Senior Analyst

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Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada we create content that informs entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values which include creativity integrity inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting ever-changing industry Whether it be in front of the camera on air online or behind the scenes you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

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As a public broadcaster our content lives everywherefrom traditional airwaves to streaming platforms and social media. We are looking for a Senior Analyst to serve as the architect and guardian of our knowledge of our metadata ecosystem.

In this role you will support in building the linguistic and structural framework that allows our vast library of content to be discoverable interoperable and future-proof. You will bridge the gap between creative content production and high-level data science ensuring our Semantics and Metadata (SaM) team has the insights needed to drive enterprise-wide systems. Your work will support change management initiatives through innovative discovery work data gathering analysis and building recommendations for the optimization of business processes related to Content Management and Metadata Governance.

Key Responsibilities

Metadata Architecture & Design

• Dictionary Development: Build and refine metadata dictionaries tailored to evolving production needs.

• Visualization: Create complex flow maps and visualizations to illustrate how metadata travels through our ecosystem.

• The Metadata Hub: Build and maintain a centralized Metadata Hub to serve as the single source of truth for all metadata documentation.

Governance & Compliance

• Rigorous Auditing: Conduct regular audits of metadata dictionaries to ensure compliance accuracy and technical integrity. Auditing includes research and user feedback to surface any areas of concern or opportunities for improvement.

• Dashboard Creation: Develop and manage interactive dashboards to track governance activities metadata changes and system-wide compliance.

• Analytics: Generate deep-dive analytics on metadata usage and efficacy to prove Return On Investment (ROI) and identify areas for structural improvement.

• Continuous Improvement: Employs facilitation methods to provide guidance and support for stakeholders around change management initiatives. Applies continuous improvement practices to ensure optimal outcomes.

Strategic Integration & Support

• Systems Interoperability: Provide high-level context and strategy for how metadata functions across large-scale enterprise systems.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a consultant for internal teams translating complex data structures into actionable insights for producers and engineers. You will use a variety of of methods to define and document problem/opportunity statements and measures of success

• Research & Knowledge Sharing: Support SaM team projects by researching emerging industry standards and providing expert recommendations. Recommendations will be built through analyzing and distilling data using tools such as surveys dashboards and others to anticipate future needs and impacts of proposed changes.

Education & Socialization

• Best Practices: Generate use cases and comprehensive documentation to socialize metadata standards across the organization.

• Training: Design and lead training modules to promote good metadata hygiene among content creators and technical staff.

Candidate Profile

Required Skills:

• Expertise in Structured Metadata Standards.

• Proficiency in data visualization tools.

• Experience with Enterprise Interoperabilityunderstanding how metadata flows between disparate broadcast and digital systems.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to turn audit results into visual dashboards.

• Ability to gather information using both qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Soft Skills:

• The Translator: Ability to explain the importance of a schema to a busy video editor just as easily as to a software developer.

• Detail-Oriented: A natural inclination toward accuracy and the patience for deep-dive data auditing.

• Curiosity: A willingness to question existing practices and challenge generally accepted understandings not supported by data.

• Experimentation: Open to experimenting with new ideas and are all about trial and error and success. Its how we learn.

• Problem Solving: Ability to identify and analyze multiple factors some of which may at times be ambiguous. May require application of innovative thinking to develop solutions to complex problems often with guidance and support from senior roles.

• Collaborative: Foster a collaborative environment through nimble communication and relationship building across all organizational levels

Other Requirements:

• University Degree in Library Science or the equivalent with experience in libraries and archives work.

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Why This Role Matters

In a multi-platform environment content is only as good as the data attached to it. Your work ensures that a documentary produced today is still findable licensable and playable twenty years from now regardless of what platform or technology emerges next. This role impacts multiple projects and initiatives involving one or more business units making you a key contributor to our ongoing success.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our countrys diversity. Thats because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. Thats why we as an employer value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canadas public broadcaster. For more information visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of the event that you become an employee it will be important to inform us as quickly as possible of any situation that because of your hiring constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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