Data Strategy

Description

Mandate: To support the development of a centralized, integrated data infrastructure for the BC wine grape industry that enables data-driven decision making, improved efficiency, and insight generation across the value chain.

Working Group Responsibilities:

Attend and actively participate in working group meetings (quarterly minimum).
Contribute to the identification, development, and delivery of key strategic priorities.
- The Advisory Committee will approve strategic priorities, project budgets, and deliverables recommended by each group. Where strategic overlaps occur, groups will coordinate with one another to ensure aligned implementation.
Develop and maintain a tactical action plan along with key metrics for tracking success.
Implement Working Group projects, as approved by the Advisory Committee
Embed sustainability, DEIA, and knowledge transfer into all activities.
Meet on an ad-hoc basis for emerging events.
Submit progress reports and final summaries to the Program Delivery Team and Advisory Committee.

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Skills & Qualifications:

Working group participants should be actively engaged in BC’s wine grape industry or a closely related sector (i.e. agriculture, agri-tech, food & beverage, tourism & hospitality) and bring relevant experience to the working group theme in at least one of the following areas:

1. Data Strategy & Infrastructure: Experience in designing or leading data initiatives, in wine grapes and familiarity with data architecture and governance frameworks

2. Data Management & Analytics: Experience developing / implementing data standards and reviewing and / or auditing data systems and processes

3. Data Standards & Protocols: Experience with designing metrics / key performance indicator

4. Change Management & Implementation: Experience managing organizational change related to data strategy adoption, including training, onboarding, and system integration

5. Policy, Governance, and Privacy: Understanding of data governance principles and experience with data sharing agreements

6. Technology & Innovation: Ability to assess new tools for improving data collection and utilization

7. Stakeholder Engagement & Industry Knowledge: Experience engaging cross-functional or multi-stakeholder groups to align on technical and operational

Desired Skills:

Sector-Specific Insight: In-depth knowledge of viticulture and wine industry operations to contextualize data initiatives and ensure relevance to real-world practices.
Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with relevant provincial, national, or international data regulations (e.g., PIPEDA, GDPR), especially in agriculture or trade-related contexts.
Strategic thinking and systems design
Facilitation and consensus-building
Analytical thinking and problem-solving
Communication across technical and non-technical audiences

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