President Essential Industries (Ottawa, ON, CA)

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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