President Essential Industries

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Date: 2 Apr 2026

Location: Ottawa, ON, CA

Company: Calian

Position Overview

We are looking for a President, Essential Services to lead a newly integrated business unit spanning Health, Nuclear, and IT Professional Services. This full P&L leadership role offers the opportunity to drive strategy, growth, and operational excellence across a complex, multi-service portfolio. Reporting to the CEO, you will act as both a builder and an operator—delivering results today while shaping the next phase of growth for Essential Services.


Responsibilities


What You’ll Own 

  • Growth, profitability, and operational performance 
  • Full P&L accountability for Essential Services 
  • Leadership across Health, Nuclear, and IT Professional Services 
  • Integration of teams, operating models, and go-to-market 
  • Strengthening the team, working relationships and succession  
  • Executive engagement with the CEO, the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Board 


What You’ll Do 

Drive Growth & Strategy 

  • Set and execute a clear, multi-year strategy for Essential Services 
  • Deliver organic growth and margin expansion 
  • Identify and lead strategic investments and M&A opportunities 
  • Strengthening market positioning across public and private sector clients 
  • Lead a complex, regulated portfolio with strong operational rigor 
  • Drive forecasting accuracy, performance management, and accountability 
  • Ensure consistent delivery, quality, and client experience 
  • Bring cohesion across business lines and enable a stronger “One Calian” approach 
  • Align operating models, processes, and governance to support scale 
  • Lead targeted transformation to modernize how the business runs 
  • Build, align, and elevate a high-performing leadership team 
  • Strengthening succession, accountability, and execution discipline 
  • Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and performance 
  • Partner closely with the CEO and executive team on enterprise priorities 
  • Interface with the Board on performance, strategy, and growth 
  • Maintain senior client relationships and support key pursuits 


Qualifications

  • 15+ years of leadership experience in large, complex organizations
  • Proven track record of delivering growth, operational performance, and transformation
  • Demonstrated P&L ownership of a sizable business unit or portfolio
  • Ability to lead across multiple services, business lines, or domains
  • Executive presence with experience engaging CEO and Board-level stakeholders
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, including exposure to M&A
  • Builder and operator mindset, able to scale and transform while delivering results
  • Ability to create clarity in complex environments and drive execution with pace
  • Systems thinking mindset, connecting strategy, operations, and people
  • Experience in relevant sectors such as:
    • Healthcare
    • Nuclear or regulated environments
    • IT/professional services
  • Ability to lead through complexity, integration, and change
  • Strong collaboration, communication, and people leadership skills


Compensation

Competitive and commensurate with experience


Position Type

We have 1 available position.

Job Title: President Essential Industries
Requisition Number: 2344
Date: April 02, 2026
Location 1: Ottawa
Remote: Yes
Business Unit: Essential Services
Department: Corporate
Job Type: Full-time
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