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 #LI-JG1# #SF#