Vice President, Compute Services

Canadian Tire Corporation; Brampton; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Vice President of Compute to lead and optimize its technical infrastructure. The VP will oversee on-premises and cloud environments, drive innovation, and manage a diverse team to support strategic initiatives. This is an opportunity for a highly experienced leader to shape the future of compute technology within the organization while embracing its core values of diversity and inclusion. Competitive compensation and a robust benefits program are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and wages

Store discounts

Supported learning through Triangle Learning Academy

Canadian Tire Profit Sharing

Retirement and savings programs

Mental health benefits up to CAD 5,000 per year

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud computing, with at least 5 years in senior leadership role.
• Proven expertise in compute technologies, strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
• Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) and IoT platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and optimization of the organization’s compute infrastructure.
• Lead a team of infrastructure engineers to foster innovation and collaboration.
• Manage global compute infrastructure and relationships with cloud providers.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Virtualization

Containerization

Compute architecture

DevOps

SRE

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AI/ML Infrastructure

Edge computing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

What you’ll do

The Vice President of Compute is a strategic and technical leader responsible for overseeing the design, development, deployment, and optimization of the organization’s compute infrastructure. This includes on-premises data centers, cloud computing environments, high-performance computing (HPC), and edge computing platforms. The VP of Compute ensures scalable, secure, and cost-effective compute capabilities that support the company’s business goals and innovation roadmap.

Strategic Leadership:

• Define and execute the compute strategy aligned with business objectives and digital transformation goals.
• Lead long-term planning for compute capacity, performance, and emerging technologies.

Infrastructure Oversight:

• Manage global compute infrastructure, including cloud (IaaS/PaaS), on-premises servers, and hybrid environments.
• Oversee compute resource provisioning, orchestration, and automation.

Team Management:

• Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers, architects, and operations staff.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Technology Innovation:

• Evaluate and implement next-generation compute technologies such as AI/ML accelerators, GPUs, and quantum computing.
• Partner with R&D and product teams to support compute-intensive workloads.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of compute platforms.
• Drive cost optimization and efficiency through automation and cloud-native practices.

Vendor and Partner Management:

• Manage relationships with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), hardware vendors, and service integrators.
• Negotiate contracts and service-level agreements (SLAs).

What you bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud computing, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven expertise in cloud platforms, virtualization, containerization, and compute architecture.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills.
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Familiarity with edge computing and IoT platforms.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies.With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 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-ranging! 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.