment with system changes and business needs
• Partner with data engineers, architects, and stakeholders to capture data flows, transformations, and lineage
• Utilize governance tools and AI-driven features to improve data classification, tagging, and discoverability
• Support onboarding and training efforts for data governance tools, including developing user guides and documentation
• Provide day-to-day support to users, troubleshooting governance tool issues and answering questions

What you'll need to be successful.

• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in data governance, data management, data engineering, or a related discipline
• Strong understanding of metadata standards, data lineage, and data classification practices
• Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data profiling, validation, and analysis
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including data owners, stewards, IT, and business stakeholders
• Experience working with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or AWS
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Preferred: Knowledge of CPG data structures, including product hierarchies and regulatory requirements
• Preferred: Experience with governance tools such as Ataccama, Syniti, Collibra, MS Purview, Informatica, or Alation
• Preferred: Exposure to AI governance and responsible AI practices

About the team.
The role sits within McCain's Global Data Governance team, a group focused on enabling business and technical teams to adopt consistent, high-quality data practices across regions and functions. The team partners closely with data engineering, architecture, analytics, and security teams to drive enterprise-wide data governance standards and solutions.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Compensation Package : $52,600.00 - $70,200.00 . CAD annually
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know , and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Information Technology
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)