Delivery Manager - Personalization and Marketing (7 months contract)

Sobeys; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sobeys Inc. in Toronto invites an experienced Delivery Manager to lead personalization and marketing initiatives within the Advanced Analytics team.

This 7-month contract role covers end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment, coordinating data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to achieve measurable customer engagement and revenue goals. You’ll drive agile ceremonies, governance, and stakeholder communications, while optimizing delivery processes and leveraging tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, STEM, or related field.
• Project management certifications desirable (PMP/PRINCE2/ Agile).
• Experience leading complex data/analytics or software projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of analytics/AI projects from inception to deployment.
• Serve as primary liaison between data science, business units, and partners.
• Manage project plans, agile ceremonies, and governance forums.
• Engage senior stakeholders with progress updates and executive briefings.
• Identify risks and resolve roadblocks to keep projects on track.
• Foster cross-functional knowledge sharing and process improvements.

Skills

Project leadership

Agile project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Strong communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, STEM, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

JIRA

Planview

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Job description

Ready to Transform Retail? Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers where your unique contributions drive success.

Delivery Manager – Personalization and Marketing

Location: Sobeys COLAB Office (Toronto Downtown)
Team: Advanced Analytics

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a 7-month contract opportunity for a Delivery Manager – Personalization and Marketing to join the Advanced Analytics team, covering a parental leave beginning November 30. This role is based out of our office on Richmond Street in Toronto.

Overview

The Advanced Analytics team at Sobeys is on the frontlines of retail innovation. We are a multidisciplinary group of data scientists, engineers, product managers, and analysts who design, develop, and deliver high-impact, scalable AI/ML solutions that are transforming how Sobeys and its family of banners engage customers and operate the business. We leverage cutting-edge cloud technologies and advanced analytical techniques to connect the dots between customer behaviour and business operations, revealing the true drivers of customer engagement, sales growth, and profitability. Our work directly reaches millions of Canadian consumers and is a key pillar in Sobeys’ mission to become the #1 retail brand in Canada.

What you’ll get to do in this role:

• Lead End-to-End Project Delivery: Oversee requirement gathering, planning, execution, and delivery of multiple advanced analytics and AI/ML projects from inception to deployment and sustainment. Ensure projects meet business objectives and are delivered on time and within scope. This includes initiatives such as the one-to-one Personalization program, Agentic AI use cases, Retail Media Measurement, Marketing Mix Modeling, Churn, Personalized Pricing, and other key Advanced Analytics programs.


• Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the primary liaison between Data Science teams, business units, Enterprise Data & Technology, external partners, and other stakeholders. Facilitate collaboration and clear communication across these groups to align on project goals, requirements, and deliverables.


• Project Management & Agile Leadership: Establish and manage project plans, agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, as well as governance forums including steering committees and status update meetings. Proactively track timelines, milestones, and dependencies, and adjust plans as needed to keep multiple projects on track.


• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Engage with senior business stakeholders and Advanced Analytics leadership to gather requirements, provide regular progress updates, and manage expectations. Prepare and deliver executive-ready project status reports and presentations highlighting achievements, upcoming milestones, risks, and mitigation plans.


• Risk Management & Issue Resolution: Anticipate, identify, and resolve roadblocks and risks that could impede project success. Coordinate cross-team problem-solving efforts to ensure critical issues, such as data availability constraints or technical challenges in model deployment, are addressed quickly.


• Foster Collaboration: Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the Advanced Analytics team. Organise and lead cross-functional knowledge transfer sessions and ensure project learnings, best practices, and documentation are captured and shared to enable ongoing success and scalability.


• Process Optimization: Work with Advanced Analytics leads and external partners to streamline delivery processes, implement project management best practices using tools such as JIRA, Planview, or similar platforms, and improve how the team manages backlogs, user stories, testing timelines, and cross-team collaboration.

What you should bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, STEM, or a related field; Master’s preferred. Project management certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum Master are desirable.


• 2+ years of experience leading complex technology or data/analytics projects, preferably in advanced analytics, AI/ML, or software development. Proven track record of delivering projects involving cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders, ideally in a retail or consumer-focused business environment.


• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience implementing project management best practices. Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Planview, Confluence, or similar.


• Excellent leadership and team coordination skills, with the ability to influence and drive results in a matrix environment while coordinating data scientists, engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders.


• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills. Comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, from software developers to executives. Ability to articulate complex project status, risks, and needs clearly and concisely. Experience preparing executive-level briefings or reports is a strong asset.


• Demonstrated ability to navigate and resolve project roadblocks, including technical challenges, resource constraints, and changing business priorities. Proactive and resourceful in finding solutions, with a continuous improvement mindset.


• Familiarity with AI, Machine Learning, data science, marketing, and analytics concepts, including marketing campaign measurement, data engineering pipelines, and cloud data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake, is highly beneficial. Understanding of retail industry dynamics or marketing technology is an asset.