President Essential Industries

Position Overview

We are looking for a President Essential Industries 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 operatordelivering results today while shaping the next phase of growth for Essential Services.

Responsibilities

What Youll 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 Youll 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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