Jeremy Friedman, Associate Paediatrician-in-Chief, SickKids Hospital & Medical Advisor for Make-A-Wish® Canada Wishes Are Medicine — a vital part of a child’s treatment journey that helps restore strength, hope, and resilience. Research shows that prescribed wishes can improve commitment to treatment, reduce emergency room visits by half, and deliver lasting health benefits. Recognized as a Outstanding Place to Work® since 2023, we’ve also been named one of the Best Workplaces™ Led by Women (2025) and one of the Top 100 Best Workplaces™ for Giving Back (2024).

Do you want to be part of an organization that is child-focused, values employee experience and is an inspiring workplace? Meaningful opportunities to make an impact and change the lives of children with critical illnesses within your community and across Canada An attractive compensation package that includes group health and dental premiums fully covered by the Foundation and RRSP contribution matching Annual vacation starting at three weeks and additional paid leaves such as personal days and Wish hours Employee Wellness Program and other corporate discounts Continuous learning, development and internal training opportunities We are looking for a Data Platform Specialist to join our team at Make‑A‑Wish Canada. Reporting to the Director, Data Analytics & Insights, you will build and maintain the trusted data foundation that supports fundraising, marketing, reporting, segmentation, and organizational decision-making.

This hands‑on role works at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, and stakeholder problem solving. This role can be based anywhere in Canada and is a full‑time, hybrid, permanent position. Build, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot data pipelines across Salesforce CRM,



Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Data360, DonorDrive, Microsoft Fabric, external files, and third‑party platforms.

Develop and optimize Fabric Lakehouse, Data Factory, notebooks, and data engineering workloads, including automation of manual data preparation and refresh processes. Design and maintain scalable bronze, silver, and gold data layers, data models, fact and dimension tables, semantic models, and curated reporting datasets. Develop datasets and data assets supporting Tableau, KPIs, forecasting, segmentation, campaign analysis, personalization, and organizational reporting.

Develop audience segmentation datasets, supporter profiles, Data Extensions, SQL activities, automations, and integrations to enable trusted donor and supporter data activation. Clean, standardize, validate, document, and monitor donor, campaign, donation, contact, and engagement data, including identity resolution and deduplication. Maintain source‑to‑target mappings, business rules, refresh schedules, data limitations, and documentation supporting privacy, security, stewardship, and responsible data use.

Partner with fundraising, marketing, finance, business applications, and analytics teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions. Define and maintain trusted metrics for donor counts, revenue, retention, acquisition, engagement, campaign performance, forecasting, and lifetime value.



Post secondary education in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. ~3+ years of experience in data engineering, data integration, analytics engineering, business intelligence, or another data focused role. ~ Experience with modern cloud‑based data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar technologies. ~ Experience building and supporting data pipelines and integrating data from multiple systems and platforms. ~ Experience with Salesforce CRM is considered an asset. ~ Experience working in a nonprofit or charitable organization is considered an asset. ~ Hybrid work environment (2 days in-office, 3 days remote per week) with occasional requirement to work outside of traditional office hours.

Reasonable accommodations due to disability are available on request at any stage of the hiring process. Make‑A‑Wish Canada (MAWC) is committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA). We believe that it is essential to our mission that we build a diverse, balanced, and vibrant workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and seek to serve.

Our typical process includes a phone screen, one or two interviews, and reference checking, followed by an offer and a criminal background check for the successful candidate. As an independently operating affiliate of Make‑A‑Wish International, Make‑A‑Wish Canada is part of the network of the world’s leading children’s wish‑granting organization. We serve children in every community in Canada, and in more than 50 countries worldwide. #

📌 Data Governance Analyst (Data Quality) (Toronto)
🏢 Make-A-Wish Canada
📍 Toronto