Data Analytics Manager
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Lightspeed Commerce is hiring a Data Analytics Manager to lead the Data function in North America, reporting to the Head of Engineering. This Toronto role blends strategic architectural leadership with mentorship to design scalable data models, warehousing, and a semantic layer that informs decisions. You will guide a data engineering team, collaborate with Product, Finance, Risk and Operations, and own the technical roadmap in an Agile environment. Key requirements include proven leadership of analytics engineers, deep data modelling, strong SQL and Python or JavaScript, and stakeholder communication. Bonus for FinTech, GCP, ML/MLOps. Compensation $165k-$175k CAD plus equity. For best results, tailor your resume to showcase architecture ownership and EST/EDT availability.
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Financial Services at Lightspeed is looking for a Data Analytics Manager to lead the Data function in North America and grow our technical team within the Financial Services organization.
Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will help us lead, mentor and grow a high-performing data engineering team and cultivate an inclusive, inspiring working culture. You will lead the team in developing the essential infrastructure and artifacts needed for our teams across Lightspeed to gain deeper business insights and drive superior decision-making, particularly around Financial Services.
We are looking for a strategic leader who can get into the weeds: you won't be coding daily, but you bring deep, architect-level data modelling expertise to design scalable systems, review code, and guide the team's technical execution. You have a proven track record of supporting, mentoring, leading and growing a data team, and of delivering reliable, robust and highly available data models & supporting data pipelines. You enjoy problem-solving and removing blockers to the team’s progress and have experience collaborating with Product teams and stakeholders like Finance, Risk and Operations. You are an effective and clear communicator who can direction-set and track team delivery in a distributed, fast-moving and rapidly changing agile environment.
For this role, you should be located in Canada, and able to work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote or fully office-based work environments (in cities with local offices).
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Technical Leadership over Administration: This is not a pure people-management role; you will actively own the technical roadmap, architectural design, and complex problem-solving alongside your team.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data models and the semantic layer, ensuring our BI architecture supports long-term business growth
- Identify root causes of recurring data issues and implement long-term systemic solutions & improvements across tooling, processes, and upstream data capture
- Lead and guide the team in architectural whiteboarding sessions and help untangle complex problems, establish best practices for data modeling and overall quality
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across functions - Product & Engineering, Risk, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Security to create a clear vision and data strategy
- Support team professional development through 1:1s, performance reviews, feedback, goal setting, and promotions.
- Communicate team progress and status to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
- Finding and hiring top talent for your team and the wider organization
What you’ll be bringing to the team:
- Experience leading a team of Data/Analytics Engineers building a scalable Data & BI Platform for critical functions in the company
- Deep technical expertise in data modelling & warehousing architectures
- Expert in SQL and have experience in Python/JavaScript or other programming languages.
- Strong skills in stakeholder management - understanding & addressing their needs
- Solid written & verbal communication skills.
- Inspirational leadership to hire, mentor and grow the team members.
- Strong outcome-driven mindset.
Some additional things that would be a bonus:
- Experience in the FinTech domain
- Experience in GCP
- Experience in ML/MLOps or Data Science
Who you are:
- A problem-solver who embraces tackling complexity and removing roadblocks
- An inspiring leader and mentor helping individuals to grow and reach their full potential
- A decisive decision-maker who can handle change and ambiguity
- A fast learner with strong belief in continuous improvement.
- Someone who knows how to get things done on their own and through others
What is in for you:
- Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
- Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
- Constant development of both your skill set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
- Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture
- Innovation time to explore and learn at work
- Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
- Tons of growth opportunities in technical or people management roles
- Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
- Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story
…. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.
- Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
- Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
- Health insurance.
- Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
- Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
- Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services.
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Volunteer day.
- Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
- Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work
At Lightspeed, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your skill set, qualifications, experience, and market data. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We reasonably expect the total compensation for this position to be in the range of $165,000 - $175,000 CAD. Lightspeed also provides a variety of employee benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off.Please note that this compensation information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within Ontario and reflects the amount Lightspeed is willing to pay at the time of this posting. This role represents an existing vacancy at Lightspeed. Lightspeed uses artificial intelligence–enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by our recruiting and hiring teams.
To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.