Senior Data Strategist, Lightspeed
CA$120-140k
+ Equity options
3-5 days a week in office
Point of Sale & commerce platform
Job no longer available
Point of Sale & commerce platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$120-140k
+ Equity options
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring the streets of our cities and communities to life by powering business owners with technology.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in roles involving data analytics, data science, data strategy, data engineering, or analytics engineering
- Proven business acumen to understand organizational goals and align data initiatives with strategic objectives
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking
- Creative mindset and strong intellectual curiosity to identify high-impact, underexplored opportunities for data-driven projects
- Expertise in statistical and predictive modelling, data mining, and advanced analytics techniques
- Advanced SQL skills for querying and managing relational databases
- Expert-level Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R for data manipulation and analysis
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, or Power BI)
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS)
- Understanding of data modelling, ETL processes, and data pipeline development
- Familiarity with modern data transformation tools such as dbt or Dataform
- Experience with version control, collaboration, and workflow management (e.g., Github)
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, mentor team members and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple high-impact projects
What the job involves
- Lightspeed is looking for a creative and technically strong Senior, Data Strategist to join our Data Strategy team. As a Senior Data Strategist, you’ll be responsible for driving innovative, high-value data initiatives across the organization. This role focuses on the end-to-end data lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on data transformation, analytics, and data science
- As a Senior Data Strategist, you will work on proof-of-concept projects to quickly assess their feasibility and potential impact, which will help inform our larger data strategy. Once validated, you will collaborate with other data professionals to transition these projects into scalable, robust solutions
- As a member of the Data Strategy team, you will be responsible for driving end-to-end data projects across multiple areas of the organization, with a focus on proof-of-concept projects that have high potential impact
- This is a full-stack data role from discovery and hypothesis development to data exploration, modelling, implementation, and impact measurement
- Identify and pursue data projects with high potential value for the organization by immersing yourself in specific areas of the business
- Solve complex technical problems through proof of concept and exploratory solutions
- Design and execute robust A/B tests and other experimental frameworks, performing statistical analysis and causal inference
- Measure the impact of your projects with thoughtful and creative techniques
- Ensure clear communication and alignment with key stakeholders to drive successful outcomes, engaging and informing the stakeholders through compelling data narratives and visualizations
- Lead the development and adoption of the highest analytics standards and methodologies among the Data Office and across the organization
- Develop a deep understanding of our business processes, systems, and underlying data architecture
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the Data Strategy Team, identifying areas for optimization and driving initiatives to enhance data processes, systems, and quality
- Maintain collaborative relationships with data professionals across the organization
- Demonstrate professional empathy by actively listening to stakeholders, understanding their needs, and building strong relationships across technical and non-technical teams
- Identify and prioritize strategic group initiatives that should be supported by the Data Office as part of its evolving roadmap, leveraging the experience you’ll gain working with the business
Our take
Lightspeed provides restaurateurs and retailers with the simplest way to run their businesses at full potential. It helps entrepreneurs offer their customers positive and memorable experiences by taking care of the day-to-day management aspects of their business.
Around 75,000 businesses processing over $17 billion in transactions annually use Lightspeed’s restaurant POS software and omnichannel retail solution to manage inventory, customer preferences, sales and reporting — all from one centralised platform. Headquartered in Montreal, Lightspeeds team is distributed across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, now serving over 150,000 locations worldwide.
Lightspeed POS maintains a unique edge over other companies of its type because it has secured the legal rights for the sole use of certain technologies. It has two registered patents in computing, calculating categories. These patents certify that Lightspeed POS is the sole owner of this intellectual property, which means that no other companies can use them.
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Meet the team
45 people
Matthew Passmore, Field Implementation Team Lead
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Company benefits
- With Lightspeed PX, you can enjoy flexible paid time off and up to 2 months remote per year with our hybrid work policy
- Equity options, because this is your company too
- Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
- Interest groups, from #coffee_pals to sponsored sports teams
- Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
Company values
- We make it matter.
- We make it happen.
- We make it together.
- We make it human.
- We make it about the customer.
- We make it data driven.
Company HQ
Old Montreal, Montreal, QC
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Leadership
Dax Dasilva
(Executive Chair)Founder of Never Apart, previously Developer of Bitmovers. Studied Computer Science, Art History, and Religious Studies at The University of British Columbia. Served as CEO for Lightspeed for 17 years until 2022.
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