Principal Data Engineer, SAP COE

Position Title: Principal Data Engineer, SAP COE

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 41339

At McCain, we believe in meaningful technology – using digital technology not just for innovation, but to make a difference globally. Join a team where innovation drives purpose and technology shapes the future. This is your chance to develop sought-after expertise, work on exciting, high-impact projects, and create solutions that truly make a difference. If you're ready to push boundaries, tackle purposeful challenges, and build a career that matters, we want you on our team.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

As part of McCain digital transformation, we are making significant investments into our data structures and policies to increase the quality of our data, the confidence of our business teams to use this data to make decisions, and to drive value through the use of data. We have an ambitious Global Data Governance team, which serves as an enabler to the business teams in our regions and global functions. We are currently recruiting an experienced data governance professional.

About The Role.

The Principal Data Engineer will be part of the Global Data Governance team and lead the technical implementation of Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities globally. This role is critical in shaping how master and reference data is captured, governed, distributed, and monitored across the organization. This role will implement and maintain data governance strategies, including enforcement of policies, guidelines, standard procedures, around key master data objects. The principal data engineer in data governance will be responsible for driving data quality; creating reports/metrics to ascertain data quality and integrity; research, analysis and root cause identification of data errors and providing key design input for application functionality.

What You’ll Be Doing.

• Contribute to define the target state architecture for MDM & DQ services (reference/master data domains, hub/registry styles, match/merge, hierarchy management, and data quality controls).
• Architect and build scalable MDM solutions supporting priority domains (Material, Customer, Vendor, Finance, etc.).
• Partner with Data Governance, SAP, and platform teams to translate policies into automated controls, standardized data models, and lineage.
• Convert steward/SME requirements into implementable rules and workflows (e.g., approval chains, exception queues, remediation).
• Embed controls for data privacy, security, and compliance aligned with enterprise policies.
• Engineer robust data pipelines integrating SAP S/4HANA master data using ODP, CDS Views, SLT, IDocs, and API‑based ingestion.
• Delivery of governed master data through APIs, events, and curated data layers for enterprise consumption.
• Establish engineering standards, reusable components, and best practices across global teams.
• Contribute to data catalog and lineage integration; ensure technical metadata and business definitions remain synchronized.
• Support the implementation of data management, data governance, and data quality tools/platforms.
• Perform root cause analysis of data issues and ensure remediation according to data governance policies and standards.
• Develop audit and validation methods to ensure quality of master data using AI-Driven and automated approaches
• Assist with regular compliance reviews against policies and standards
• Identify downstream impacts of master data change.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with data management/governance, including but not limited to data protection and/or data quality
• Experience with the SAP S/4 MDG framework—including configuring and customizing data models.
• Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA master data structures and extraction patterns.
• Experience working with MDM, Data Catalog, Data Governance, and PIM systems.
• Understanding of CPG industry specifics — product hierarchies, SKU proliferation, customer, vendor, pricing, TPM, BOM, and regulatory data requirements.
• Experience harmonizing systems, processes, and/or data across business areas and functions.
• Experience developing and implementing data governance policies and standards.
• Experience working on an agile team in a virtual, distributed environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and participate as an independent contributor with little supervision.
• Experience establishing metrics/key performance indicators to measure business impact and process compliance.
• Experience with Data modeling metadata/lineage practices, and performance tuning at scale.
• Familiarity with ABAP basics for data structures and exits; exposure to IDoc extensions/enhancements.
• Relevant cloud, SAP, or MDM vendor certifications will enhance the candite profile.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

Compensation Package: $102,700.00 - $137,000.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Information Technology

Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)