Specialist Data Management

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CPKC is seeking a Specialist, Data Management in Calgary onsite to join the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team. You’ll support reporting and data warehouse solutions across real-time sensor, transactional, master and aggregated data, enabling data driven decisions and exposure to AI and ML initiatives. You will partner with analysts, architects and developers to translate requirements into scalable data solutions, ensure data accuracy, standardize reporting, and advance data governance. A university degree (CS, IS, Engineering or equivalent) and 7+ years in data management with SQL, ETL, data mining, and storytelling with data for non technical audiences are required. Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills are essential. Benefits include competitive packages and growth paths such as the Management Conductor program; travel 0-10%. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight data modelling, governance, and successful BI deployments, and demonstrate your ability to communicate insights clearly.

Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

The Specialist, Data Management will join the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team in Calgary, supporting the development and delivery of reporting and data warehouse solutions. The team works with a broad range of data, including real-time sensor, transactional, master, and aggregated data, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. This role also offers exposure to emerging technologies, including opportunities to contribute to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning initiatives.

In this position, the Data Management Specialist will collaborate with business analysts, business partners, architects, and developers to understand business requirements and help design, build, and support scalable data solutions. The role is focused on ensuring data accuracy, usability, and alignment with the company’s strategic objectives while driving continuous improvement in analytics capabilities.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Understand how data could and will be used for modelling and reporting
• Innovate new ways of managing, transforming, and validating data
• Create new data sources and clean existing data sources
• Help standardize and automate reporting
• Build tools and processes to improve data governance
• Contribute to AI and Machine Learning initiatives to enable advanced analytics and predictive insights
• Develop an understanding of existing business Intelligence solutions
• Develop and deliver presentations positioning content and objectives appropriately
• Act as a liaison between technical and business architecture
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships, effective communication plan and manage conflicting priorities
• Analyze information to establish recommendations for improvements and ways to implement the change to provide business effectiveness and efficiency

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or an equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in data management, data mining, data visualization, and process development.
• Proven expertise in data analysis applied to modelling, reporting, and AI/ML applications
• Experience in analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• An ability to effectively tell a story through data and clearly communicate findings for a non-technical audience.
• Experience on working with databases and SQL
• Familiarity with data flows and ETL processes
• Deep data / preparation of data experience
• An ability to work independently and develop an approach/plan based on work assigned in terms of objectives, relative priorities and critical areas of focus.
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension plan
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Performance Incentive Program
• Annual Fitness Subsidy
• Part-time Studies Program

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

 Background Investigation

• Criminal history check
• Education verification
• Professional references

BECOMING A RAILROADER:

As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Management Conductor Program

Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CULTURE OF INCLUSION:

For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

• Req ID: 106060
• Department: Information Services & Network Service Centre (NSC)
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Position Type: Non-Union
• Location: Calgary, Alberta
• Country: Canada
• % of Travel: 0-10%
• # of Positions: 1
• Job Grade: 4
• Job Available to: Internal & External

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