Manager, Mobile Development Practice

Canadian Tire; Toronto; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement programs

Performance incentives

Continuing education programs

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation in Toronto, ON, seeks a Manager, Mobile Development Practice to lead and grow the mobile engineering practice. You will drive collaboration with architecture, platform, and engineering teams while championing agile leadership and standards compliance.

You will mentor squads, track OKRs, and promote continuous learning, with a focus on delivering high-quality mobile solutions and adopting AI-driven tooling to enhance efficiency.

Qualifications

• Growth mindset and continuous learning.
• Thought leadership in mobile technology and development trends.
• Collaborative and agile leadership style.
• Accountability for results and adherence to enterprise and practice standards.
• High adoption of practice standards.
• Strong enterprise alignment with architecture, platform, and engineering teams.
• Efficient, high-quality, future-focused code delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the mobile development practice.
• Promote ongoing learning through seminars, trainings, and mentorship.
• Support the adoption of AI and low-code development tools to improve efficiency and quality.
• Track industry trends and apply to mobile development practices.
• Implement and maintain standards and guardrails for consistent mobile development across squads.
• Drive adoption of approved tooling solutions within the practice.
• Foster a culture of excellence and Agile leadership.
• Align with Enterprise Architecture and Platform teams to ensure adherence to standards.
• Track and support achievement of practice-level OKRs.
• Champion adherence to mobile development standards.
• Manage performance and development goals for practice members.
• Set development goals and manage performance for mobile developers.
• Oversee skill development and performance of team members.
• Ensure squads benefit from chapter expertise and engineering standards.
• Work with Agile Accel­eration to ensure practice aligns with agile methodologies.
• Collaborate with other practice managers to support integrated delivery and continuous improvement.
• Adoption rate of practice standards and templates.
• Developer satisfaction and engagement.
• Code quality (defect ratio).
• Developer efficiency (commits, lines of code, story points, cycle time).
• AI/tool adoption and benefits (usage metrics, and AI driven outcomes).

Job description

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Manager, Mobile Development Practice to lead and grow their mobile engineering practice in Toronto, ON.

What You'll Do

Practice Leadership

• Lead and grow the mobile development practice
• Promote ongoing learning and subject matter expertise through seminars, trainings, and mentorship
• Support the adoption of AI and low-code development tools to improve efficiency and quality
• Track industry trends and evaluate their relevance for mobile development practices
• Implement and maintain standards and guardrails for consistent mobile development across squads
• Drive adoption of approved tooling solutions within the practice
• Foster a culture of excellence and Agile leadership

People Development

• Align with Enterprise Architecture and Platform teams to ensure adherence to standards
• Track and support achievement of practice-level OKRs
• Champion consistent adherence to mobile development standards
• Manage performance and development goals for practice members, collecting feedback from squad leaders

Resourcing & Team Management

• Set development goals and manage performance for mobile developers
• Oversee skill development and performance of team members
• Ensure squads benefit from chapter expertise and adhere to engineering standards

Collaboration & Alignment

• Work with Agile Acceleration to ensure practice aligns with agile methodologies
• Partner with Tech Governance & Architecture for alignment with enterprise architecture standards
• Collaborate with other practice managers to support integrated delivery and continuous improvement

Accountabilities & Metrics

• Adoption rate of practice standards and templates
• Developer satisfaction and engagement
• Code quality (defect ratio)
• Developer efficiency (commits, lines of code, story points, cycle time)
• AI/tool adoption and benefits (usage metrics, and AI driven outcomes)

What You Bring

• Growth mindset and continuous learning
• Thought leadership in mobile technology and development trends
• Collaborative and agile leadership style
• Accountability for results and adherence to enterprise and practice standards
• High adoption of practice standards
• Strong enterprise alignment with architecture, platform, and engineering teams
• Efficient, high-quality, future-focused code delivery

Compensation & Benefits

The typical hiring range is between $79,000 and $131,000. Canadian Tire offers comprehensive benefits and retirement programs, performance incentives, continuing education programs, mental health benefits of $5,000 per year, product discounts, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and career growth opportunities.

Practice or chapter leadership experience in mobile or software engineering; deep knowledge of mobile development standards and tooling; Agile leadership experience; strong collaboration and communication skills; growth mindset and accountability-driven approach