Associate Project Manager, Infrastructure

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Mental health benefits of $5,000 per year

Career growth opportunities

Product discounts

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking an Associate Project Manager for IT infrastructure projects in Toronto, Ontario. This role involves supporting delivery execution by ensuring coordination and visibility across teams, as well as monitoring progress against project plans.

The ideal candidate should possess 3–5 years of experience in project coordination within IT, have a good understanding of Agile methodologies, and be skilled in tools such as Jira and MS Suite. The role offers a competitive salary range and various benefits.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in a senior project coordination or associate project manager role within IT.
• Understanding of technical product and delivery lifecycle fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies (including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban).

Responsibilities

• Ensure coordination, visibility, and readiness across squads.
• Monitor delivery progress against defined plans and reporting of KPIs.
• Support change management activities under guidance from Delivery Program Managers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong organizational skills

Working knowledge of Agile methodologies

Proficiency with MS Suite

Collaboration and teamwork skills

Financial management

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Confluence

Job description

Reporting to our Manager, Delivery, the Associate Project Manager, Infrastructure will support the execution of all projects related to IT infrastructure across the organization. This role will monitor the delivery progress of projects, coordinate communication across senior leaders and key stakeholders, and maintain delivery artifacts.

What you'll do

• Enable delivery execution by ensuring coordination, visibility, and readiness across squads.
• Support the development and maintenance of program and initiative-level plans, including scope, timelines, deliverables, and resource tracking.
• Assist in stakeholder coordination by preparing status updates, gathering inputs, and maintaining regular communication across team members and sponsors.
• Contribute to program governance by preparing materials for steering committees and delivery forums, and ensuring adherence to established processes.
• Coordinate and track activities across squads, ensuring alignment on priorities, dependencies, and milestones.
• Identify, track, and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies, supporting mitigation planning and resolution.
• Monitor delivery progress against defined plans, ensuring accurate reporting of KPIs, milestones, and status updates.
• Support change management activities, including updates to scope, schedule, and financials under guidance from Delivery Program Managers.
• Maintain delivery artifacts (plans, RAID logs, status reports) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and audit readiness.
• Assist in program closure activities, including documentation, reporting, and lessons learned.
• Operate within established delivery standards, tools, and frameworks to ensure consistency across initiatives.

What you bring

• 3–5 years of experience in a senior project coordination or associate project manager role within IT.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills along with a proactive mindset.
• Understanding of technical product and delivery lifecycle fundamentals. Knowledge of IT infrastructure projects is considered an asset.
• Financial management: Basic budgeting support, assisting with forecasting, accruals, and variance analysis.
• Scope Management: Supporting definition and tracking of outcomes, MVPs, epics, stories, and milestones.
• Resource Management: Assisting with resource intake, tracking and coordination across internal and partner teams.
• Risk Management: Identifying and tracking risks/issues, supporting mitigation planning, and escalating where required.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies (including SAFe).
• Familiarity with Scrum and Kanban delivery practices.
• Excellent collaboration, teamwork, and communication skills across multiple teams and levels of an organization.
• Working experience with the MS Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Jira.
• Knowledge of Confluence, Lucid, Delivery Central, MS Project, and Planview is desired.

Compensation

Broadband Salary Range: $64,000.00 – $106,000.00 annually. Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs, performance incentives, continuing education programs, mental health benefits of $5,000 per year, career growth opportunities, and product discounts.

3–5 years of experience in a senior project coordination or associate project manager role within IT. Working knowledge of Agile methodologies including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban. Proficiency with MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint) and Jira. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and proactive mindset.