Chapter Manager, Software Development

What you'll do

We are currently looking for a results-driven, customer-centric leader who can champion the development of the Product Engineering Delivery group. As a strong leader, you will be responsible for managing and growing our team to achieve our organizational goals. You will be expected to create a culture of trust, respect, and open communication, where team members feel empowered to take ownership and drive their growth. You will provide guidance and support to the team, encouraging innovation, and embracing change to achieve success. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building and managing high-performing teams, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a passion for driving growth and success.

• Define and implement software delivery strategies and standards to support product engineering initiatives.
• Validate solutions that are following our enterprise standards.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams, ensuring the development of high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and design strategical roadmaps and execute plans to deliver them.
• Develop and maintain SDLC artifacts, including design patterns, solution blueprints, user stories, test reports, etc
• Drive the adoption of modern technology stacks and practices, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of tools and technologies to support product engineering initiatives.
• Identify and manage technical risks and issues, working closely with project teams to resolve them.
• Build and mentor a high-performing development team, providing guidance and support to help team members grow and develop in their roles.
• Work closely with various IT VP's and AVPs across IT to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Manage stakeholders, building and maintaining strong relationships to ensure successful project delivery.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring that SDLC strategies and standards are up to date.
• Accountable for planning and executing application lifecycle management.

What you bring

• 8-10 years of experience working in a software development and/or application / systems integration environment.
• 5+ years of experience in application management, including application lifecycle management, development, and/or project management.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Sound knowledge of technical architecture, virtualized, azure cloud-native, and SaaS implementation.
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC patterns, practices.
• Understanding of SAFe methodology and experience working in SAFe ideally on cross-functional deliveries.
• Agile and innovative individuals, who can manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold and strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment.
• Creative thinkers who take initiative and are capable of building, launching, and managing products/programs that drive results for our customers.
• Problem solvers with the ability to analyze and prioritize to meet business objectives.
• Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business.
• Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward.
• Inclusive leaders who build and develop teams that effectively anticipate and respond to disruption, while consistently delivering strong performance.
• Exceptional leadership skills demonstrated in complex, dynamic organizations.
• Experience with application development trends, methodologies (agile, product/platform teams) as well as continuous delivery.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate both technical and business concepts, as well as strong presentation skills.

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.