Position Title:

Senior Director, Operations (French Services)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

French

Language Skills:

French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2025-06-03 11:59 PM

Role

Radio-Canada Productions’ Post-Production & Radio team in Montreal is seeking a Senior Director, Operations, who will lead a team of managers, supervisors and unionized employees to provide production services to programming partners, meet departmental objectives and, ultimately, deliver high-quality content to Canadians.

You must plan and manage all radio and post-production technical operations. You will maintain business relationships with internal/external partners and suppliers. You will work within assigned budgets, ensuring optimum allocation of human, physical and financial resources.

As Senior Director, you will work with your immediate supervisor and/or direct reports on strategies, improvement plans and transformation plans, and will be asked to contribute to senior management projects/initiatives. You will also be involved in some Human Resources and Industrial Relations matters.

Key responsibilities:

• Set annual objectives and priorities for the areas under your responsibility, implementing strategies that align with corporate strategic objectives.
• Develop an action plan with your direct reports for achieving objectives, ensuring that operational priorities are set, communicated and executed by teams.
• Oversee editing, mixing and in-studio radio operations, as well as various special events, ensuring that your department’s human, financial and physical resources are optimally managed.
• Guide and coach staff reporting to you in order to unite them behind common goals using an effective, efficient and people-centred leadership style.
• Be responsible for optimizing talent and resources, monitoring the performance dialogue process and developing talent in your department, with a focus on adopting effective, tailor-made talent acquisition strategies for the Production division while maintaining strong relationships with internal partners and external talent providers.
• Provide vision and implement action plans to deliver high-quality operational support and production services.
• Provide strong, engaging leadership by acting as an agent of change and a visible contact point to represent Production in implementing EDI, sustainability and change management strategies as well as engagement activities.
• Perform any other duties or assignments designated by management.

What you bring:

• University degree in a media-related field; other equivalent training in an appropriate field may be considered
• Over eight (8) years’ experience in a similar role in production and/or TV operations, including at least ten (10) years in a supervisory role
• Relevant experience in technical and financial resource management
• Proven experience managing teams and creating a positive work environment
• Advanced knowledge of technical production, with a specific focus on radio/post-production and production infrastructure
• Varied knowledge of production methods, technical equipment, operational workflows and production trades a definite asset
• Knowledge of and interest in new industry trends and technologies
• Communication skills in order to build and maintain quality relationships
• Ability to manage in a unionized environment and provide your team with guidance on business processes; knowledge of labour relations principles
• Influential leadership and ability to foster participatory collaboration
• Ability to identify strategic issues, implement action plans and anticipate innovative, effective solutions
• Ability to manage change and handle stress under tight deadlines
• Excellent organization skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Bilingualism (English/French, spoken and written) is an asset
• Availability to work when required during special events and/or outside regular business hours

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the

Diversity and Inclusion section

of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to

recruitment@cbc.ca

.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our

corporate website

. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on

conflicts of interest

. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time