Director

Responsibilities

Your role involves using your in-depth knowledge of the sector to manage all large-scale sales and operations activities or a major support sub-function offering specialized services to all of Desjardins Group. You are responsible for administrating your unit’s service offer, developing and implementing its business plan, and overseeing activities supporting the strategic orientations. Having a strategic mindset is an essential competency for this position. With an ability to develop talent, drive results, and build networks you are able to effectively manage people and performance, produce reports and ensure member/client satisfaction.

• Support the vice‑president by helping define strategic priorities.
• Develop and deliver the administrative department’s business plan based on strategic issues and targeted results, and ensure that action plans for reporting administrative units are carried out in a performance‑management context. Apply management and communication practices encouraging change management, talent attraction and retention, skills development, mobilization and diversity, consistent with the organization’s values.
• Define and ensure the implementation of activities related to the unit’s services and ensure entrusted projects are carried through so as to maximize targeted business results and ensure member and client satisfaction.
• Support the administrative unit’s business plan by successfully managing individual and team performance.
• Continuously improve the management of processes under your responsibility.
• Promote Desjardins Group’s cooperative values.
• Represent the organization and conduct business intelligence.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year.
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement.
• Group insurance including telemedicine.
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment.
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What You Bring To The Table

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• A minimum of ten years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of French required.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.

Business insight, develops talent, drive results, innovation, networks, nimble learning, strategic mindset.