Develop and maintain enterprise-wide analytics governance frameworks, standards, workflows and best practices fit for Saputo.
Define and operationalize processes for: Roles and Responsibilities
Data Integrity, Data Dictionary / Business Glossary Governance
Metadata Management and Lineage
Access control and Data Security
Compliance with internal and regulatory standards
Development Standards and Release Management
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, Security, and Enterprise Architecture to align governance initiatives with organizational goals.
Partner with Microsoft Fabric platform administrators and Architects to ensure governance standards are embedded within the platform.
Drive adoption and enablement through documentation, training, and stakeholder engagement.
Support FinOps and cost optimization through governance-driven insights.
DevOps
Own the DevOps strategy and implementation for analytics and data engineering solutions.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, analytics assets, and platform components.
Establish standards and guiding principles working closely with Analytics Architects for: Version control
Testing
Release management
Environment management (Dev/Test/Prod)
Workspace standards
Naming Standards
Documentation Standards and Templates
Monitor and optimize DevOps processes to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
Implement governance controls within DevOps pipelines to ensure compliance and auditability.
Support continuous improvement of deployment processes and optimizations.
Data Quality & Trust
Define enterprise data quality standards, KPIs, thresholds, and acceptance criteria.
Govern data quality monitoring, issue management, and remediation workflows in partnership with data owners and data engineering teams.
Ensure transparency of data quality and lineage to support confident business consumption.
Collaboration & Enablement
Act as a key liaison between Data Engineering, BI, Security, Architecture and business units.
Work with Enterprise Architecture to align governance and DevOps practices with broader technology strategy.
Provide guidance and thought leadership on modern data governance and DevOps practices .
Influence and drive adoption of standards across teams.
Success Measures
Success in this role is measured by
Clear ownership and accountability for data, with well‑defined data owners and stewards who actively participate in governance, resolve issues efficiently, and support
High trust and confidence in analytics outputs, demonstrated by consistent data quality, clearly defined business defini
Additional Information
At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?
Overview of the role:
Saputo is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Analytics Governance & DevOps Specialist to join our Data Engineering & Analytics team. Reporting to the Senior Director of Data Engineering & Analytics , this role is accountable for defining, operationalizing, and enforcing analytics governance and DevOps practices leveraging across the enterprise analytics ecosystem.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring analytics platforms and data products are governed, secure, auditable, reliable, and consistently delivered, while enabling scale, self ‑ service, and speed through modern DevOps and DataOps practices. The role works at the intersection of business, data, security, architecture, and platform operations.
How you will make contributions that matter:
Establish and maintain trust in data & analytics by embedding governed, quality, auditability, and reliable. Enabling confident decision-making across the organization.
Accelerate delivery of data products and insights by implementing efficient, automated DevOps processes and standards.
Reduce risk and ensure compliance by embedding governance, security, and auditability into both analytics platforms and deployment pipelines.
Ensure clear alignment and identification of roles and responsibilities across the organization, working closely with IT teams, business teams and stakeholders. Presenting recommendations and influencing future state evolution with organization growth and development.
Help shape the future of Analytics within the organization by influencing strategy, governance framework and models.
Work closely with the Analytics Architects, Data Engineers and Data Analyst to align, implement and adopt standards and processes.
Maintain Governance and DevOps Roadmaps
Conduct research on market trends to influence our continued governance and DevOps growth plan
Build organizational awareness on key data topics and governance, including facilitation of semi-annual Analytics CoE meetings with IT and business data owners.
Saputo · Saint-laurent, Qc, Canada