11 Aug
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hireVouch
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Toronto
Delivery
Manager
External
Data
Integration&Vendor;
Strategy Location - Toronto,ON(Hybrid) Role
Summary Ourclientisaglobalrealestateinvestor,developer,andmanagerconnectspeopletoexceptionalplacesacrosstheoffice,logistics,residential,andretailsectors,operatinganeliteinternationalportfoliowithafocusonlong-termvaluecreation.
Weareseekingahighlyskilled
Delivery
Manager External
Data
Integrationtoleadtheend-to-endlifecycleofsourcing,acquiring,integrating,andoperationalizingexternaldata withinour
EnterpriseAIData
Platform(builton
Microsoft
Fabricand
AzureAIFoundry).
Thisrolefocusesondrivinghigh-impactbusinessusecasesbyintegratingcomplexexternaldatasets(e.g.,marketdata, macroeconomicindicators,demographicinsights,andrentalintelligence)frommajor providerslike
CoStar,JLL,CBRE,andotherexternalvendorsintoacentralized
Fabric
Data
Hub.
Operatingattheintersectionofbusinessstrategy,dataengineering,andvendormanagement,youwilldrivevendorengagementandtechnicaldeliverygovernance.
Your goalistoensureexternaldataisconsistentlyingested,standardized,andtransformedintoanalytics-andAI-readydataproductsacrosstheenterprise.
Key
Responsibilities 1.
External
Data
Strategy&Requirements; Partnerwithbusinessunits: Collaboratewith
Asset
Management,Investments,and
Researchteamstoidentifyexternaldataneedsmappeddirectlytocriticalbusinessusecases.
Assessdatagaps: Evaluatecurrentdatasourcingmethodologiesandidentifygapsinmarketplacedataavailability.
Formulateacquisitionplans: Definetheoptimalstrategicapproach(buyvs.buildvs.partner)foreachrequireddataset.
Managetheroadmap: Establish,maintain,andprioritizearollingroadmapforexternaldataintegrationsacrossmulti-disciplinaryenterpriseprojects. 2.
Vendor
Evaluation&Procurement;
Enablement Leadvendorassessments: Evaluatethird-partydatavendorsbasedoncoverage,granularity,updatefrequency,dataquality,andlicensingconstraints.
Coordinatecommercialreviews: Partnerwith
Procurementonvendoronboardingandcommercialpricing,andwith
Legalondatalicensingagreements,usagerights,andrestrictions.
Managecompliancerisk: Collaboratewithvendorgovernanceteamstoensurecompliancewithenterpriserisk,security,anddataprivacypolicies.
Structurefuture-proofcontracts:
Ensureagreementssupportenterprise-widescalabilityandalignwithadvancedAIandanalyticsconsumptionmodels. 3.
Data
Integration&Standardization;
Strategy Defineingestionframeworks: Architectend-to-enddataingestionpathsinto
Microsoft
FabricutilizingAPIs,automateddatafeeds,filetransfers,andnativeconnectors.
Harmonizedisparatedata: Establishtransformationrulestostandardizemulti-vendordatasetswithoverlappingdomains,reconcilingdifferencesindatastructures,metricdefinitions,time-seriesalignment,andgeographichierarchies.
Govern
Medallionlayers: Aligningestionpipelineswithastrict
Medallionarchitecture(Bronze:rawvendorstorage,Silver:cleansedandstandardizeddata,Gold:business-ready,domain-specificsemanticmodels). 4.
Delivery
Management&Execution; Leadtechnicaldelivery: Actastheprimary
Delivery
Leadacrossmultipleparallelvendorintegrationtracks,definingprojectscopes,milestonetracking,anddeliverables.
Orchestratecross-functionalteams: Coordinatetasksbetween
Data
Engineers(pipelinedevelopment),Data
Architects(modelingandstandards),andAI/Analyticsteams(downstreamconsumption).
Ensureoperationalexcellence: Guaranteethedeploymentofhighlyreliablepipelines,cleandatasets,androbustdatalineagedocumentation. 5.
Architecture
Definition&Documentation; Documenttechnicalpatterns: Mapoutvisualandstructuraldocumentationforingestionframeworks,transformationsteps,andcross-domainsemanticdatamodels.
Translatebusinesslogic: Convertabstractbusinessrequirementsintocrisptechnicalspecificationsfor
Data
Engineeringexecution.
Buildforscale: Ensurealldelivereddataintegrationsolutionsarereusable,highlyscalable,andfullyalignedwithenterprise
Microsoft
FabricandAIFoundryarchitectures. 6.
Data
Governance,Quality&Compliance; Enforcelicensingboundaries: Ensurealldataengineeringpipelinesstrictlyrespectlegalusageboundariesandvendorlicensingdatarights.
Definedataqualitymetrics:
Establishdatavalidationrulesandimplementautomatedalertworkflowstomonitordatafreshness,datacompleteness,andoverallvendorreliability. 7.
Stakeholder
Management Actastheprimaryinterface: Bridgecommunicationlinesbetweenbusinessleaders,technicalengineers,third-partyvendors,andlegal/procurementfunctions.
Translatecomplexconcepts: Articulatearchitecturedecisions,technicalconstraints,andstrategictrade-offstobothhighlytechnicalandnon-technicalaudiences.
Required
Qualifications Experience Industry
Experience: 8+yearsofprofessionalexperienceleadingdatadelivery,dataprogrammanagement,integrationinitiatives,ortechnologyconsultingfocusedondataplatformsandadvancedanalytics.
Vendor
Ecosystems: Proventrackrecordofmanaging,evaluating,andprocuringdatafromexternalcommercialvendorsandmanagingdatacontracts.
Platform
Delivery: Demonstratedsuccessdrivingend-to-enddeliveryofenterprisedataplatformsorcomplexmulti-sourcedataintegrationprojects.
Technical
Knowledge Ingestion
Patterns: Deepunderstandingofmoderncloudingestionmethodologies,includingRESTAPIs,webhooks,batchprocessing,andstreamingprotocols.
Architectural
Frameworks: SolidknowledgeofETL/ELTpipelines,datawarehousingprinciples,andmodernlayereddatastructures(e.g.,Medallionarchitecture).
Cloud
Ecosystems: Directfamiliaritywith
Microsoft
Fabric,Azure
Dataplatforms,orequivalententerprisecloudmoderndatastackecosystems(e.g.,Databricks,Snowflake).
Business&Leadership;
Skills Commercial
Negotiation: Strongcapabilitiesinanalyzingdatalicensingmodelsandpartneringwithlegal/procurementtooptimizevendoragreements.
Financial
Stewardship: AbilitytocriticallyevaluatedataacquisitioncostsagainstrealizedbusinessvaluetomaximizeinvestmentROI.
Matrix
Delivery: Experiencedrivingexecutionwithinacross-functional,highlymatrixed,orfederateddeliveryenvironment.
Nice-to-Have
Qualifications Domainexperiencewithinrealestate,investmentmanagement,orcapitalmarketsdata.
Directtechnicalexperiencehandlingdataproductsfrom
CoStar,JLL,CBRE,orglobalmacroeconomic/demographicdataproviders.
ExposuretodownstreamAI/MLusecases,RAGarchitectures,semanticmodels,orbuildingdata-as-a-service(DaaS)products.
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