Practice Director

About the Role Valtech is seeking a Practice Director for Shopify to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery across Shopify engagements. You will shape the Shopify practice, grow revenue, and mentor high-performing teams while maintaining delivery excellence and client success. This is a leadership role focused on scaling capability, driving revenue, and delivering best-in-class commerce solutions.

What You'll Do

• Step in hands-on within projects when needed to guide architecture, unblock teams, and ensure the highest quality of delivery
• Define and evolve our Shopify strategy, offerings, and differentiators
• Drive revenue growth through new business development and account expansion
• Act as an executive-level advisor to clients, aligning commerce solutions to business outcomes
• Oversee solution architecture and delivery quality across engagements
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of architects and engineers
• Partner cross-functionally with sales, account, and delivery leadership to scale our impact

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in a Practice Director, Principal Architect, or senior leadership role within digital commerce
• Deep expertise in Shopify (Shopify Plus strongly preferred)
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience driving revenue, leading pre-sales, and growing client accounts
• Extensive client-facing experience, including C-level stakeholder engagement
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value
• Experience leading cross-functional, distributed teams in a consulting or agency environment

Nice to Have

• Experience with Adobe Commerce or other enterprise commerce platforms
• Background in composable commerce, headless, and cloud-native architectures
• Integration experience with ERPs (SAP, D365, NetSuite) and middleware (Boomi, Celigo)
• Familiarity with Agile delivery models and ALM tools
• Exposure to enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF)
• Experience working with Digital Experience Platforms (Optimizely, AEM)

Compensation & Benefits

• This is a full-time position based in Quebec, Canada
• Valtech offers a comprehensive benefits package effective after three months of continuous service:
• A comprehensive insurance plan, with Gold, Silver, or Bronze modules; employer contribution up to 80% depending on module
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Dialogue via Sun Life provides virtual healthcare services
• Employee and Family Assistance Program, plus mental health support program
• A $500 Personal Spending Account