Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers where your unique contributions drive success.

Why this role matters
Sobeys is accelerating the use of Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, and Agentic AI to drive business value across the enterprise. As we expand our AI capabilities, we are seeking a leader who can build and scale the operating model, delivery capability, and governance required to move AI solutions from pilot to production.

Reporting into the VP, Enterprise Data & Advanced Technologies, this role will lead the enterprise capability for Agentic AI delivery, MLOps, and productionized advanced analytics. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing standards, operating models, and delivery practices that ensure AI solutions are reliable, scalable, secure, measurable, and aligned to business priorities.

This is a highly collaborative leadership role that partners across business, technology, data, security, privacy, architecture, and governance teams to deliver measurable business outcomes through AI.

What You'll Do
Lead Enterprise AI Delivery Capability
• Establish and lead the enterprise capability for Agentic AI delivery, MLOps, and productionized advanced analytics.
• Develop and execute the roadmap for enterprise AI operationalization and scale.
• Drive the successful transition of AI, machine learning, and agentic solutions from experimentation to production deployment.
• Build sustainable support, monitoring, and lifecycle management practices for enterprise AI capabilities.

Define Standards, Governance and Operating Models
• Create and maintain enterprise standards, guardrails, and operating models for:
◦ Agent development and deployment
◦ Model lifecycle management
◦ Agent orchestration
◦ Monitoring and observability
◦ Production operations and support
• Establish production readiness criteria and governance processes for AI and ML solutions.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, risk, and governance requirements.

Deliver Business Value Through AI
• Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and deliver high-value AI, agentic, and machine learning use cases.
• Translate business opportunities into scalable AI products and capabilities.
• Drive adoption and value realization by measuring outcomes and continuously improving solution performance.
• Ensure investments in AI capabilities are aligned with enterprise strategic priorities and value pools.

Build Strong Enterprise Partnerships
• Work closely with Data CoE, Data Solutions, Architecture, Security, Privacy, Governance, and Platform teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards.
• Partner with operations teams to ensure production readiness, monitoring, support models, and cost management practices are in place.
• Influence enterprise technology decisions, architecture patterns, and AI adoption strategies.

Lead People and Capability Development
• Develop high-performing teams through coaching, mentorship, and talent development.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, responsible innovation, and operational excellence.
• Create clarity through well-defined decision rights, measurable outcomes, and transparent performance expectations.

What You Bring
Experience
• 10+ years of professional experience, with demonstrated leadership experience in enterprise data, analytics, artificial intelligence, engineering, platform, product, governance, or technology delivery organizations.
• Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-scale AI, machine learning, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience building operating models, delivery frameworks, governance practices, and organizational capabilities.
• Significant experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, delivery priorities, risk, and organizational change.

Technical and Business Expertise
• Strong understanding of:
◦ Agentic AI Architectures
◦ MLOps and model lifecycle management
◦ Enterprise data platforms
◦ Data strategy and governance
◦ Advanced analytics and machine learning
◦ Security, privacy, and risk management
◦ Enterprise architecture principles
◦ Production operations and support models
• Ability to translate business strategy into actionable roadmaps, operating models, and measurable outcomes.

Leadership Skills
• Strategic thinker with a strong focus on business outcomes.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling capabilities.
• Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and make balanced decisions that consider value, risk, scalability, and adoption.
• Passion for developing teams and creating an inclusive, high-performing culture.

Who we are
Sobeys is one of Canada’s leading grocery retailers, with more than 1,600 stores across all 10 provinces and banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawtons Drug Stores. Our 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are passionate about delivering great food and exceptional experiences to our customers and communities.
Learn more about our story and culture:
Who We Are | Why Work With Us
Total Rewards
We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
Additional Information
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Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.