Chief Executive Officer

The CEO will formulate and lead the execution of strategic and business goals and targets for the Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST), “the organization”. Responsible for the rapid growth of membership, activating member projects and driving revenue streams, the CEO will develop COAST’s global capability and reputation in ocean technology fields, while maximizing operational efficiencies and impact through partnership and ecosystem development.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Business Leadership 30% – Taking the organization into the future, defining its direction, establishing goals, adapting to external factors, seeking and securing opportunities for growth and/or improvements, anticipating requirements, and managing change.

• COAST Members and Membership 30% – Building out an extensive industry membership base. Working closely with all members to map out current and future needs, industry level challenges and work across sectors and cultures to design solutions and projects to shared industry challenges to make Pacific Canada a global leader in the future ocean economy.

• Operational Leadership 20% – Putting in place the systems, structures, and disciplined practices required to manage results. This includes planning and prioritizing, providing clear direction, ensuring accountability, and monitoring the achievement of financial, quality, safety, and other key business measures.

• Cultural Leadership 10%- Connecting with and engaging with staff and board members in their work, and ensuring they feel recognized and valued. Creating a work environment based on COAST’s core values. Building a team with the right people in the right roles and managing performance. Creating and maintaining respectful relationships with diverse communities including First Nations and Indigenous-led organizations, businesses and innovators.

• National and Global Leadership 10%- Leading COAST and maintaining a positive reputation through national and international contribution.

Competencies (Managing and Strategic)

Leadership – able to design and implement the change process; able to communicate clearly with all stakeholders; a self-aware leader who is open to feedback and self-improvement; able to make strategic choices

Accountability – can design goals and plans to drive the organization forward; coaches others to see their own impact; holds others accountable for performance results

Integrity – able to build trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders resulting in community growth; uses organizational values and beliefs as the basis for creative decisions

Teamwork – utilizes networks to assess best practices and grow opportunities; able to communicate overall business strategies and provide organizational direction

Community Satisfaction – builds long term community/partner relationships

Change Management – determines plans to introduce change in process and elicits feedback to ensure best possible outcome; able to act as a change agent; recognizes external trends and opportunities

Emotional Intelligence – able to translate and communicate the strategic business goals into operational strategies; displays on going leadership in times of crisis and change

Business Acumen – builds strategic and operational framework to set direction and implement plans; defines and communicates business priorities to all levels of the organization

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree a minimum

• Previous ocean technology /relevant industry experience preferred

• Minimum 5 years experience in a leadership role.

• Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for financial results for a complex business unit or multiple business units

• In-depth understanding of Board Structures and Governance.

• Highly developed communication (verbal and written) skills with proven ability to present persuasively

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• No