Team Leader, Operational Planning & Program Management

Reference Code: VS-03-OZ-15-NP-22
What you'll do:

As the Team Lead, Operational Planning and Program Management, you will:

- Lead the function and deliver results
Provide day-to-day leadership of the team responsible for operational planning cycles and program management activities, ensuring high-quality outputs aligned with organizational priorities. This will also inform operational and financial decision-making.
- Strengthen governance and enable performance insight
Establish and maintain governance frameworks, performance measures, and reporting tools (including dashboards) to support oversight, accountability, and informed decision-making.
- Align, influence, and provide strategic advice
Work with internal and external parties to coordinate inputs, resolve issues, and provide clear, actionable advice to support management decisions.
- Lead change and build capability
Drive continuous improvement in processes and systems, and develop team capacity through coaching, feedback, and performance management.
Languages: Bilingual Imperative With Proficiency At CBC Level.
Experience: - Experience leading or coordinating operational planning and performance management cycles in a regulatory or complex organizational environment, including integrating multi-year or annual plans, performance indicators, and reporting to support decision-making.
- Experience managing people, initiatives, or cross-functional teams, including setting direction, aligning deliverables, managing performance, and developing staff to achieve results.
- Experience using analysis, performance data, and briefing products to inform and influence management decisions, including identifying risks, tradeoffs, and priorities.
- Experience leading end-to-end change initiatives, including planning, impact assessment, implementation, and follow-through to ensure sustained adoption.
- Experience planning, coordinating, and monitoring programs or initiatives, including managing risks, competing priorities, and delivery against commitments.
Education: University or College diploma or an equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, training, and job knowledge.
Essential Skills: Knowledge of:
- Knowledge of the nuclear regulatory framework in Canada, as well as Canada's obligations and participation in the international nuclear context.
- Knowledge of project and program management principles and tools, including but not limited to planning, risk management, monitoring progress, performance measurement, and delivery.
- Knowledge of change management principles, including assessing impacts, managing risks, and enabling adoption of new processes and tools.
- Knowledge of management systems and business process design, including benchmarking, continuous improvement and performance measurement approaches.

Ability to:
- Exercise sound judgment and decision making, including assessing risks and broader organizational impacts.
- Communicate clearly and concisely in both English and French, tailoring messaging to influence diverse audiences.
- Use data and performance insights to identify issues, drive improvements, and support decision-making.

Key Leadership Competencies:
At the CNSC, we are looking for leaders that model the Key Leadership Competencies and can foster the development of CNSC Key Behavioural Competencies in others

Key Leadership Competencies:
- Create Vision and Strategy
- Mobilize People
- Uphold Integrity and Respect
- Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
- Promote Innovation and Guide Change
- Achieve Results

For more information on Key Leadership Competencies, please go to the following link by clicking here (
Additional Skills: Asset Qualification:
- Experience leading or coordinating regulatory, licensing, technical, compliance, or oversight activities in a complex or highly regulated environment.
- Experience applying financial or cost recovery principles within a government or public-sector context to support planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
- Professional certification or formal training in project management, program management, or change management (e.g., PMP or equivalent).
- Experience operating in a central agency, corporate planning, or oversight function supporting senior management decision-making.
Anticipated Start: September 2026
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Submitting an Application:
Submit the following by the closing date, for our initial screening of candidates.

1. We want to read your resume! Please include your contact information so we can reach you.
2. We want to hear from you! Please submit a structured cover letter (maximum 2 pages). Your cover letter must be clearly organized and address the following questions, using one specific example per question and clearly describe your role and impact:

a.Describe a planning or performance measurement process you led or coordinated. How did you integrate inputs (e.g., operational priorities, performance data, financial considerations), and what outcomes were achieved?
b. Provide an example where analysis, performance data, or reporting you developed influenced a management decision. What was the issue, how did you present the information, and what was the impact?
c. Describe a situation where you led a team or interested parties through a change (e.g., new process, system, or priorities). What approach did you take, and how did you ensure adoption?

Important to Note: You cannot save your application in progress, so please be prepared to complete your entire application and all screening questions during one session. For this reason, we recommend saving your answers in a text editing application, and then copy-paste them into your job application.

Asset qualifications and organizational needs may also be used for screening or to determine the right fit for the position. Essential qualifications and hiring conditions must be met before an appointment is made.

We thank all those who apply. We will contact only those whose qualifications are the most relevant.