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

Canadian Tire Corporation is one of Canada’s most recognized and trusted retail companies — and right now, they’re looking for a seasoned Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery to join their team in Toronto, Ontario. This is a senior-level role at the heart of how Canadian Tire modernizes and deploys technology across its extensive store network.

If you thrive in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and have a track record of driving large-scale technology infrastructure programs from planning through to operational handoff, this is the kind of role where your expertise will directly shape how thousands of Canadian stores operate day-to-day.

About the Role: Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery

The Portfolio Manager, Store Infrastructure Delivery acts as the central point of accountability for end-to-end delivery of store infrastructure programs. You’ll coordinate across application, hardware, vendor, and business teams — managing complex dependencies and guiding projects from initial planning and design through deployment, stabilization, and operational handoff. The scope is genuinely broad: this role touches Store Operations, Dealers, Infrastructure, Application teams, and external partners simultaneously.

Success in this role hinges on strong stakeholder management, sharp risk mitigation instincts, and the ability to keep multiple concurrent initiatives on track while maintaining executive-level visibility. You’ll be the primary escalation point when delivery challenges arise, facilitating decisions and ensuring that change management and business readiness are never an afterthought.

Benefits and Salary

Canadian Tire offers a broadband salary range of $79,000 – $131,000, with a typical hiring range between $79,000 and $110,000 depending on experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Beyond base pay, the company provides comprehensive benefits and retirement programs, performance incentives, continuing education programs, career growth opportunities, product discounts, and mental health support of up to $5,000 per year for eligible employees and their families. The Canadian Tire Profit Sharing program and Triangle Learning Academy round out a strong total rewards package.

Responsibilities

As the central delivery lead for store infrastructure programs, your day-to-day will involve coordinating across a wide range of internal and external teams to keep complex, high-visibility initiatives moving forward. From managing project schedules and budgets to facilitating executive reporting, your work directly enables Canadian Tire stores to adopt and stabilize new technology with minimal disruption.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of store infrastructure projects from planning and design through deployment, stabilization, and operational handoff
• Manage project schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives
• 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 minimized
• Serve as the primary escalation point, facilitating decision-making and resolving delivery challenges as they arise
• Provide governance and stakeholder reporting to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability across the program
• Oversee operational transition and hypercare activities to ensure a successful handoff into support teams

Requirements / Skills

Canadian Tire is looking for a candidate with a strong foundation in technology program management and a genuine understanding of how infrastructure projects operate at scale across a distributed retail network. You’ll need to be comfortable working at the intersection of technical teams and business stakeholders, translating complex delivery challenges into clear decisions and actions.

• 7+ years of experience in technology project, program, or portfolio management
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Proven track record managing large-scale, cross-functional infrastructure, hardware, or technology deployment programs
• Strong expertise in project planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination
• Retail operations or field readiness experience is a strong asset for this role
• Demonstrated ability to build integrated project schedules and lead cross-functional delivery teams through change adoption
• PMP, PgMP, or Agile certification (or equivalent credentials) considered an asset

How to Apply

To apply, use the official link below to submit your application through Canadian Tire’s careers portal. Make sure your resume is up to date and reflects your most relevant program and portfolio management experience before submitting.

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