Portfolio Manager Store Infrastructure Delivery – Canadian Tire – Toronto, ON

Canadian Tire Corporation is one of Canada’s most recognized retailers, and right now they’re looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery to join their team in Toronto, Ontario. This is a senior-level role at the intersection of technology, retail operations, and project leadership — ideal for a seasoned program manager who thrives on complexity and cross-functional coordination.

At its core, this position is about owning the end-to-end delivery of store infrastructure programs across Canadian Tire’s expansive retail network. You’ll be the central point of accountability, working alongside infrastructure, application, vendor, and business teams to bring technology initiatives from the planning table all the way through deployment, stabilization, and operational handoff.

About the Role: Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery

This role demands a leader who can manage multiple moving parts simultaneously. You’ll be responsible for project schedules, budgets, risks, and cross-functional dependencies across concurrent initiatives — serving as the primary escalation point when delivery challenges arise. From coordinating with Store Operations and Dealers to working alongside Infrastructure and Application Delivery teams, your ability to connect the dots across diverse stakeholders will be critical to success.

Beyond execution, the role carries a strong governance and change management component. You’ll drive deployment readiness, ensuring that stores across the network are properly prepared for technology transitions with minimal business disruption. You’ll also oversee the operational transition and hypercare activities that follow deployment, ensuring a smooth handoff into long-term support.

Benefits and Salary

Canadian Tire offers a broadband salary range of $79,000 to $131,000, with a typical hiring range of $79,000 to $110,000 depending on experience, internal equity, and market conditions. In addition to competitive pay, employees receive comprehensive benefits and retirement programs, performance incentives, continuing education programs, product discounts, and career growth opportunities. The company also provides mental health benefits of up to $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, along with access to the Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and an enhanced flex benefits program.

Responsibilities

As the Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery, your day-to-day work revolves around keeping complex, multi-team infrastructure programs on track. You’ll be the person that cross-functional teams rely on to drive decisions, remove roadblocks, and ensure every stakeholder — from vendors to store dealers — is aligned and ready at each phase of delivery.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of store infrastructure projects from initial planning through deployment and post-launch stabilization
• Manage project schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives simultaneously
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Infrastructure, Application Delivery, Store Technology, Vendors, Store Operations, Dealers, and DWGs
• Drive deployment readiness and execution, ensuring stores are fully prepared and business disruption is kept to a minimum
• Serve as the primary escalation point, facilitating decision-making and resolving delivery challenges as they arise
• Provide governance and project reporting to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability across all stakeholders
• Oversee operational transition and hypercare activities to ensure a successful handoff into long-term support teams

Requirements / Skills

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in technology program and portfolio management, with a track record of delivering large-scale infrastructure or hardware deployment initiatives in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Canadian Tire is looking for someone who is equally comfortable building integrated schedules as they are presenting updates to executive leadership.

• 7+ years of experience in technology project, program, or portfolio management
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure, hardware, or technology deployment programs across cross-functional teams
• Strong expertise in project planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination
• Understanding of retail operations, deployment readiness, or field execution in a store environment
• Demonstrated ability to build integrated schedules and lead cross-functional delivery teams requiring change adoption
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage executive-level visibility and reporting
• PMP, PgMP, Agile certification, or equivalent project management credentials considered an asset

How to Apply

To apply, use the link below to access the official Canadian Tire job posting. Make sure your resume is up to date and tailored to reflect your experience in infrastructure program delivery before submitting.

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