Data Modeler

Meet Benevity
Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and collaborative Data Modeler to help shape enterprise business data domains. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in defining and evolving the enterprise-wide business data model, grounded in data domain driven design (DDD) principles. You will partner closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure our data models reflect a clear, shared understanding of the business, and serve as the foundation for scalable, governed, and interoperable data assets that drive informed decision making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Stewardship of Business Data Models
• Define, document, and maintain enterprise and domain-level business data models aligned with DDD principles.
• Establish clear boundaries and ownership across data domains, subdomains, and aggregates.
• Translate business concepts into canonical models used across data products, APIs, and analytical solutions.
• Collaborative Data Design
• Facilitate modeling workshops with business and technical teams to ensure consistent understanding and usage of data definitions.
• Engage with domain experts and product managers to identify core entities, value objects, and relationships that drive business processes.
• Use techniques like Event Modeling and Event Storming to align system design with business workflows and real-time data flows
• Collaborate across teams to address data challenges, improve quality, and promote standardization
• Lead inclusive data stewardship practices through training, documentation, and knowledge-sharing forums
• Collaborate with product to define data responsibilities, KPIs, and SLAs for key data assets
• Act as a subject matter expert in data governance, modeling, and architecture to promote alignment in data-driven decision-making
• Data Governance & Quality Alignment
• Work with data governance, compliance, and privacy teams to ensure models align with regulatory and organizational data policies.
• Contribute to metadata management by integrating business glossary and model metadata into data catalogs and lineage tools.
• Maintain metadata repositories and ensure clear data lineage and traceability
• Serve as a data steward for enterprise domains, driving data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across platforms
• Develop data governance policies that support privacy, security, and compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA)
• Maintain accessible data dictionaries, standards, and classification frameworks to support clarity and consistency
• Support Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives to deliver trusted, unified data across the organization
• Platform Integration
• Ensure business data models inform and align with physical data models in the data platform (e.g., data lake, warehouse, semantic layers).
• Support the creation of reusable and interoperable data contracts for analytical and operational use cases.
• Establish validation rules and perform audits to ensure ongoing data quality and usability

What you’ll bring:

• Required:
• 5+ years in data modeling, business analysis, data architecture, or related disciplines.
• Strong experience with domain driven design (DDD) in data or service architecture contexts.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into logical and conceptual data models.
• Proficiency with modeling tools.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks, business glossaries, and metadata standards.
• Preferred:
• Experience in large-scale and cloud-native data platform environments 
• Familiarity with event-driven or microservices architecture and how data models fit into those patterns.
• Exposure to regulatory and compliance data frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA).
• Hands-on experience working with product, engineering, or analytics teams in agile or scaled agile environments.

Competencies

• Business acumen with the ability to engage non-technical stakeholders in data design.
• Systems thinking and the ability to abstract shared capabilities and data entities.
• Precision in documentation and commitment to semantic clarity and data lineage.
• Comfort working in a federated data ownership model (e.g., data mesh or data product model).
• Passion for data quality, usability, and long-term platform scalability.
• Familiarity with AI/ML driven data modeling tools is a plus
• Industry experience in finance, healthcare, e-commerce, or technology is a strong asset
• Proven experience implementing data governance frameworks at scale in mid-to-large organizations is a plus
• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Technical Skills & Expertise:

Data Modeling Tools: Lucidchart, ER/Studio, DBSchemaDatabases: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQueryData Governance & Quality Tools: Collibra, Informatica, Talend, Alation, DataHubCloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCPProgramming & Query Languages: SQL, PythonCompliance & Security: Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA)

Discover your purpose at work

We’re not employees, we’re Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more …

Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.

If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up ... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become …

It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.

Where we work

At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there’s no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it’s for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.

Join a company where DEIB isn’t a buzzword

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our well-supported employee resources groups to the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.

We know that diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions are what move our business and our people forward, so we're committed to creating a culture of belonging with equal opportunities for everyone to shine. 

That starts with a fair and accessible hiring process. If you want to feel seen, heard and celebrated, you belong at Benevity.

Candidates with disabilities who may require accommodations throughout the hiring or assessment process are encouraged to reach out to accommodations@benevity.com.