Program Manager, Data and AI Security
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About the Role
Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Program Manager for Data and AI Security to lead strategic initiatives in AI and data security, including AI systems, databases, data platforms, and encryption technologies.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an AI and data security capabilities roadmap aligned with organizational cyber strategy and risk assessments
- Define and enforce security focused technical standards and guidelines for AI models, data platforms, and database technologies
- Establish clear security requirements for AI systems, data pipelines, and storage solutions, ensuring alignment with compliance frameworks and enterprise risk posture
- Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed security requirements into AI model development, data governance, and operational practices
- Engage with stakeholders to prioritize initiatives that strengthen our Data And AI posture while balancing business objectives
- Drive alignment across engineering, operations, and architecture teams through outcome driven planning and dependency management
- Define, defend, align and adjust iteratively on recommendations including governance reinforcement, tool rationalization, prioritization of in flight initiatives, capability gaps, quick wins, and security posture preservation
- Define, defend, align, adjust short term (0–6 months), mid term (6–18 months), and long term (18+ months) roadmap for CTC, including common solutions intended for use across CTC enterprise
- Prioritize roadmap initiatives based on impact, cost, and feasibility
- Identify areas requiring deeper analysis of integrations, workflows, and dependencies
- Embed governance and security controls into roadmap initiatives
- Present roadmap to relevant executive stakeholders for feedback and alignment
Requirements
- 7+ years in program management within technology or cybersecurity
- At least 4+ years focused on AI and data security
- Deep understanding of AI and data security controls, including AI security, data security, and data governance
- Industry Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or equivalent required
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive consensus across diverse technical and business stakeholders
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001, GDPR) preferred
- Experience with secure AI development tools and data platforms (Co Pilot, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hadoop, Spark, DataBricks, Power Platform, Azure AI Studio/AI Foundry) preferred
- SAFe Certification is a plus
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Position Overview
- Reporting to the AVP, Cyber Security Program Management, the Program Manager, Data and AI Security will lead strategic initiatives in the AI and data security domains, encompassing artificial intelligence systems, databases, data platforms, and encryption technologies.
- This role is for a technically credible security professional who wants to shape enterprise level cyber capabilities—without reverting to day to day engineering.
- You’ll work across architecture, platform, and risk teams to define and drive adoption across the enterprise.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain an AI and data security capabilities roadmap aligned with organizational cyber strategy and risk assessments.
- Define and enforce security focused technical standards and guidelines for AI models, data platforms, and database technologies.
- Establish clear security requirements for AI systems, data pipelines, and storage solutions, ensuring alignment with compliance frameworks and enterprise risk posture.
- Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed security requirements into AI model development, data governance, and operational practices.
- Engage with stakeholders to prioritize initiatives that strengthen our Data And AI posture while balancing business objectives.
- Drive alignment across engineering, operations, and architecture teams through outcome driven planning and dependency management.
- Define, defend, align and adjust iteratively on recommendations: governance reinforcement, tool rationalization opportunities, prioritization of in flight initiatives, capability gaps, quick wins, security posture preservation.
- Define, defend, align, adjust short term (0–6 months), mid term (6–18 months), and long term (18+ months) roadmap for CTC, including common solutions intended for use across CTC enterprise.
- Prioritize roadmap initiatives based on impact, cost, and feasibility.
- Identify areas requiring deeper analysis of integrations, workflows, and dependencies.
- Embed governance and security controls into roadmap initiatives.
- Present roadmap to relevant executive stakeholders for feedback and alignment.
What you bring
- Experience: 7+ years in program management within technology or cybersecurity, with at least 4+ years focused on AI and data security.
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of AI and data security controls, including AI Security (model integrity, adversarial attack mitigation, secure ML pipelines, and responsible AI principles), Data Security (database hardening, encryption, tokenization, and secure data lifecycle management), an
- Industry Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or equivalent required; AI security certifications preferred.
- Communication & Influence: Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive consensus across diverse technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001, GDPR).
- Experience with secure AI development tools and data platforms (Co Pilot, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hadoop, Spark, DataBricks, Power Platform, Azure AI Studio/ AI Foundry).
- SAFe Certification is a plus.
Compensation
- Our typical hiring range is between CAD 80,000.00 and CAD 131,000.00 per annum.
- Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role specific requirements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to support your well being
- Career growth opportunities and product discounts
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