What you'll do:
The AVP, AI Platforms and Automation is accountable for the strategy, delivery, and operation of enterprise AI and automation platforms. This includes predictive, generative, and agentic AI, enterprise automation across Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and RPA, and the supporting MLOps and LLMOps capabilities required to run AI reliably at scale.
This role leads teams responsible for building, operating, and governing AI and automation platforms that deliver measurable business outcomes and move beyond experimentation into production.
AI Platforms and Strategy
Define and execute the enterprise strategy for AI platforms spanning predictive, generative, and agentic AI.
Establish a clear roadmap for AI capabilities, tools, and reusable patterns aligned to business priorities.
Act as a senior AI leader and advisor to technology and business stakeholders.
Agentic AI Infrastructure
Own the design and delivery of agentic AI platforms and shared services.
Establish standards for agent development, orchestration, integration, and lifecycle management.
Ensure platforms are secure, observable, and built for enterprise scale.
MLOps and LLMOps
Own the MLOps and LLMOps strategy supporting model and agent lifecycle management.
Ensure consistent practices for model training, deployment, versioning, monitoring, retraining, and retirement.
Establish controls for prompt management, model evaluation, drift detection, performance monitoring, and cost management.
Ensure production reliability, scalability, and operational support for AI systems.
Applied AI Delivery
Lead teams delivering AI solutions in partnership with product, engineering, and data teams.
Ensure AI initiatives progress from proof-of-concept to stable production use.
Set and enforce standards for AI development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Automation Platforms and Delivery
Own enterprise automation platforms including Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and RPA.
Define the automation strategy, intake, and prioritization model.
Lead delivery of automation solutions that improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
Own operational support and lifecycle management for automation solutions.
People and Leadership
Build and lead high-performing teams across AI engineering and automation.
Set clear expectations, accountability, and delivery outcomes.
Develop talent and establish career paths in applied AI, MLOps, LLMOps, and automation disciplines.
Governance and Risk
Embed security, privacy, and responsible AI principles into AI and automation delivery.
Partner with security, legal, risk, and data governance teams to ensure compliance.
Ensure AI and automation platforms meet enterprise and regulatory requirements.
What you bring:
Senior leadership experience delivering AI and automation solutions at enterprise scale.
Deep expertise in predictive, generative, and agentic AI.
Strong understanding of MLOps and LLMOps practices in production environments.
Experience with enterprise automation platforms such as Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and RPA.
Proven experience leading engineering and automation teams.
Ability to operate effectively with executive and technical audiences.
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
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.