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Canadian Tire

Sells automotive, home, sporting and apparel products

ITSM Governance Specialist

Full-TimePosted on 10/19/2026Deadline 10/26/26
CA$64k - CA$106k+ Performance incentives
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Brampton, ON, Canada+1 moreMore locations: Oakville, ON, Canada
In Person
IT OperationsEnterprise Applications

About the job

Requirements
  • 3–5 years of experience in IT Service Management, IT governance, audit coordination, compliance, process management, ServiceNow administration/support, or a related technology governance function.
  • A strong process mindset and the ability to organize ambiguous requests into clear actions, owners, due dates, status, risks, and required decisions.
  • Familiarity with ITIL practices and core ITSM processes, including incident, problem, change, knowledge, service catalog, service continuity, and request management.
  • Experience supporting audit, control testing, regulatory, compliance, risk, or remediation activities, including evidence gathering and action tracking.
  • Working knowledge of ServiceNow, including ITSM modules, reporting, dashboards, forms, workflows, catalog items, knowledge articles, and platform governance concepts.
  • Intermediate Excel skills, including tables, filters, formulas, pivot tables, charts, and structured trackers.
  • Ability to develop clear documentation, process maps, governance templates, communication materials, and leadership-ready summaries.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain process, control, and governance topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Analytical skills to collect, validate, interpret, and summarize data for reporting, governance, and decision-making.
Responsibilities
  • Support centralized intake, tracking, and coordination of audit, control testing, regulatory, evidence, finding, and remediation requests across ITSM and related technology teams.
  • Maintain governance registers for open actions, risks, decisions, owners, due dates, status, dependencies, and escalations.
  • Assist with audit and compliance activities, including evidence collection, Management Action Plan tracking, control follow-ups, and preparation of leadership updates.
  • Apply an IT governance mindset to help define, document, and reinforce accountability across ITSM processes, ServiceNow platform governance, resilience, vendor oversight, and operational controls.
  • Assess current ITSM processes across the organization and identify opportunities to improve consistency, control effectiveness, documentation, and operational discipline.
  • Support incident, problem, change, and service continuity governance by tracking trends, recurring issues, open remediation actions, resilience outcomes, and problem-management follow-through.
  • Build and maintain Excel trackers, pivot tables, dashboards, status views, and reporting packs for audit readiness, ITSM governance, and leadership visibility.
  • Develop dashboards and reporting capabilities for ITSM metrics, governance indicators, audit/control status, risk themes, service performance, and process compliance.
  • Partner with ServiceNow platform, process, compliance, resilience, infrastructure, application, and vendor teams to coordinate inputs and drive timely completion of governance deliverables.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives that improve ITSM process maturity, governance discipline, audit readiness, and transparency across the organization.
Desired Qualifications
  • PowerPoint and executive reporting experience.
  • ITIL Foundation certification, COBIT, audit, governance, risk, compliance, or ServiceNow certifications.
  • Exposure to retail, financial services, technology operations, vendor management, resilience, cybersecurity, or infrastructure environments.
  • A bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the company

Canadian Tire is a Canadian retail and services group serving households, drivers and people taking part in sport and outdoor activities. Its stores and online shops sell automotive supplies, tools, home and garden products, sporting goods and clothing, with vehicle maintenance available through its automotive service network. The wider group includes banners such as SportChek, Mark's and PartSource, alongside financial services and commercial real estate operations that support the retail network. It combines national retail brands with local dealers and franchise operators to reach customers across Canada. Founded in 1922, Canadian Tire is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1922

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