Associate Project Manager, Infrastructure

Canadian Tire Corporation

Associate Project Manager supporting the execution of IT infrastructure projects at Canadian Tire Corporation. Monitoring delivery progress, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining delivery artifacts.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaJuniorMid-Level💰 CA$64,000 - CA$106,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project coordination and management within IT, focusing on delivery execution, risk management, and financial oversight. Proficient in Agile methodologies and skilled in stakeholder communication and collaboration across teams.

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Project CoordinationRisk ManagementAgile MethodologiesFinancial ManagementStakeholder Communication

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Hard Skills

Scope ManagementResource ManagementBudgeting SupportForecastingVariance AnalysisDelivery Lifecycle FundamentalsKPI ReportingChange ManagementProgram GovernanceDocumentation

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailOrganizational SkillsProactive MindsetCollaborationEmotional Intelligence

Tools & Technologies

MS SuiteExcelPowerPointJiraConfluenceLucidDelivery CentralMS ProjectPlanview

Industry Keywords

IT Infrastructure ProjectsAgileSAFeScrumKanban

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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
Support updates to scope, schedule, and financial tracking, ensuring changes are accurately captured and communicated under guidance from Delivery Program Managers
Support change management activities, including coordination of delivery and implementation windows to ensure readiness and alignment across teams
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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 is a core requirement
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, ensuring work is appropriately staffed and ready for execution
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, along with empathy and emotional intelligence
Working experience with the MS Suite is required, especially Excel and PowerPoint, along with Jira
Knowledge of Confluence, Lucid, Delivery Central, MS Project, and Planview is desired.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives
Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities and product discounts