Director, Dealer Tech Portfolio Management

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Performance incentives

Continuing Education Programs

Product discounts

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation seeks a Director, Dealer Tech Portfolio Management to lead Store Technology's dealer-facing governance, financial oversight, and strategic alignment. You will coordinate dealer roadmaps, manage budgets, and serve as the primary liaison for dealer stakeholders and executive leadership.

In this role you will drive alignment across CTDA, dealers and business partners, establish governance standards, and foster transparency and accountability to ensure timely delivery of

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in portfolio management or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or related discipline; MBA preferred.
• Proven experience managing executive-level stakeholder relationships and governance forums.
• Strong understanding of technology investment planning and financial management.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Dealer Governance across committees and executive reviews.
• Manage Dealer Technology Portfolio & Roadmap with visibility into priorities and budgets.
• Oversee financial commitments and procurement governance.
• Serve as primary Dealer Tech relationship lead.
• Ensure transparent and aligned communications across stakeholders.
• Develop governance standards and reporting frameworks.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Technology governance

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Financial acumen

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Governance processes

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA helpful

Job description

The Director, Dealer Tech Portfolio Management is accountable for leading Store Technology’s Dealer-facing governance, financial oversight, strategic alignment, and stakeholder engagement activities. This role serves as the single point of accountability for Dealer committees, Dealer roadmap coordination, financial oversight, procurement governance, and executive-level Dealer communications.

The Director ensures that Dealer priorities, technology investments, governance forums, and financial commitments are aligned across Store Technology, CTDA, Dealers, and business stakeholders. By centralizing accountability for recurring Dealer engagement activities, the role improves transparency, strengthens relationships, and enables delivery teams to remain focused on execution while Dealers receive consistent visibility and support.

What you’ll do:

• Lead Dealer Governance: Own Store Technology’s engagement across Dealer committees, governance forums, and executive reviews, ensuring decisions, priorities, and commitments are effectively managed and communicated.

• Manage the Dealer Technology Portfolio & Roadmap: Consolidate and maintain Dealer-tech facing roadmaps, providing visibility into priorities, financials, dependencies, and delivery progress.

• Oversee Financial Commitments: Govern significant Dealer-related technology investments, CTDA costs, leases, funding commitments, and financial obligations to ensure transparency and sound financial stewardship.

• Drive Dealer Procurement Governance: Provide oversight of Dealer-facing procurement requests, approvals, decisions, ensuring Dealers have visibility into upcoming costs, impacts, and commitments.

• Serve as the Primary Dealer Tech Relationship Lead: Act as the single accountable point of contact for Dealer governance, strategic alignment, and stakeholder engagement across Store Technology.

• Improve Transparency & Alignment: Ensure Dealers, CTDA, business partners, and technology teams receive consistent communications, clear decision‑making, and coordinated support.

• Establish a consistent operating model for Dealer‑facing technology governance activities.

• Lead and coordinate resources supporting committees, financial management, procurement reviews, and executive reporting.

• Develop governance standards, reporting frameworks, and stakeholder engagement practices.

• Drive alignment across Store Technology portfolios and business partners.

• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and Dealer‑centric decision‑making.

What you bring:

• 10+ years of leadership experience in portfolio management, business relationship management, technology governance, or strategic planning.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or related discipline; MBA considered an asset.

• Proven experience managing executive‑level stakeholder relationships and governance forums.

• Strong understanding of technology investment planning, financial management, procurement governance, and portfolio prioritization.

• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and aligning technology investments with business objectives.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder environments involving multiple business units, external partners, governing bodies, and executive leaders.

• Strong financial and commercial acumen with experience overseeing budgets, contracts, funding decisions, and technology investments.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.

• Experience leading organizational governance processes and driving alignment across competing priorities.

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs

• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs

• Other perks to support your well‑being

• Career growth opportunities and product discounts
  

Broadband Salary Range:

$98,000 – $163,000.
Ourtypical _hiring range_is between $98,000 and $140,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role‑specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies.With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 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‑range! 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.