Apply by: Monday, March 23, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Lead the business operations that power policing excellence across Ontario

As the Bureau Commander, Business Management Bureau, you will provide enterprise-wide leadership across the OPP's finance, facilities, and procurement portfolios, critical functions that ensure officers, civilians, and auxiliary members have the resources, infrastructure, and equipment they need to keep communities safe. This executive role sits at the heart of operational readiness, public safety, and corporate strategy. The OPP's $1.8 billion budget, 500+ facilities, and 10,000 members depend on corporate service excellence.

You will guide a team of senior managers and technical experts, provide stability during key succession transitions, and build a workplace grounded in the OPP's values:

• Serving with pride, professionalism and honour
• Interacting with respect, compassion and fairness
• Leading with integrity, honesty and courage

Working closely with the Chief Corporate Services Officer, and as a member of the OPP Executive Command Team, you will influence business decisions that have a direct and visible impact on frontline policing, organizational credibility, and public trust.

You will be required to work on-site at OPP General Headquarters and travel to various locations as part of your job responsibilities.

Meet Your New Team

The Office of the Chief Corporate Services Officer is a newly established executive-level command within the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), designed to strengthen the organization's strategic capacity. This command brings together the Business Management Bureau and the People Operations Bureau, creating a unified structure that supports enterprise-wide planning, resource optimization, and workforce development. Operating at the intersection of operational readiness and corporate strategy, the Command provides integrated leadership and organizational change. It plays a critical role in enabling the OPP to deliver on its public safety mandate while navigating complex fiscal and human capital opportunities.

In this role, you will work in close partnership with Michelle McRae, the Chief Corporate Services Officer. Michelle holds 19 years of service with the OPS, including 14 with the OPP. She has served in various areas including compensation and benefits, human resources system modernization, organizational effectiveness, workplace discrimination and harassment prevention, operational stress injury prevention, wellness, staffing/human resources program development, and most recently finance, facilities, and procurement. She demonstrates a commitment to diversity initiatives, including the Diversity Career Champions and Civilian Career Mentoring programs, and is dedicated to continuous learning.

A career in the Ontario Public Service is driven by a passion for creating a stronger Ontario.

The OPP is a division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, the largest operational ministry in the province with a presence in every community across Ontario. The OPP is the largest police service in Ontario and the second largest in Canada.

We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees have the resources and opportunities they need to be fulfilled and inspired to move Ontario forward.

About the job

As the Bureau Commander, Business Management Bureau, you will:

• provide executive leadership across the OPP's finance, facilities, and procurement portfolios;
• promote strong, collaborative leadership within the Bureau's management team, advancing organizational capacity, stability, and a high-performing culture;
• lead enterprise planning, including annual and multi-year resource allocation and controllership to support operational and strategic priorities;
• oversee major capital and modernization initiatives, such as training centre modernization, detachment builds, and infrastructure renewal;
• direct centralized procurement and supply chain strategy, ensuring transparent, defensible, and timely acquisition of critical equipment, technology, and services; and
• represent the OPP at senior executive tables, fostering strong relationships with labour partners, sector committees, ministry partners, and policing stakeholders to support operational readiness and frontline impact

What you bring to the team

Executive Leadership

You are a seasoned leader who:

• leads and inspires a diverse, high-performing team, fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and service excellence
• provides proactive strategic leadership that drives multi-year business planning and anticipates emerging organizational challenges
• leads organizational change with political acuity, proactively identifying risks and navigating high-profile or sensitive issues with confidence and sound judgment
• provides clear, strategic advice to senior officials, offering insight and guidance on complex issues with significant operational or fiscal implications

Operational Excellence

You are a strategic leader with experience with finance, infrastructure, procurement and human resources knowledge who:

• ensures financial responsibility, controllership, and risk management in the allocation of resources for business planning and corporate services
• builds organizational and leadership capacity, and guides succession planning, providing thoughtful, strategic human resources leadership in a complex, unionized environment
• oversees accountable, transparent procurement and contract management, ensuring timely acquisition of mission-critical equipment, technology, and services

Community Impact and Stakeholder Relationships

You are a relationship builder who:

• promotes collaboration, communication, and consultation within the OPP, as well as ministry counterparts, government, and external partners
• promotes a positive labour relations environment, working effectively within a unionized context and supporting respectful, productive engagement with partners
• anticipates and recognizes politically sensitive situations and their implications, and can provide appropriate advice to senior executives

Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

What we offer

The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:

• a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
• flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
• many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups

Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package includes:

• a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement)
• 100% employer-paid group health, dental, life and disability benefits
• a $750-per-year health and wellness spending account
• 25 days' vacation, increased after 15 years
• parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services.