Through the Organizational Strategy Execution (OSE) team, the Director guides and equips leaders and managers across the organization to efficiently and effectively lead, manage and measure business operations and change strategies. The Director, as an effective change leader, guides and builds processes to support leadership’s organizational capability towards sustainable performance.
Duties:
1. Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship ensuring the team is equipped with the right skills, tools, supports and perspectives necessary to deliver on the organization’s long term strategies.
2. Supports the design and development of the corporate business planning process to construct a multi-year corporate business plan, while establishing corporate programs with governance and long term strategies.
3. Communicates future vision and translates strategic objectives into successful outcomes with a fiscally accountable approach while fostering a positive and inclusive workplace.
4. Ensures corporate programs are in alignment with the vision, mission, core values, and long-term strategic objectives of the organization.
5. Ensures compliance with legislation, regulations, standards, guidelines, Civic Bylaws, policies, procedures and collective agreements as appropriate.
6. Establishes and maintains a corporate governance and audit framework with a dedicated focus on continuous improvement.
7. Ensures a culture of learning by visibly encouraging and supporting internal control activities such as audits, recommendations, and corrective actions.
8. Collaborates with all applicable internal stakeholders to institute systems that provide effective internal management and governance resulting in sustainable performance.
9. Evaluates organizational needs and addresses gaps through Strategic Program development (including quality management system, asset management, strategic and business planning, change leadership), using corporate methodologies supported such as organizational change management, portfolio, program and project management, and performance metrics.
10. Fosters organizational alignment and accountability to ensure the achievement of corporate vision and long term objectives. Ensures systems and processes are streamlined and user friendly.
11. Champions the achievement of strategic objectives through individual goal setting and performance management. Assists in supporting a cultural transformation by clearly linking individual performance to strategic objectives and operational goals.
12. Maintains relationships with external bodies with respect to performing the preceding responsibilities.
13. Directs and coordinates the preparation and presentation of complex reports and recommendations to City Council and Council Committees as required.
14. Collaborates with the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer to establish division and department priorities with outcomes consistent with corporate objectives, business plans and long term strategies.
15. Prepares and controls the annual Division Operating and Capital Budget and Business Plan, and ensures they are aligned with the City of Saskatoon Strategic Plan.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Degree in business administration or related.
- 10 years’ corporate senior leadership experience providing strategic direction, building, implementing and leading strategy execution practices and organizational change in a complex environment
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Certification in Quality Management Systems (QMS), Portfolio Management (PfM), Organizational Change Management (OCM), or program and project management and performance management practices.
- Ability to lead and model the organizational values (people matter, trust, integrity, respect, safety and courage) and culture by demonstrating behaviors of accountability, transparency, high performance, innovation and collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain credibility with audiences at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team, as well as to influence peers and senior leadership through a collaborative approach.
- Ability to lead the development and implementation of new (or renewed) business and strategy execution processes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead the design, delivery, implementation and sustainment of Quality Management strategies, programs and tools.
- Ability to build strong, trust based partnership with senior business leaders and stakeholders with the ability.
- Demonstrated ability in issues management and process improvement, combined with the ability to influence and engage management and employees.
- Demonstrated ability to build a high performance team and to mentor, coach and develop staff.
- Ability to be resourceful and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to problem solve complex issues with substantial corporate impact.
- Advanced communication skills, including verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively interact with, and influence all stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to reduce typical business information silos in order to increase cooperation and communication and work more effectively across business functions.
Core Competencies:
- Accountability – Takes personal ownership and responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work commitments and departmental commitments to achieve results. Follows City of Saskatoon guidelines, standards, regulations and principles. Demonstrates reliability and integrity on a daily basis.
- Adaptability – Adapts and responds to new and changing conditions, priorities, technologies and requirements. Embraces change while developing innovative and creative solutions to emerging issues and opportunities. Applies versatility, reasoning and innovativeness in the face of change.
- Collaboration – Demonstrates flexibility in new and changing situations. Works cooperatively and effectively with others to reach a common goal. Gets others excited about and committed to furthering the corporation’s objectives. Participates actively in group activities and fosters a collaborative work environment.
- Embraces Diversity – Is sensitive to cultural and other differences in others and responds accordingly.
- Effective Communication – Expresses and transmits information with consistency and clarity to a variety of audiences (citizens, colleagues, management). Is an active listener and engages the audience to ensure the message is delivered and understood. Creates a positive first impression with confidence and respect.
- Service Orientation – Gives superior service to internal and external customers (citizens, City Councilors, stakeholders, management and colleagues), with a focus on meeting citizen’s needs. Builds value in the work conducted and in results achieved.
Leadership Competencies:
- Engagement – Mobilizing employees, citizens, and partners. Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, empower and mobilize individuals and groups to work toward a shared purpose in the best interests of the organization and the City of Saskatoon. Builds and maintains high level of credibility with staff, partners and/or citizens.
- Pragmatic Decision Maker – Recognizes priorities and changing approaches. Shows common sense and intuitive judgment abilities to analyze and synthesize a wide array of subjective and objective information to recommend appropriate short term and long term direction and goals for their department or division.
- Turning Strategy into Action – Analyzes and interprets the strategic organizational direction, has a firm understanding of the vision, mission, values and objectives of the workplace, applies these to develop responsibilities, tasks, goals and implement initiatives that align with long term plans and growth. Reflects on past experience, organizational practices and processes in order to determine the correct course of action.
- Team Building – Understands and applies concepts and techniques to build and support effective work teams. Sets the tone and standards for team behaviors.
- Political Acumen – Politically astute and sensitive to City Council's issues. Maintains and develops relationships inside and outside of the organization to ensure best practices and enhance general knowledge.
- Innovation Management – Has good judgment about which creative ideas and suggestions will work and how to operationalize them. Is deliberate in encouraging the creative process in others.
Salary:
$124,916.16 - $146,775.84 per annum (2019 Rates)
