Analyst, Data Strategy

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 130 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

Analyst, Data Strategy

As a Data Strategy Analyst, you will report to the Director, Data Strategy and Product Assurance​ and work closely with the Manager of Data Strategy, playing a crucial role in supporting the organization's data strategy and governance initiatives. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will gather data requirements, assist in developing and implementing comprehensive data strategies, and ensure the alignment of data usage with business goals.

You will leverage your data analytics expertise to help maintain data roadmaps, build process data flows, manage project management tools, support certification of products based on governance standards and help execute overall data strategy. This position will also work in collaboration with the delivery team, and product managers to ensure the analytics program is enabling the overall data strategy.

This role is based in our temporary location of 20 York Mills Rd, then the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto Corporate Office. This role involves interactions with both internal and external stakeholders at various levels.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Support the manager in implementing relevant data governance policies and work closely with product owners to ensure data products are certified for use.
• Assist in maintaining the data roadmap, ensuring alignment of data usage with evolving business strategies, emerging technologies, and data sources.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with data stewards, product owners, and other key stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and data stewardship.
• Facilitation and maintenance of the ongoing data strategy and roadmap.
• Support intake of new data products through stakeholder communication, maintenance of templates, and scheduling of oversight and governance meetings.
• Collaborate with project managers and delivery teams to support the development and delivery of data products that provide value to the business.
• Assist in strengthening the organization’s data foundation through the implementation of effective policies, standards, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Work with the manager to create and maintain training materials, playbooks, and reference guides to promote consistent adoption of data governance practices across teams.
• Provide ongoing support and training on product certification requirements.
• Oversee implementation of data strategy.
• Support the manager in tracking and reporting on budget utilization across data and analytics projects, highlighting key variances and potential risks.
• Assist in preparing program level budget and spend summaries to inform planning and prioritization.
• Collaborate with D&A teams to create initial cost and resource estimates for new project requests.
• Program Budget and Performance Tracking.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in data management processes.
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