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Canadian Tire Product Owner, Ad Ops & Ad Products (Contract) in Toronto, Ontario
What you'll do
Are you looking for a career defining opportunity to work for one of the fastest-growing Retail Media Networks in Canada? You’ve arrived at just the right place! The Product Owner, Ad Ops & Ad Products, Triangle Retail Media (TRM), will be responsible for leading our current ad inventory delivery and augmentation on core platforms as well as developing new inventory to create unique, compelling experiences that benefit both our customers, and our advertising brand partners. TRM is Canadian Tire Corporation’s (CTC) rapidly scaling Retail Media Network Business across banners. Investing behind this business and scaling it over the next five years is a top strategic priority for CTC. As a member of the TRM team, you will work alongside groups of industry experts in a highly agile, entrepreneurial, and exciting environment. You will make an impact by:
Defining vision and strategies for our ad products, using domain expertise, internal and external best practices, identifying market opportunities, and building business cases
Partnering with TRM business teams (primarily Ad Ops and Ad Products) to lead development of solutions and options in support of their key roadmap initiatives and accompanying business requirements for ad serving and ad verification
Developing and enhancing our ad inventory on core and new platforms - you will manage product roadmaps, align business and technical needs, analyze customer and product data, turn customer insights into actionable initiatives, determine rollout strategy, and manage risks
Managing and tracking progress against detailed workplans, flagging risks/issues, and recommending mitigation options to meet business needs
Facilitating workshops between business and IT partners as required to achieve business results and/or resolving any misalignments through the feature development process
Leading and coordinating post development activities, such as demos, testing and communications for cross-functional teams
Building collaborative relationships with key partners across the enterprise by driving priorities aligned to business goals, communicating and prioritizing product roadmaps, and gaining buy-in from executive leadership
Managing and leading the team (Including the Scrum Master, delivery lead, etc.) during all phases of the process, by adhering to a structured Agile product management methodology and willing to ‘roll up sleeves,’ and working with the squad to move the product forward
What you bring
Degree in Engineering, Information Architecture, Digital Design, or a related discipline
6-8 years of professional experience managing medium to large, complex projects using a disciplined approach to project management
Experience of digital ad-serving, ad operations and programmatic ads gained in an agency / publisher environment or similar
Strong knowledge of product management principles and have a set of tried & tested best practices
Demonstrated leadership skills with experience in new capability building and a good command of project management, process development, and creative problem solving
Hands on knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JIRA and Confluence with experience working in agile teams using agile methodologies
Excellent communication and networking skills, with the ability to engage, influence, inspire partners to drive collaboration and alignment and a genuine curiosity to grow understanding of projects
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a ‘design-thinking’ mindset continuously striving towards efficiency and smart user design
A strong mindset of ‘test and learn’, a bias for action, and willingness to take part in an accelerated and steep learning curve
Hybrid
We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.
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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.
We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.
We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so apply today.