Chief Executive Officer

Brandt Group of Companies; Regina; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Continuous Learning

Opportunities for advancement

Comprehensive benefits coverage

Retirement savings programs

Job summary

Brandt Group of Companies in Canada seeks an accomplished executive to lead strategic vision and drive performance across sports, entertainment, hospitality, and venue operations.

You will oversee financial planning, KPIs, major sponsorships, and partnerships while building a high-performing team and ensuring safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Sports Management, Finance, Hospitality, Marketing
• MBA or advanced degree considered an asset.
• 10+ years of progressive executive leadership experience in sports, entertainment, hospitality, venue management, or related industries.
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-division organizations.
• Demonstrated success driving organizational growth, operational excellence, and revenue performance.
• Strong financial management and strategic planning capabilities.
• Proven ability to recruit, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience negotiating major commercial partnerships and business agreements.
• Strong understanding of sports and entertainment operations, live events, and guest experience management.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel and work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing the organization’s long-term strategic vision and business plan.
• Identifying new business opportunities, partnerships, and growth initiatives across sports, entertainment, hospitality, and venue operations.
• Aligning all departments and business units with organizational priorities and performance objectives.
• Evaluating market trends, competitive positioning, and emerging industry opportunities.
• Driving innovation across operations, technology, guest experience, and fan engagement.
• Supporting long-term asset development, facility modernization, and capital planning initiatives.
• Providing overall financial leadership and accountability for organizational performance.
• Overseeing annual operating budgets, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Monitoring financial performance, cost management, and operational efficiency across all divisions.
• Establishing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) across the organization.
• Leading major commercial negotiations related to sponsorships, partnerships, leases, and strategic transactions.
• Supporting revenue growth initiatives across ticketing, sponsorship, premium hospitality, retail, food & beverage, and media operations.
• Recruiting, developing, and mentoring a high-performing executive leadership team.
• Building a culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, professionalism, and operational excellence.
• Supporting leadership development and succession planning across the organization.
• Ensuring effective communication and alignment across departments and business units.
• Driving employee engagement and organizational performance initiatives.
• Maintaining a strong focus on workplace safety, compliance, and organizational values.
• Overseeing venue operations and ensuring operational excellence across all facilities and entertainment properties.
• Supporting the planning and execution of concerts, sporting events, conventions, exhibitions, and community events.
• Ensuring exceptional guest, fan, sponsor, and partner experiences at all events and facilities.
• Supporting operational readiness, customer service standards, and facility maintenance initiatives.
• Leading efforts related to infrastructure investment and operational modernization.
• Leading strategies to maximize revenue generation across all commercial business units.
• Supporting sponsorship sales, partnerships, merchandising, hospitality, and ticketing growth initiatives.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with corporate partners and stakeholders.
• Supporting development of owned brands, retail, operations, and licensing opportunities.
• Championing data-driven sales, marketing, and customer engagement strategies.
• Serving as the primary spokesperson and public representative of the organization.
• Building strong relationships with leagues, governing bodies, municipalities, sponsors, media, and community organizations.
• Strengthening the organization’s profile, reputation, and community impact.
• Supporting community engagement, philanthropic, and grassroots initiatives.
• Ensuring the organization operates with integrity, transparency, and social responsibility.
• Working closely with the Ownership Group to support governance and strategic oversight.
• Ensuring compliance with league regulations, legal requirements, and organizational policies.
• Overseeing enterprise risk management and organizational controls.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial acumen

Executive leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sports Management, Finance, Hospitality, Marketing

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Who We Are

Brandt is a customer driven company, privately owned and family run, strengthened by diversification and succeeding through specialization. We operate over 170 locations across Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand.

For nine decades, the people of Brandt have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the hardworking people that we serve. And really, there’s no place we’d rather be because just like them, it’s when we’re working hard and getting things done that we’re at our best.

Our success is driven by a passionate belief in the unlimited potential of our company and the ultimate success of our customers and we act on that belief every single day.

That’s Powerful Value, Delivered.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Strategic Leadership

• Developing and executing the organization’s long-term strategic vision and business plan.
• Identifying new business opportunities, partnerships, and growth initiatives across sports, entertainment, hospitality, and venue operations.
• Aligning all departments and business units with organizational priorities and performance objectives.
• Evaluating market trends, competitive positioning, and emerging industry opportunities.
• Driving innovation across operations, technology, guest experience, and fan engagement.
• Supporting long-term asset development, facility modernization, and capital planning initiatives.

Financial Leadership & Business Performance

• Providing overall financial leadership and accountability for organizational performance.
• Overseeing annual operating budgets, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Monitoring financial performance, cost management, and operational efficiency across all divisions.
• Establishing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) across the organization.
• Leading major commercial negotiations related to sponsorships, partnerships, leases, and strategic transactions.
• Supporting revenue growth initiatives across ticketing, sponsorship, premium hospitality, retail, food & beverage, and media operations.

Organizational Leadership & Culture

• Recruiting, developing, and mentoring a high-performing executive leadership team.
• Building a culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, professionalism, and operational excellence.
• Supporting leadership development and succession planning across the organization.
• Ensuring effective communication and alignment across departments and business units.
• Driving employee engagement and organizational performance initiatives.
• Maintaining a strong focus on workplace safety, compliance, and organizational values.

Venue Operations & Event Execution

• Overseeing venue operations and ensuring operational excellence across all facilities and entertainment properties.
• Supporting the planning and execution of concerts, sporting events, conventions, exhibitions, and community events.
• Ensuring exceptional guest, fan, sponsor, and partner experiences at all events and facilities.
• Supporting operational readiness, customer service standards, and facility maintenance initiatives.
• Leading efforts related to infrastructure investment and operational modernization.

Revenue Generation & Commercial Growth

• Leading strategies to maximize revenue generation across all commercial business units.
• Supporting sponsorship sales, partnerships, merchandising, hospitality, and ticketing growth initiatives.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with corporate partners and stakeholders.
• Supporting development of owned brands, retail, operations, and licensing opportunities.
• Championing data-driven sales, marketing, and customer engagement strategies.

Community & Stakeholder Relations

• Serving as the primary spokesperson and public representative of the organization.
• Building strong relationships with leagues, governing bodies, municipalities, sponsors, media, and community organizations.
• Strengthening the organization’s profile, reputation, and community impact.
• Supporting community engagement, philanthropic, and grassroots initiatives.
• Ensuring the organization operates with integrity, transparency, and social responsibility.

Governance & Compliance

• Working closely with the Ownership Group to support governance and strategic oversight.
• Ensuring compliance with league regulations, legal requirements, and organizational policies.
• Overseeing enterprise risk management and organizational controls.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Sports Management, Finance, Hospitality, Marketing, or a related field
• MBA or advanced degree considered an asset.
• 10+ years of progressive executive leadership experience in sports, entertainment, hospitality, venue management, or related industries.
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-division organizations.
• Demonstrated success driving organizational growth, operational excellence, and revenue performance.
• Strong financial management and strategic planning capabilities.
• Proven ability to recruit, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience negotiating major commercial partnerships and business agreements.
• Strong understanding of sports and entertainment operations, live events, and guest experience management.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel and work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation: we offer competitive wages that recognize your skills, experience, and contributions.
• Continuous Learning: through on-the-job training and educational opportunities.
• Opportunities for advancement within a growing company that values initiative and teamwork.
• Comprehensive benefits coverage: including health, dental, insurances, and more to support your and your family’s wellbeing.
• Retirement savings programs: Company matching pension and RRSP programs to help you invest in your future.

When you work for Brandt, we work for you. It’s as simple as that.