Senior Analyst, Business Analysis And Insights - GIS

Walmart Canada

• $74K — $101K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Geography, GIS, Data Science, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 4+ years of experience in geospatial analytics, data science, or related fields.
  • Proven ability to apply geospatial analysis and spatial modeling to complex business challenges.
  • Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, BigQuery, CARTO, and cloud data platforms like GCP.
  • Experience in building automated workflows and analytical tools or geospatial data products.
  • Strong grasp of geospatial concepts, including coordinate systems, spatial relationships, and network analysis.
  • Experience in retail, real estate, or location intelligence is highly valued.

Responsibilities

  • Solve complex business problems using geospatial analysis and technology.
  • Build and automate scalable geospatial workflows with a focus on reusability.
  • Design and develop geospatial products and decision-support tools from concept to implementation.
  • Create geospatial models for strategic issues like site selection and market opportunity.
  • Analyze demographic and market data to understand competitive dynamics and customer accessibility.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and translate them into geospatial solutions.
  • Communicate complex geospatial insights through visualizations and recommendations.
  • Identify and implement new geospatial and cloud technologies to enhance analytical capabilities.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact business challenges.
  • Access to cutting-edge geospatial and cloud technologies.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including data science and engineering.
  • Potential for professional growth in a dynamic field.
  • Engagement with diverse datasets and analytical methodologies.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...
This role combines strong geospatial and technology expertise with structured problem solving to help the business address complex and ambiguous challenges. The role partners closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, develop the right analytical approach, and translate GIS capabilities into scalable products, tools, and solutions that support better strategic and operational decisions. Success in this role requires both strong technical execution and the ability to connect data, geography, and business context to create practical, high-impact outcomes.

What you'll do...
  • Solve complex, high-impact business problems through geospatial analysis, spatial modeling, data, and technology, translating analytical approaches into scalable solutions that support better decisions.
  • Build and automate scalable geospatial workflows using CARTO, BigQuery, GCP, Python, SQL, APIs, and related cloud and spatial technologies, with a focus on reusable and maintainable solutions.
  • Design and build scalable geospatial products, analytical solutions, and decision-support tools from concept and methodology through development, enabling business teams to explore scenarios, test assumptions, and make informed decisions.
  • Develop geospatial models and methodologies for strategic problems such as site selection, trade areas, market opportunity, network planning, cannibalization, customer accessibility, and location optimization.
  • Work with demographic, customer, market, competitive, and location data to understand customers, market potential, geographic differences, competitive dynamics, and network impacts.
  • Partner with business stakeholders to frame ambiguous challenges, define requirements, and translate them into practical geospatial, analytical, and technical solutions.
  • Translate complex geospatial analysis into clear insights, compelling visualizations, and practical recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proactively identify and apply new geospatial, cloud, automation, and emerging technologies, while collaborating with data science, engineering, and cross-functional teams to strengthen analytical capabilities.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Geography, GIS, Geomatics, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Urban Planning, or another relevant quantitative discipline; an advanced degree is an asset.
  • 4+ years of relevant professional experience in geospatial analytics, data science, advanced analytics, location intelligence, software/analytical product development, consulting, or related field.
  • Demonstrated experience applying geospatial analysis, spatial modeling, and large-scale spatial datasets to solve complex business problems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, Big Query, CARTO, other relevant GIS technologies, and modern cloud data platforms eg: GCP.
  • Demonstrated experience building models, automated workflows, analytical tools, or geospatial data products.
  • Strong understanding of core geospatial concepts, including co-ordinate systems and projections, spatial relationships, network analysis, geocoding, and vector/raster data
  • Experience in retail, real estate, strategy, network planning, eCommerce, consulting, or location intelligence is highly valued.
  • Experience using Generative AI or LLM-based tools to accelerate development, automate workflows, support analysis, prototype solutions, or enhance existing data products is an asset.


The pay range for this position is $74 000,00 - $101 750,00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

L'échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 74 000,00 à 101 750,00. La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience pertinente.
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age - 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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