Data Governance Specialist (MDM, Data Quality & Governance)

Location: Hybrid role based at 483 Bay Street in Toronto until approximately late 2026, then at 3 Robert Speck Parkway in Mississauga. Current work authorization for Canada is required.

Annual cash compensation, including base salary and target bonus: $105,000–$123,000 CAD, based on experience and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global provides investment portfolios and financial services to Canadian individuals and institutions.

What you will do

• Support the implementation and expansion of master data management across Customer, Product, and Reference Data domains.
• Define master data standards, business rules, ownership, stewardship responsibilities, and governance processes.
• Support source-system onboarding, data profiling, mapping, validation, testing, and operational readiness.
• Manage record matching, merging, survivorship, hierarchy management, and golden-record processes.
• Define data quality rules and controls, investigate exceptions, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate remediation.
• Maintain metadata, business glossary terms, data catalogs, critical data elements, lineage documentation, and governance scorecards using tools such as Ataccama.

Requirements

• Current authorization to work in Canada is required.
• University degree in IT, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4–5 years of experience in master data management, data governance, and data quality measurement and improvement.
• 3–5 years of experience with business glossary and metadata tools such as Ataccama, EDC, or Collibra, data quality tools such as Ataccama or Informatica DQ, and business intelligence tools.
• Experience with data profiling, quality rules, issue remediation, metadata, stewardship, lineage, and governance across multiple data sources.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to assess and improve data management processes and tools.

Nice to have

• Financial services industry experience.
• Certified Data Management Professional designation from DAMA International.
• Experience with Snowflake, data lakes, SQL databases, AWS Kinesis, Kafka, cloud platforms, data warehouses, data marts, and ETL best practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements based on role requirements.
• Company RRSP contribution after six months of employment, with no employee matching required.
• Employer-paid health benefits from the first day, including up to $6,000 annually for mental health services and therapy.
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 25 weeks and generous paid time off, including two paid volunteer days annually.
• Professional development support including over 11,000 training courses, tuition reimbursement, and rewards for completing required designations.

Hiring process

• Applications may be supported by AI-enabled sourcing and screening tools.
• All hiring decisions are reviewed and finalized by recruiters.
• Only selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.