Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - CT Corporation

CT Corporation

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Help us boldly shape retail in Canada
Canadian Tire Corporation's (CTC) rich heritage of serving Canadians from coast-to-coast dates back to 1922.

Our vision is to become the #1 retail brand in Canada and we are focused on innovating and making important investments in our business, especially when it comes to our people.

To reach our goal, we need the best talent to help us evolve and drive change across the business - and boldly help shape Canada's retail industry.

As we strive to be at the forefront of a complex and vastly changing retail industry, it is an exciting time to join the Canadian Tire family of companies.

What you'll do

Working with business and IT project teams and stakeholders to scope, size, and articulate project concepts into clear project objectives, scope, and viable delivery approaches and plans
Develop effective working relationships with your immediate team to effectively articulate the goals and the business justification for your current project
Designing and building processes and controls to integrate new capabilities sustainably into the business of CTR
Developing business case and project kickoff plans
Adhering to a structured, Agile project management methodology
Determining improvements to product features and coordinating findings with the product team and aligning them with business goals
3rd Party Relationship Management. Managing the vendor RFP process in partnership with Vendor Management where necessary. Vendor negotiations, contract discussions, and commitments
Frequently presenting to Executives on project details
Maintaining and encouraging open lines of communication between groups/functional areas/team members
Engaging the team on an ongoing basis to identify project issues, project risks, contingency plans, and implications and manage those activities
Taking the initiative and the lead in identifying and resolving issues
Partner crossfunctionally to facilitate decisionmaking, propose alternative solutions, and help identify gaps in our product and our business
Build execution and training material working with crossfunctional partners and sustaining documentation for project handoff

What you bring

5+ years experience with 2+ years of experience managing medium to large, complex projects using a disciplined approach to Agile project management (Scrum Master) in a retail domain.
PMP and Scrum Master Certification
Experience with Azure cloud platforms, IaC (Terraform preferred), and Microservices.
Experience in implementing SaaSbased solutions.
Ability to create compelling presentations that can engage stakeholders at various levels of the organization
Strong presentation skills and the ability to present project details while actively listening and engaging with Internal Corporate Executives to gather requirements
Experience in creating project costbenefit analyses, presenting project budgets, and assumptions; ability to attend to management queries related to project budget
Work with crossfunctional teams to build out training and change management plans
Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities, providing great insights and recommendations
Proven ability to develop effective crossorganization relationships, collaborating and communicating across businesses and technology stakeholders
Highly organized and adept at prioritization
Recognize and keep track of all the moving pieces in projects, adjusting to new information, goals, and conflicting product priorities
Firstclass influencing skills, including experience working within a large matrix organization
An excellent communicator, with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners to drive collaboration and alignment
Experience with JIRA, Confluence and SharePoint is considered an asset

LI-YX- Canadian Tire and its family of companies are boldly shaping retail in Canada and we continue to deliver a positive experience for our customers.

As one of the most trusted brands in Canada, our employees take pride in the work we do across the country.

It's more than the iconic triangle that keeps our employees around.

From benefits and perks, to learning and development opportunities, to our commitment to Jumpstart - these are some of the many reasons why Canadian Tire Corporation is one of _Canada's Best Managed Companies _.